Being overweight can bring you happiness

" I need to lose weight!" "I'll start my diet Monday." " I wish I had her butt." "Why won't the weight come off?"


Does any of these statements sound familiar. Even if you haven't said these things out loud, have you thought them to yourself? If so, don't be ashamed about how you feel and don't feel bad about yourself because you don't have a super model's body. You may look to the picture on your left and think, "Only if I had that body I would be happy." That may even be true to some extent but the picture on the right doesn't have to make you squirm with discomfort.

 Here are 5 ways that being over weight can bring happiness into your life.


 Focusing On Improving Your Appearance
1. Once you realize that your body could be in better shape, and a workout and diet regime is needed, you have now taken your attention off of everyone else and placed it on yourself. Just the thought of improving yourself in any way brings about happiness and gives a feeling of self confidence. So, taking the time out to focus on ways you can improve your appearance and actually making steps to do what you need to do can make you feel powerful and bring happiness into your life.


Learning New Things
2. Some people are overweight due to eating all of the wrong foods. Being overweight can be a motivation to learn more about nutrition and the way different types of food fuel your body. I don't know about you but whenever I learn something new that can improve or enhance my life in anyway, it not only brings happiness into my life, but I feel more like a well rounded person. Most people who learn about the nutritional value of different foods will share what they learn to others, and helping someone else live a better life will deliver a express package of happy right to the doorstep of your heart.

Benefits Of Becoming More Active
3. From my observation and personal experience I know that becoming overweight doesn't happen by working out on a regular basis. More often than not, people who become overweight are not taking the time out to get enough exercise. But once the decision is made to shed those pounds; a decision is made to work out regularly. Exercising will give you more energy, help you sleep better, make your heart stronger, and build your immune system(just to name a few things). While all these wonderful things are taking place as you exercise, you'll find yourself in a better mood.


 Seeing The Fruit Of Your Labor
4. 5 days per week and 1 hour each day is what you've committed to exercise. Uphill, downhill, squats, lunges, jumping jacks, curl-ups, arm presses, push-ups; and before you know it the results are in. You are losing the pounds and can see the changes to your body. Your clothes are fitting looser and your stamina is through the roof. You may have even gone to the doctor and received the news that your blood pressure is down. As you begin to see the results of all your hard work no one will recognize you without a smile on your face.


A New Victory
5. All the hard work has paid off and now you're getting admiration, compliments, and new attention. The admiration, compliments, and new attention could possibly bring an overwhelming happiness into your life, but it's the stunning victory of seeing your progress that brings about the most happiness.


Everything can be looked at in a positive way and be used to promote happiness. Just find the strength to do so and never compare yourself to someone else.