What is set point weight?
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Key Points:
- Set point weight is a biologically defended weight range that the body strives to maintain through mechanisms like hunger regulation and metabolism adjustments, making sustained weight loss challenging without addressing this concept.
- Factors shaping set point weight include genetics, hormones, sleep, stress, and long-term lifestyle habits, and while it can shift—usually upward—it can be changed slowly and carefully through consistent lifestyle changes.
- Effective strategies to lower set point weight involve resistance training, sufficient protein intake, regular sleep for circadian rhythm alignment, zone 2 cardio, stress reduction, alcohol moderation, and gradual weight loss of about half to one pound per week.
- Weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic may help reset the set point by acting on brain regulatory
