Every woman wants to fit into that little black dress. Dr.Aruna Nathan offers sound advice to help you fit into that little black dress, while maintaining good health.

By Dr. Aruna Nathan

Weight loss is often driven by the want to fit into “that little black dress”, a pair of designer jeans or to look sleek and toned in your new athletic ware.

Many may have aspirations that range from having a BMI of 17 (average BMI of a runway model), or looking like a young wide receiver on the cover of a glitzy sports magazine. These unfortunately often are unrealistic and unattainable targets leading to disappointments and have no positive outcomes.

Others who are more “practical” (me included) think of getting to their “ideal body weight”, i.e. what they weighed when they got married (ha-ha, most of us weighed the least then), or the lowest we have been in our adult lives. This too often is difficult to do by most and we stop trying after preliminary trials and lack of immediate results.

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