kristie Posted October 31, 2000 Posted October 31, 2000 i have lost a lot of weight but cannot seem to lose the last 5 lbs or so. my boyfriend says i don't need to but he always says that. what should i do?????
Tony T Posted October 31, 2000 Posted October 31, 2000 Losing weight is simply a matter of burning more calories than you take in as food (fuel). Your boyfriend is right in a way, because the body has a set point at which it considers itself in good shape. To get below that point, you must exercise and continue dieting...but it may not be that healthy. Continue exercising and eating properly. Gradually, over time, you should lose the extra weight when your body realizes that there is no famine. It may take another month to do so, but don't starve yourself. Also, remember how difficult it was to lost the weight??? Well it is ten times harder to keep it off...and 100 times easier to gain it back and more. And, just to prepare you, it gets even more difficult to lose weight as you get older so do everything you can to maintain your weight. Deepak Chopra M.D., in some of his best selling books, has stated that a people who maintain reasonably the same healthy weight, give or take five or ten pounds, throughout their lives live two to ten years longer. That should be enough motivation in itself to maintain a good weight. So preserve what you have done by making good eating and exercise habits something you take with you throughout your life. And congratulations on the weight loss!!! You've got a nice boyfriend.
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