減肥失敗不怪你! 你的體重大腦來決定!
If you've ever stuck rigidly to a diet, managed to lose weight but then piled the pounds back on, it's not your fault.
如果你曾嚴格堅持節食並減肥成功，但之後體重卻又反彈，這不是你的錯。After about five years, 41 per cent of dieters gain back more weight than they'd lost - it's just that your brain takes charge, doing what it has to do: fighting back against the perils of potential imminent starvation.
41%的節食者在五年之後體重會反彈，並且要比減下去的還要重。這一情況應該是你大腦負責的，因爲它要做必須做的事情：那就是與潛在的、迫在眉睫的飢餓作鬥爭。The truth is everyone's brain has a set body weight range that it will fiercely defend.
實際上，每個人的大腦都會拼命把體重維持在特定範圍內。
The range, which varies from person to person, is determined by genes and life experience.
這個範圍因人而異，取決於基因和生活經歷。
In an ideal world, your brain defends this range with a natural process of subconscious weight regulation which gently nudges hunger and activity levels so you eat or exercise no more or less than your body needs.
理想情況下，大腦會自然而然地進行潛意識的體重管理，對飢餓程度和運動量進行微調，確保食物的攝入量和運動量既不超過也不少於身體所需總量，使體重維持在該範圍內。Within this range your weight will be relatively easy to manage. There's every chance if you drop below your "brain weight", you'll meet powerful resistance in the form of cravings for quick-fix calories.
在這個範圍內，體重相對容易管理。如果你的體重下降到低於"大腦體重"的水平，身體很可能會以對速效熱量渴望的形式進行強烈的抵抗。The best way to discover your true brain weight is to make the conscious decision to stop dieting and try "intuitive eating".
發現真實大腦體重的最佳方法是有意識地停止節食，嘗試"直覺飲食"。It is simple: eat only when you're hungry and stop when you're full.
這個方法很簡單，即餓了就吃，飽了就停。Within six to 12 months, your weight should stabilize to your brain's desired range.
6到12個月內，你的體重就會穩定在大腦希望的範圍之內了。
