The Set Point Weight Theory What It Is, and How to Overcome It . There is a theory Obesity and Set-Point Theory - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf (nih.gov) that when it comes to weight loss and weight maintenance, every individual has a genetic predisposition to be a certain weight. This theory provides an explanation for why it is so difficult for people to lose weight in the first place, and then maintain their weight loss over time. Set Point Theory explains the forces within the body that fight to maintain the status quo, or to keep you within a certain weight range once that “Set Point” has been established . Now, does this mean that once you have reached a certain weight and hovered around this particular weight for many months/years, that it is impossible to lose weight? No. But it does mean that your body will fight harder to keep you at this weight because your brain thinks that losing weight means something is terribly WRONG , and it wants to get you back to where it...