Bad news, individuals who have lost a significant amount of weight need to eat 20% fewer calories to maintain their weight loss than people of the same weight/height/build who have never had a weight problem [Watch video @ 0:16:50]
As this article states "Formerly-obese people burn 20% less calories than a never-obese person of that lower weight – or in other words a 200 lb person, who loses 40 lbs burns about 20% fewer calories than someone who is 160 lbs, but has never been obese. On top of this, the formerly-obese person experiences hunger, cold intolerance, and other behavioural and metabolic changes that make sustaining this lower body weight difficult."
As this article states "Formerly-obese people burn 20% less calories than a never-obese person of that lower weight – or in other words a 200 lb person, who loses 40 lbs burns about 20% fewer calories than someone who is 160 lbs, but has never been obese. On top of this, the formerly-obese person experiences hunger, cold intolerance, and other behavioural and metabolic changes that make sustaining this lower body weight difficult."
