What Does Reverse Diet Mean?

 

You may be wondering, “what does reverse diet mean?” If you’ve ever gone on a restrictive eating plan and want to break free of that cycle, a reverse dieting approach can be a great fit. Following a restrictive diet, which usually involves restricting many foods or entire food groups, is hard and often leads to feelings of deprivation and hunger.

It is also very difficult to stay on a restrictive diet for long periods of time and even to lose weight over the long term. When you’re in a calorie deficit, your body activates mechanisms to protect itself from drastic weight loss and prevent further fat loss by slowing down your metabolism.

So, while it is possible to gain a little bit of weight back while on a reverse diet, that is the exception and not the rule. Reverse diet meaning, it aims to get your body to return to an optimal level of calorie efficiency over time.

This can include a combination of gradual calorie increases and increasing carb intake, which turns on a metabolic switch for people who have lost a lot of weight. 

It can also be an effective way to reset your body-fat set point and allow you to eat whatever you like in the future without worrying about gaining too much weight.

The best way to know if you are successfully reverse dieting is to weigh yourself daily and take

 measurements of your waist, hips and chest every 1-2 weeks. Those measurements can be an indication of how lean your body is while on the reverse diet and whether or not you should continue increasing calories.