Rethinking Weight Loss

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Dr. Laura helps Allison look at her weight loss disappointments in a different light. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Allison, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call. You're welcome.
0:19.0	I was calling to see if you might have to be able to give me some advice
0:23.5	i've been on a weight loss journey for the last year and i've hit a plateau and um i'm struggling
0:31.3	how to move forward and continue to make progress i've been struggling for a long time and i'm
0:36.6	it is extremely typical for bodies to hit a set point plateau and stay there.
0:44.7	Short periods of time, middle periods of time, lots of time.
0:49.4	That's normal.
0:50.9	But would you say that at this point you're healthier than you were two years ago?
0:58.0	Yes.
0:59.7	Would you say, would you say, would you say that you look better than you did two years ago?
1:07.4	Yes.
1:08.8	Well, that requires a celebration, not a downward-facing mouth.
1:17.0	This may taper off, this may stay this way.
1:21.9	This may be as good as it gets, but it's certainly better than it was.
1:27.6	And the body and hormones and metabolism do strange things.
1:31.8	Some people can lose things fast, and some people taper.
1:36.3	I have a friend who is working diligently on this.
1:39.7	I mean diligently.
1:42.2	And has plateaued.
1:45.4	But he looks better and feels better than he ever did.
1:48.5	So sometimes we need to settle for better, not perfect.
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