Talking Openly About Weight Loss

If you are currently trying to lose weight, you are not alone. Millions of Americans today are on some

kind of diet or weight loss plan in hopes that they will

lose weight.

Why are so many Americans concerned about losing

weight? One of the main reasons is because obesity is

widespread and nearly rampant in America.

It is likely that you or someone close to you is, in fact,

obese. If you are not obese, odds are that you are

overweight.

Millions of Americans are obese, and one million more are overweight. Why do so many Americans have

problems with weight?

There are several factors that are affecting the amount of obese and overweight people in America.

First, we, as a culture, do not do very much walking.

Living Active Lives

We are either sitting at home, sitting at work, or sitting in our cars. Generally, we do not use public

transportation to travel places; because of this, we spend a lot of time in our cars.

Also generally, in our culture, exercise is looked

upon negatively. People dont like exercising and

they dont look forward to it.

People view exercising as something hard and not

fun that they must do if they want to lose weight.

They do not realize that losing weight requires a

lifestyle change and a modified perspective and

outlook on life.

The reason why people struggle to accept that a

lifestyle change is needed is because they are comfortable with the way they are currently living with.

Very few people are accepting of the idea that they need to change several big things about their life.

People especially dont like changing the things that love and are familiar with. For example, they do not

want to exercise more.

They are used to rarely exercising or not exercising at all, so they do not want to change from that

routine. Changing that routine would require work, effort, and pain, and people simply do not want to

do it.

Lifestyle Changes, Not Quick Fixes

This is a large reason why people are constantly searching for quick and easy ways to lose weight. Just

turn on your television on you will see myriad

advertisements for diet pills and weight loss

programs.

The key fact here is that people want to lose weight

without effort. Deep down, they know the way to

lose weight is to exercise and eat healthy.

But they do not want to make the life changes

necessary to do those things, so they are always on

the lookout for a way to lose weight without the

effort and pain of change. The sad thing is, when people go on these gimmicky weight loss plans, they

usually end up gaining the weight right back when they stop the diet plan.

These gimmicks have temporary results, but rarely yield any lasting weight loss. If you have tried to lose

weight and cant, perhaps weight loss surgery is for you.

Weight loss surgery is not right for everyone, but it could be right for you. Come into Jordan Valley

Medical today to learn about the procedure that could change your life.

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