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Insiders' Guide Total MAkeover
Freeze Frame
By Meirav Devash
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lateaus are lovely to reach but not to be stuck on. Mikale Lichota, April Joy Varner, and Kate Schmidt have hit the gym and counted calories, but they still had days when the scale stalled. "As one becomes lighter, it can take longer to see results because the body uses fewer calories," says Stephen Gullo, New York City weight-loss specialist. As people look and feel better, they tend to get sloppier with their diets-and their waistlines pay the price.
Mikale Lichota, 28, insurance executive
lichota's plateau: ?"My weight loss ?is unpredictable. ?One week, it's three pounds, ?and the next,