Weight Loss — Is it Right For You?

With so much emphasis on weight loss, both young boys and girls are turning to extreme methods to obtain an unrealistic weight.  These methods include but aren’t limited to bulimia, anorexia, and harmful drugs.  Everyone’s body is different.  Same goes for each individual’s body mass to muscle ratio which makes it unrealistic to look at your favorite thin model or actress and compare yourself.

If you are 20 pounds overweight you are putting your body at risk for diseases such as heart disease.  Additionally, high blood pressure and high cholesterol can produce similar health problems.  Being overweight is a great reason to want to lose weight for health purposes.

If you want to become pregnant it is also a good idea to take a look at what your current weight is and assess whether or not weight loss is right for you.  Being overweight before becoming pregnant can not only cause health problems for you but can unfortunately be passed onto your child.

There are times, however when weight loss can actually cause health problems.  Mainly the reason weight loss can become dangerous is when you are at an average weight for your body and frame yet you still diet to lose weight.  Being underweight is as much of a problem as overweight issues can be.

Self image is also a reason not to diet.  If you have a poor self image, losing weight when you are at a normal fat-muscle ratio will not solve confidence problems.  Instead, work on yourself, your soul, your happiness.  Once you find out what about you, you appreciate most, you will see that losing weight will not make things easier or better for you.  Being happy and healthy should be your only concerns when decided whether or not weight loss is right for you.

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