About 95% of people regain weight lost through dieting within one to five years because diets are temporary. Restriction triggers the eating behavior you're trying to avoid, and your body slows metabolism when it senses starvation, making the cycle harder to break.
95% of people who lose weight by dieting will sadly regain it again in 1 to 5 years. Since dieting by definition is a temporary food plan, it won't work in the long run. And the biggest problem for people on diets is food becomes the trigger for the behaviour dieters want to avoid, and that's eating. Then eating becomes the trigger for more eating, and you get trapped in a terribly vicious cycle. Restrictive diets often lead to overeating or bingeing, and your body doesn't want you to starve, so it responds to overly restrictive diets by slowing your metabolism, which of course makes it harder to lose weight. So dieting literally means fighting against your own mind and body.
