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So what's a frustrated woman to do? Beck recommends reassessing
your goal weight; you may not need to lose any more pounds.
"Perhaps you can reach your number. But the question to ask
yourself is, once you get there, can you maintain approximately
the same exercise and diet pace for the rest of your life?" she
says. Instead of aiming for your lowest achievable weight, you
might want to shoot for your lowest maintainable weight. "It's
not giving up," she adds. "It's being realistic and shifting to
a maintenance strategy before you get completely demoralized."
Another good way to gauge whether you've lost enough weight is
to consider your body fat, says Dr. Levin. The simplest test is
to see where it's deposited. "If it's in your stomach, you
probably ought to keep trying, since abdominal fat poses a real
health risk for everything from diabetes to breast cancer." See
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