Dormant fat cells?

Arto Frobeus wrote:
if I

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manage to keep to my new slim weight say 6 months to a year, the longer
the better, then the extra fat cells in the body gradually start
withering, going dormant, deactivating themselves so that filling them
up after a time gets slower and more difficult. Thus keeping the new
weight becomes easier as you don't blow up after the first chocolate
orgy or pizza party.

My story wouldn't bring any credit to this theory.
I lost 20 kg (44 lbs) when I was 16-18 y o, going down from 92kg to 72.
I kept my weight between 68 and 73kg during 10 years.
Then one day, my job changed, a love story ended badly (as if it could
end happilly), and I got surgery. All in the same year.
Call it depression if you like. I gained nearly 40kg (88 lbs) in 3
years. And believe me, it was an easy thing to do.

Maybe you are not thinking of such an extreme case, though.
But if I remember, the first kg came back quite quickly. I never felt
that 10 years on a healthy weight helped me not put on fat.

Huey

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Greetings,
For background information, I do Atkins, male, 58, 94 kg, a reader of
this group from years back, who has gained back half of whatI lost
(108 kg -> 83 kg -> 94 kg) and got myself on starvation mode, back to
induction with serious counting of calories, have actually managed to
start losing again. Goal 72 kg.

But that was not the issue. Some time ago I read a fantastic theory in
an article about diets in a women's magazine ( in Swedish). That if I
manage to keep to my new slim weight say 6 months to a year, the longer
the better, then the extra fat cells in the body gradually start
withering, going dormant, deactivating themselves so that filling them
up after a time gets slower and more difficult. Thus keeping the new
weight becomes easier as you don't blow up after the first chocolate
orgy or pizza party.

Anybody heard of that, is there even small amount of truth in it?

Sounds too good to be true, I have learned that the new fat cells the
body grows as the weight goes up never go away, just waiting there for
the good fat food to fill them again at first chance.

Arto F.

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life.

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2) find out for yourself

Arto Frobeus wrote:
|| Greetings,
|| For background information, I do Atkins, male, 58, 94 kg, a reader
|| of this group from years back, who has gained back half of whatI lost
|| (108 kg -> 83 kg -> 94 kg) and got myself on starvation mode, back to
|| induction with serious counting of calories, have actually managed to
|| start losing again. Goal 72 kg.
||
|| But that was not the issue. Some time ago I read a fantastic theory
|| in an article about diets in a women's magazine ( in Swedish). That
|| if I manage to keep to my new slim weight say 6 months to a year,
|| the longer the better, then the extra fat cells in the body
|| gradually start withering, going dormant, deactivating themselves so
|| that filling them up after a time gets slower and more difficult.
|| Thus keeping the new weight becomes easier as you don't blow up
|| after the first chocolate orgy or pizza party.
||
|| Anybody heard of that, is there even small amount of truth in it?
||
|| Sounds too good to be true, I have learned that the new fat cells the
|| body grows as the weight goes up never go away, just waiting there
|| for the good fat food to fill them again at first chance.
||
||
|| Arto F.

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For background information, I do Atkins, male, 58, 94 kg, a reader of
this group from years back, who has gained back half of whatI lost
(108 kg -> 83 kg -> 94 kg) and got myself on starvation mode, back to
induction with serious counting of calories, have actually managed to
start losing again. Goal 72 kg.

Hi Arto, welcome (back) to the group!

--
Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

There's some evidence that fat cells die off within a year and aren't
replaced if they aren't needed. But the evidence is slim.

However, even if this were so, (1) the existing fat cells will gladly
expand to accomodate fat storage, and (2) you'll grow new fat cells
when needed.

So, true or not, it doesn't matter. IMHO the tendency to store fat is
genetic, not environmental.

Arto Frobeus said:

Greetings,

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Some time ago I read a fantastic theory in

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an article about diets in a women's magazine ( in Swedish). That if I
manage to keep to my new slim weight say 6 months to a year, the longer
the better, then the extra fat cells in the body gradually start
withering, going dormant, deactivating themselves so that filling them
up after a time gets slower and more difficult. Thus keeping the new
weight becomes easier as you don't blow up after the first chocolate
orgy or pizza party.

Anybody heard of that, is there even small amount of truth in it?

Sounds too good to be true, I have learned that the new fat cells the
body grows as the weight goes up never go away, just waiting there for
the good fat food to fill them again at first chance.

Terve Arto,

yeah, I've heard about the theory you mentioned, too, but -
unfortunately so far the general consensus seems to be that those fat
cell beasts are just hibernating and waiting to get their second chance 🙁

T. Mark

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Anybody heard of that, is there even small amount of truth in it?

True or not, I doubt it matters. I've lost 70 pounds and have mostly
gone back to normal. I still have some extra belly skin, and a small
gut I'd like to get rid of totally, but it may never happen. A flat
stomach for me means the rest of me looks emaciated (lipo?). It's
also been very easy for me to keep it off. Currently, I'm avoiding
potatos and coke, but that's it. I'm completely off the diet and not
gaining at the moment, probably because I'm no longer able to eat the
portions I used to. I'm sure if I started drinking coke again, it
would go back on. Also, my brother in law went from about 325 to 155.
He looks like he has never been overweight at all. He was heavier
than me by a lot and now has a much smaller (than me), practically
non-existant gut.

brian