Reasons may vary from person to person, but the main reason for why lose weight has to be the pressure to look and be perfect.
Everywhere you look you are surrounded by constant reminders which tell you that in order to be happy, successful, respected and have strong personal relationships you need to be thin and beautiful.
However from this description alone, this desire to fit into what is considered ‘beautiful’ can undermine your self- esteem, your confidence and how you actually perceive yourself.
It is no wonder with such constant pressures that the following statistics have emerged:
• In the past 20+ years, the centre-fold for Playboy has lost 25lbs and weighs 18% less than the medical ideal
• Fashion models are a staggering 23% below the average weight of an ordinary woman. In a recent BMI study many actresses and models were found to have 10-15% body fat compared to 22-26% for a normal, healthy woman
• In the Miss World contest a few years ago it was discovered that the average contestant weighed below the US’s standard weight for anorexia
• In a 1994 survey by Glamour (conducted on 33,000 women), 75% thought they were overweight when in fact only 25% fitted into this category
• Placed in a hall of distorting mirrors, of the women surveyed, the vast majority believed the mirror which made them look fatter was their real selves whilst the mirrors which reflected their real selves or made them look thinner they thought were false
More worryingly, as the ideal body becomes thinner, we as a nation are becoming bigger creating an even more substantial gap between the two.
How to lose weight
If you are genuinely interested in losing weight, it is important that you don’t get caught up in these preconceptions of what is or isn’t considered to be beautiful.
As the above statistics prove, an unhealthy obsession with your weight can result in dangerously low BMI’s or even anorexia; neither of which are not good for your overall health or wellbeing.
To achieve your why lose weight goal you need to plan a proper diet, exercise regularly and possibly use diet pills to help you experience a safe, steady weight loss of 1-2lbs a week.
Natural herbal supplements such as Proactol help you to reduce your dietary fat intake by up to 28% whilst suppressing your appetite, thus helping you to naturally decrease your meal portions at a pace that is right for you.
