In cases of obesity, it’s essential to
optimize health, not speed of weight
loss. Rapid weight loss from excessive
calorie restriction leads to
malnourishment and yo-yo weight loss
and regain.
Rapid, healthful weight loss is
possible for many people—many Perfect
Health Dieters report rapid, easy, lasting
weight loss of two pounds per week—
but not for everyone. Everyone has a
different mix of health problems causing
their obesity, and those with infectious
causes will have slower weight loss
than those merely suffering from an
omega-6 excess.
Another common
pattern is an initial period of weight gain
followed by a steady, sustainable weight
loss. This pattern may
be due to malnourishment, which
stimulates appetite upon starting the
Perfect Health Diet, leading to an initial
weight gain as the brain seeks to
replenish hitherto missing nutrients.
Once a healthy nutritional status is
obtained, preferably by intake of
nutrient-dense foods like egg yolks,
liver, and shellfish, appetite lessens and
weight loss begins.
A few markers will show that you’re
on the right track:
• Absence of hunger. Hunger
indicates malnourishment, so if
you’re hungry you’re doing
something wrong. Calorie
restriction may bring a mild
appetite, but it should be easy to
resist, and it should go away
with some exercise or a spoon of
coconut oil. If it’s more than that,
figure out what nutrients you are
missing, and eat foods that
contain them.
• Increasing pleasure in physical
activity. As your health
improves, exercise and
movement will become more
enjoyable. It should become
easier to gain muscle.
• Improved sleep. Sleep is a
marker of circadian rhythms. If
your sleep is better, you’re
improving your rhythms.
As these markers improve, odds are
the weight on the scale will drop.
