Stalled Low-Carb Weight Loss May Be From ‘Metabolism Memory’

Filed under: Health — jimmy @ 5:01 pm

Does the body get used to eating the same foods?

The inner workings of the human body are some of the most complex mechanisms you will ever see. The astonishing resiliency and ability to withstand the daily punishment we deliver to our bodies is something to behold. I know all those years of torture I placed on my body weighing over 400 pounds are living proof that the body can overcome just about anything for a period of time before it starts breaking down. Thankfully I made the necessary changes to lose weight in time before anything major ever happened to me.

But I’ve been pondering something in my mind lately that I’d love to throw out there to see what you think about it. I recently interviewed Jackie Eberstein (I’ll be sharing that two-part interview on my podcast show the week of June 23, 2008) who worked with the late great Dr. Robert C. Atkins for three decades and we were talking about my 30-pound weight gain this year and the reasons why it may have happened. She brought up an interesting point I had never really thought about before and it was about my daily eating habits.

Looking at my daily menus blog, Jackie noticed that I tend to eat a lot of the same foods. She said that it is possible that despite the fact that those foods I have been eating are low-carb, perhaps my metabolism has gotten used to them. Now, I’ve heard of muscle memory, but what about metabolism memory? Is it possible your body can “remember” what you’ve eaten before and therefore respond differently over time as it gets used to the foods?

Click here to read more about this working theory about why your weight loss may stop while on a low-carb diet.