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Why Most People Fail to Lose Weight ?

Because they’re only doing one part of the puzzle.

Exercise Alone?

You’ll feel fitter—but without a nutrition plan, most of the fat stays.

Diet Alone?

You’ll lose weight—but often the wrong kind (muscle), your metabolism tanks, and you gain it all back.

The Real Answer: A Complete Program. Crash diets can drop weight fast – but most of it comes back. Diet + exercise gives steady, lasting results that stick. Commit to the combo that works.

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This diagram below shows the average weight loss over time for people who completed at least one year of different weight-management interventions, based on a review of 80 studies (26,455 participants, with 69% completing the programs).

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Key points from the chart:

X-axis (horizontal) → Time in months (0 to 48 months).

Y-axis (vertical) → Average weight loss in kilograms (negative values mean weight loss).

Interventions compared

  1. Exercise alone (yellow line) – produces modest weight loss (~2–3 kg at 6 months) and maintains it well over 4 years.

  2. Diet + exercise (green line) – more effective than either alone (~7 kg loss at 6 months), with gradual regain but still above baseline at 48 months.

  3. Diet alone (dark blue line) – similar early loss (~8 kg at 6 months), with some regain over time.

  4. Meal replacements (red line) – ~9 kg loss at 6 months, with moderate regain after 1 year but still better than diet alone in early stages.

  5. Very-low-energy diet (light blue line) – dramatic early loss (~18 kg at 6 months), but significant regain over 1–2 years, though still below baseline at 4 years.

  6. Orlistat (brown line) – slower, steadier loss (~8 kg at 12 months) but with continued decline to ~12 kg at 24 months before some regain.

  7. Sibutramine (dark red line) – ~8 kg loss at 6 months, but faster regain over 2–3 years.

  8. Advice alone (black line) – minimal impact (~1–2 kg loss), stable over 4 years.

Overall insight

  • Interventions with the largest early weight loss (like very-low-energy diets) tend to have the fastest regain unless supported by long-term behaviour change.

  • Diet + exercise is one of the most sustainable approaches for long-term results.

  • Pure exercise has modest effects but is stable over time.

  • Medication (e.g., Orlistat, Sibutramine) can aid initial loss but maintaining results still requires lifestyle change.

THE COMPLETE WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM

​At Fitness Matters Jimboomba, we’ve built the only program that combines all 4 essentials:

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