Understanding Metabolic Adaptation
Why Diets Usually Fail
Here's the frustrating truth: when you lose weight through dieting alone, your body interprets it as a threat. Your metabolism slows down, hunger hormones increase, and fullness hormones decrease. You're not just fighting willpower - you're fighting metabolic adaptation.
Your brain has a 'set point' it defends vigorously. When you drop below it, everything in your biology conspires to push you back up. Ghrelin (the hunger hormone) increases. Leptin (the fullness hormone) decreases. Your metabolic rate drops. Food becomes more rewarding. This isn't weakness - it's evolution.
"Your biology was designed for scarcity, not abundance."
This is where peptide medications change the game. They work on the hormonal systems that regulate appetite and metabolism, essentially resetting your body's 'thermostat' so it stops fighting against you.