The cycle of losing and regaining
Weight lost quickly on a restrictive plan, then regained with a little extra each time.
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Know Your Health
No shortcuts, just the right approach.
What it is
Weight management has become a major health concern in India, with overweight and obesity increasingly affecting people across age groups and lifestyles.
But sustainable weight loss is not about starving yourself, eliminating roti or wheat, giving up your favourite foods, or depending on medicines, powders, or injections. There is no magic shortcut.
At Know Health Diet Clinic, we believe weight loss should fit into your real life. Our approach is based on homemade food, personalised nutrition, practical lifestyle changes, and continuous guidance and support.
You don’t have to stop eating everything you love. With the right portions, combinations, timing, and balance, you can enjoy your regular foods while still working towards your weight-loss goals.
Every person is different, so there is no one-size-fits-all diet plan. We understand your lifestyle, eating habits, health goals, and individual requirements to create a plan that is practical, sustainable, and achievable.
Your weight-loss journey needs patience, consistency, and the right guidance — not shortcuts. Start where you are, make the right changes, and let your lifestyle become your biggest tool for transformation.
0.5–1
Kilos a week — sustainable, and keeps muscle
If several of these are familiar, you are not imagining a pattern — and it is a nutritional pattern far more often than a discipline one.
Weight lost quickly on a restrictive plan, then regained with a little extra each time.
If a plan works only while you are hungry, it has a fixed expiry date.
Often adaptive — a long deficit lowers output. The fix is usually structural, not more restriction.
Nearly always caused by how the earlier part of the day was built.
Gain with no change in diet is worth a thyroid, insulin and vitamin D panel before anything else.
Travel, festivals, weddings and eating out are not exceptions to your life. They are your life.
Drag the row. Everything here is a normal Indian kitchen staple — the change is in the amounts and the order.
Supporting video
Dr. Neha Patel on the problem, and what changes on the plate.
“I have never once asked a client to be hungry.”
Most women arrive with more than one of these at once. The first consultation exists to untangle which is driving which.