I created an infographic on weight cycling, or yo yo dieting, that I think this group might be interested in. It’s about the millions of people who lose weight each year but can’t keep it off and regain all or more of their weight. Part of the reason I created it was to show 1) you’re not alone, and 2) people do become weight loss sustainers (20%). Those people who become sustainers do things differently than those who weight cycle, which means you might become successful if you tweak your approach.
Since images can’t be added to this subreddit (just found out the hard way), I’ll just type out the numbers:
A Hidden Epidemic: Weight Cycling by the Numbers
All Adults in the U.S. – 250 million
7 in 10 are overweight or obese – 175 million
1 in 2 are trying to lose weight – 88 million
4 in 5 will regain the weight – 70 million (that’s 30% of all U.S. adults)
70 million U.S. adults losing weight now will regain it
The infographic has numbers about the weight cycling epidemic, but I wanted to reality-check it with r/loseit. There are so many positive comments and progress posts in this subreddit, it could appear that most people are having great success. But I wanted to get a sense of how common weight cycling is with people trying to lose weight here. Certainly, there are posts about weight cycling and yo yo dieting and other struggles, but how would you tell if this is most people (as the research would suggest) or not. Does anybody have a sense of this? Put another way, what proportion of people are successful at losing weight and keeping it off?
Also, as I read posts on this forum and other sources for an accompanying article to the infographic, I was struck by how weight cycling seems to be an afterthought of the weight loss plan for many people. And how leaving it as an afterthought cycle after cycle was a big part of the problem. Is that true for some of you?
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