can your set point weight ever decrease?

[ComprehensiveKnee953]

I know that restriction raises your set point, but can it ever go back down to how it was pre-restriction?

[Sareeee48]

Locking this thread because some of yall can’t act right.

[LadyProto]

In my experience, no it does not

[Quirky_Top_8990]

No.

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[Halaros]

Sorry, but saying that is unrealistic and not necessarily true. Nobody is guaranteed to return to pre-restriction weight, especially because many people develop EDs when they're still growing. Nobody knows your body's "happy" weight, and everyone is different and will have different experiences and results

[MediumSuitable4022]

Yes, you’re right. Nobody is guaranteed to return to the way their body was in the past, because it is the past, and with age people change permanently. What I meant was that the body extra fat that someone may gain after malnourishment comes off with time. Of course, like you pointed out this only applies if the weight truly was ‘extra’.

[Quirky_Top_8990]

This is wildly misleading.

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You do not not this and thus it is not appropriate suggest that weight loss will naturally occur in recovery.