Why Lose Weight – to Feel Good

If you’ve reading this, then the chances are you are serious about losing weight. What better reason than to feel good? Firstly let’s be more accurate – lose fat; when people say they want to lose weight what they are really saying is they want to lose fat. I want to reassure you that losing fat is a good idea. As you know, there are many important reasons to lose fat.

TO FEEL GOOD

Haven’t you noticed that life is better when you feel good? Even the Government wants you to feel good; they actually have a happiness index and unbelievably want us to feel good. (Office of National Statistics:GB)

Endorphins

Endorphins are hormones that the body produces as a reward system to encourage you to do good things. That’s why you feel good after exercise. It’s also why you feel temporarily good after eating sugary food. Evolutionary it was a good idea for us to like sugary foods as they are high in energy; great if you live on the edge of starvation but terrible in our abundant world. I will show you later how you can feel good without resorting to eating comfort foods.

Self-esteem

If you’ve ever lost a certain amount of weight you will know the effect it has on your self-esteem. This is your self-view, how you judge yourself. Rightly or wrongly we tend to view ourselves by comparing ourselves to some ideal and when we move closer to it, we get a boost in self-esteem. When we move away from it, we feel bad. This is why yo-yo dieting can be so disheartening.

How this affects the rest of your life

It doesn’t end with just how you look and feel. Feeling good, having high self-esteem and more energy will help in all areas of your life: career, relationships, finances, how you contribute. The bottom line is when you lose weight, it helps you in all areas.