Facts About Being Overweight-Facts About Fatal Excess Pounds!

Facts about being overweight have disturbed me to the point that I have really decided to take some positive action towards losing my excess pounds. I've known for ages my weight was unhealthy, but did not realise just how unhealthy until I read the facts about being overweight that I have reproduced below.

So what are the facts about being overweight that should be causing us so much concern? To share the facts that have really worried me I thought I would list them here:

1. Researchers have estimated that 64% of the population of the US are overweight or obese

2. Overweight people in Europe number approximately 48% of the population

3. Officially, 27% of the American population is obese

4. 325,000 deaths each year are directly related to obesity

5. Costs associated with obesity treatments were estimated at approximately $75 billion dollars in 2003.

6. Obesity affects over 300 million people worldwide

7. 750 million people worldwide are overweight

8. Revenue in the weight loss niche is expected to reach $61 billion dollars in 2008 alone

It funny about what finally hits home! For me it is the last fact on my list above. I know I'm nearly fifty pounds overweight and I certainly am the first to admit I don't exercise anywhere near enough! If I want to grow old and stay healthy and happy, I need to do something about my weight loss now, before it's too late!

Anyway, I have made a beginning on this (much to the delight of my husband and family). As well as researching the facts on overweight I have also researched about diet plans and what the latest facts are about weight loss. It seems that the inescapable truth is that there is no easy fix! It is going to take a combination of healthy diet and a regular exercise routine to get in shape. It seems that the most successful dieters are the people who take this approach. They lose a lot of weight and it also stays away. Bingo!

There are some other facts I discovered as well:

* Diet pills do not keep weight off in the long term

* When you use fad diets or Hollywood style weight lose plans, all you really lose is water! That same water usually returns very quickly once you start eating properly again.

* In the long term, it is important to be responsible for knowing how to prepare your food and knowing exactly what to prepare. For this reason, expensive pre-packaged diet meals only really benefit the manufacturers.

* Expensive gym equipment builds muscle but without a proper eating plan you will not remove the fat above the muscles.

Daunting isnt it? No wonder the majority of overweight people (of which I certainly admit I am one) give up and make no changes at all. Unfortunately, the facts about being overweight wont let us keep thinking like that if we want a healthy, long and happy life.

Fact is, now I know about the risks my lifestyle is exposing me to I'm going to make a commitment to a healthy weight loss program as soon as possible. For me personally, the facts about being overweight have got through at last, and are motivating me to take this opportunity to turn my health around and ensure I will be around to see my grandchildren!

Finding a healthy way to lose weight does not have to be expensive, nor does it have to involve magic diets, expensive gym equipment and toxic diet pills. In fact a quick search of the net will provide a couple of programs proven to assist healthy weight loss without costing enormous amounts of money.

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