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[quote=Anonymous]Add my congratulations about your daughter's weight loss! 35 pounds over 4 months is a massive, massive achievement. Good for her! That takes determination and discipline. I'm sure she knows it's going to get harder with each 10-lb increment or so, so she should brace herself and not get discouraged when the weight loss slows down.

What might help her stay motivated is to remember that no matter what, she's in a better place than she was before she started. So if she reaches, say, 150, and plateaus, show her the clothes she wore when she was at her heaviest. That visual reminder of her accomplishment will help her keep going until she reaches that ideal, healthy weight.

I'm sure she has her weight-loss method in place, and it may already include the following, but here it is anyway: think about weight loss in 5 or 10-lb increments instead of: I'm going to weight 120 in x months. That big, ultimate goal can be really overwhelming and impossible during the early stages of weight loss. Think in terms of small, achievable goals. Hope this helps![/quote]

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