Would you take part in a weight-loss program in which you were explicitly asked not to lose any weight for the first eight weeks?
Although the approach sounds counterintuitive, a study from researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that women who spent eight weeks mastering weight-maintenance skills before embarking on a weight-loss program shed the same number of pounds as women who started a weight-loss program immediately. More importantly, the study showed that the “maintenance-first” women had regained only 3 pounds on average a year later, compared to the average 7-pound gain for the immediate dieters.
The study’s authors say that the maintenance-first approach may offer a way to halt the cycle of yo-yo dieting.
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