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Friday, 23 May 2008 |
By Phillip Paris
Do you know that Doctors can usually predict your likelihood of success of long-term weight loss?
Why do you want to lose weight?
- Do you want to live longer?
- Do you want to improve how you feel?
- Does your spouse want you to lose weight?
- Does your Doctor tell you, "you need to lose weight"?
- Do you have health issues that weight loss would improve?
- Do you need to pass a physical examination to meet a job requirement?
Bad News!
If any of these is your reason for losing weight you won't succeed. The problem is that these reasons aren't your reasons. They're someone else's viewpoint and not your own. You probably know you should but the mental torpor and low physical energy induced by being fat means you won't be sufficiently motivated to do anything much about it.
Weight reduction for many fat people can actually be harmful. Why are many people fat today? Sixty-one percent of Americans are overweight and twenty-seven obese. Already many of these people are nutritionally deprived because, while they eat more calories |
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