Weight loss: 5 unexpected side effects of weight loss

Here are some of the unexpected side effects of weight loss that you might experience.

1. Sagging skin
Losing weight would leave your skin as it is while the inner fat dissolves. It is often seen in those who lose weight quickly than the normal pace. Due to sagging skin, people go for surgeries and end up having scars over the body.
Dietitians advise people to focus on slow, steady weight loss so that the skin gets time to shrink.

2. Sleep pattern may get disturbed
Mostly due to aggressive weight loss techniques and then due to weight loss many people experience disturbance in sleeping pattern. In case of low calories, the hormonal balance changes and does not put the body to sleep. Huge fluctuation in food intake and weight will definitely affect the sleep pattern of the individual and slowly progress towards affecting the social life of the individual.

3. Depression
The weight loss process takes months to achieve. Since every weight loss technique needs more zeal and enthusiasm than anything else, people give up very early. When the effort put in does not yield any result it leads to dissatisfaction and can gradually get the person into depression.
Also if you are someone who counts weight fluctuations every day, the halted progress is likely to make you mad. So before going for weight loss you need to build a strong mentality for it and always remember, it's a long journey; nothing will happen overnight.

4. Can affect social life
Suppose your friends are throwing a party and you can’t attend it because you are following a strict diet. Slowly you will either be out of parties or else you will assume that you have been deliberately kept out of parties. Weight loss is a personal commitment. Nobody would understand your goal better than you. If you can keep up with being alone in this journey, go ahead.

5. Change in taste
Experts have said that post weight loss people can experience a change in taste. According to Time, almost 87% of patients who underwent bariatric surgery for weight loss reported change in taste post-surgery, and nearly 50% of them said food didn't taste as good.
That's because, experts say, due to loss in weight a fluctuation in the functioning of the hormones occurred due to which taste receptors do not relay information to the brain properly.

Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/weight-loss/weight-loss-5-negative-things-you-didnt-know-losing-weight-could-do/photostory/89904437.cms