Third commandment: Lose weight quickly

« Early treatment response as a predictor of ongoing weight loss in obesity treatment, British Journal of Health Psychology, November 2005. »

Looking for the predictive factors of successful weight loss? Here the the 4 factors:

• rapid weight loss
• quick change of habits
• regular follow-up
• high protein low carb diet

what is a rapid weight loss:

3 lbs / week for men, and a 1,5 lb for women.

This study has lasted 9 months and surprisingly we found that the opposite of these 4 predictors as most nutritionists will recommend:

• slow with loss
• slow change of habits
• less regular follow-up
• and no low carb, high protein diet

will create a with regain.

We did the same study in France and found the same thing.

Third commandment: Lose weight quickly