Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Weight Loss by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen

Author:Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-10T16:00:00+00:00

You Can Do It!

You may have tried to lose weight many times before. If you’ve tried dieting, you may even have lost weight, only to gain it right back again. Whether this is your first time or your tenth time trying to lose weight, here’s the good news: You CAN lose weight permanently. You don’t have to starve yourself or exercise for hours on end every day. By making just a few healthy, lasting changes in the way you live your life, you can start looking and feeling better right away. You can lose weight and keep the pounds off for a lifetime.

Improve Your Health

There are plenty of reasons to lose weight, but the most important is to improve your health. If you are even slightly overweight, you’re more likely to develop all sorts of serious health problems such as:

• heart disease

• stroke

• diabetes

• cancer (such as colon cancer, endometrial cancer, and postmenopausal breast cancer)

• gallbladder disease

• sleep apnea (interrupted breathing during sleep)

• osteoarthritis (wearing away of the joints)

Take it from a doctor with years of clinical experience. Obesity makes almost any disease more difficult to treat. Operations take longer and anesthesia is much more risky when you are overweight.

The good news is even a very modest amount of weight loss—10 to 15 pounds—offers significant health benefits. Some people with Type II diabetes are cured by losing only a small amount of weight. It doesn’t take much to make a big difference so far as your health is concerned. Lose weight for your health first!

Lowering Your Cholesterol Level

and Blood Pressure

Don’t let appearances deceive you. You don’t even have to be overweight to suffer from many of the medical conditions that can be improved by the lifestyle advice in this book. For example, you can be thin and still have a high cholesterol level or high blood pressure. In this case, in order to protect your heart, you’ll most definitely want to follow the advice in this book about eating healthfully and exercising properly. Some people are able to lower their cholesterol level and blood pressure sufficiently through lifestyle changes alone. Talk with your doctor about it—medicine is not always necessary.

It Can Be Done!

The National Weight Control Registry is a research study that has proven it is possible to achieve significant, long-term weight loss. The registry has identified more than 4,000 people who have lost at least 30 pounds and have maintained a weight loss of at least 30 pounds for one year or longer. The registry researchers report that:

Nearly every participant used diet and exercise to initially lose weight and maintain their weight loss.

Weight loss led to significant improvements in self-confidence, mood, and physical health.

About half of registry members initially lost weight on their own; the rest used a formal weight-loss program or help from a health-care professional.

Once you’ve successfully maintained your new weight for several years, the chances increase that you’ll maintain that weight.

Eating breakfast is a characteristic common to successful weight loss and may be a factor in success.

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