Best Way To Lose Weight? Have Skinny Friends!
Being overweight usually means that you become very conscious of the way you are. There are comparisons to be made everywhere you go, at the office, in the street. But do you take any notice? Do you think that you are different? Actually most overweight people have a 'switch off' mechanism which (for most of the time) protects them from what they believe are critical looks from other people.
To feel more comfortable and to avoid critical looks and comments, overweight people like to mix with other overweight people. They feel safer and shielded from criticism.
Unfortunately what this does is to act as an 'unsaid' endorsement of the way they are. There is no criticism, implied or otherwise. In fact maybe it's the skinny people who are out of line!
Because overweight or obese people keep each other's company, obesity is becoming contagious. The way they are is deemed to be acceptable. In their minds this may be absolutely fine, but there is a cost for this attitude and it it's health, long-term health in particular. This problem is very dangerous. So what to do? Do you ditch all your overweight friends? No, that would be the wrong thing to do. It does help, though if you are aware of the problem. If you are then there's a far better chance of you being able to do something about it.
Perhaps a more obvious reason why overweight people like their own company is that they find it impossible to lose weight. They have been on endless diets, but the weight just keeps coming back. So why not give in and have fun with friends in the same situation?
The reality is that diets have caused a problem not solved one. Diets only deliver short-term weight loss. The weight always comes back. Little wonder that overweight people give the whole thing up as a bad job. The fact remain that if you want to lose weight you have to change, not go on a diet. You have to get rid of your bad habits, particularly the ones that make you fat. After that you learn new slim habits. Only then can you be assured that your weight will go away and not come back. - 17274
To feel more comfortable and to avoid critical looks and comments, overweight people like to mix with other overweight people. They feel safer and shielded from criticism.
Unfortunately what this does is to act as an 'unsaid' endorsement of the way they are. There is no criticism, implied or otherwise. In fact maybe it's the skinny people who are out of line!
Because overweight or obese people keep each other's company, obesity is becoming contagious. The way they are is deemed to be acceptable. In their minds this may be absolutely fine, but there is a cost for this attitude and it it's health, long-term health in particular. This problem is very dangerous. So what to do? Do you ditch all your overweight friends? No, that would be the wrong thing to do. It does help, though if you are aware of the problem. If you are then there's a far better chance of you being able to do something about it.
Perhaps a more obvious reason why overweight people like their own company is that they find it impossible to lose weight. They have been on endless diets, but the weight just keeps coming back. So why not give in and have fun with friends in the same situation?
The reality is that diets have caused a problem not solved one. Diets only deliver short-term weight loss. The weight always comes back. Little wonder that overweight people give the whole thing up as a bad job. The fact remain that if you want to lose weight you have to change, not go on a diet. You have to get rid of your bad habits, particularly the ones that make you fat. After that you learn new slim habits. Only then can you be assured that your weight will go away and not come back. - 17274
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