As a practitioner, I empathize with the struggle of dieting; I once experienced the fatigue and decreased productivity that comes from indiscriminate fasting. The core issue is that the causes of weight gain vary by individual. In Traditional Korean Medicine, we look at patterns such as 'Dameum' (phlegm-fluid retention), where accumulated metabolic waste impairs circulation and leads to abdominal obesity, or 'Eohyeol' (blood stasis), where poor circulation causes edema to solidify into fat. Furthermore, if you have 'Bi-heo' (Spleen Deficiency), following a popular restrictive diet may actually leave your body exhausted due to impaired digestive and absorptive functions. Diets that focus solely on reducing the number on the scale can trigger a 'state of emergency' in the body, potentially altering your constitution to make you gain weight more easily in the future. By precisely tracking abdominal fat and muscle mass via InBody, we can determine whether you need high-intensity exercise or a focus on restoring metabolic function. Rather than claiming one method is superior, the most efficient approach is to accurately read your body's current signals and apply a tailored prescription. I invite you to visit the clinic so we can analyze your body's signals together.