Scientists have found that during our adolescent years, our body determine how many fat cells we'll have for the rest of our life. As we start to put on more fat, these cells start to get bigger, but the number of fat cells in our body stays the same.
This can help explain why it's so hard for some to lose weight and keep it off because those pesky fat cells stay with you your whole life.
Even though it can be hard to keep the weight off, it can also help put into perspective how our lifestyle habits as adults are a lot of times worse than when we were adolescents. For some, during adolescent years, it wasn't as hard to keep the weight off, but as we age, it gets harder because we start eating more and moving less. On top of that, it just goes to show that just because you lose weight doesn't mean you're home free. You can't lose the body fat and then go back to your old lifestyle habits. Maintaining a healthy weight is a lifelong achievement, and it can only be done by developing a lifestyle that consists of healthy habits for the rest of your life because just as scientists have found, you can't hide from growing fat cells, you can only fight them off.
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