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Originally Posted by Kyle2k
So, I have reached a point where I am at a particular weight (about 180) which I am relatively steady at- but if I take one or two days off of my "diet" I seem to gain weight back relatively easy (about 185- I'd have to really pig out for like a week to get above that). Then again, the second I am back in the gym or return to the diet it returns in less than the week. Have I reached a point where I need to go to extremes to lose more?
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It's hard ot say without knowing more but two things come to mind. You may have reached a "plateu". If this is the case a number of things can be done. Usually a change-up in training techniques can solve the problem.
If it's diet related I am thinking that you may be on a carb restricting diet. Most diets that restrict carbs to much can cause this problem and usually backfire and cause the weight to be gained back easilly and often times more. When you retrict carbs for a while the body starts to burn fat and/or muscle for fuel to hang on to the much needed carbs, when you eat carbs again the body doesn't burn them, after a long deficit it stores them as fat again to re-build the reserves that have been depleteted.
If this is the case then scroll back and see a post on calorie tappering or cycling which may be beneficial. Fat burn or weight loss will be slower but more permanant and you will avoid the side affects of low carb diets.