A dramatic example of the challenges of maintaining weight loss comes from a recent National Institutes of Health study. Weight loss often leads to declines in our resting metabolic rate -- how many calories we burn at rest, which makes it hard to keep the weight off. So why does weight loss make resting metabolism go down, and is there a way to maintain a normal resting metabolic rate after weight loss? This is especially the case for people experiencing rapid weight loss, as their skin has not had time to contract. A much more convenient approach to maintaining RMR during and after weight loss is to train up your secondary hearts, or soleus muscles.

Source: CNN January 16, 2017 11:37 UTC