Benefits of Losing Weight
Benefits of Losing Weight – Either individual or group weight lose
The benefits of weight lose are evident and beneficial to all individuals who take that most important step pf acknowledgement.
Being overweight can be very frustrating to an individual’s life no matter the age or status in the society. Overweight comes with lots of health, physical and psychological complications which can really impact negatively in one’s life. It is therefore very important that we pull together to ensure good health by keeping our weight to acceptable levels. Those who are overweight may not be comfortable with their lives, less motivated, less productive and luck self-esteem. To change this you will have only one option and that is to make effort of kicking out that excess mass out of your body. We are going to be discussing the benefits that accrue from weight loss as shared by those who were once discouraged of their weight but nonetheless made effort to change and are today a living testimony of the goodness of loosing weight.
Some years ago a young teenage boy was struggling with his weight and being obese was causing him lots of isolation. He then made that very important first step of acknowledging that he had a problem and that it was his duty to fix it. He then enrolled at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury who is also the founder of the facility. He was put into weight loss recovery program and he confesses that at that time, he was shy, heavy, lucking in confidence and stressed to think beyond his immediate future. He was obviously the heaviest in his class and in just a couple of weeks under the care of doctor Akoury he can attest to the following benefits:
Being able to enjoy food
“I must confess that i was a really picky eater as a kid and in my youthful years. I’d sulk in the tree house in the garden whenever my parents tried to make me eat vegetables, and refused anything suspiciously “healthy” on matter of principle – diet sodas, fruit salad instead of ice-cream, anything which didn’t come with chip”
When I finally made this decision to lose weight, and went on a diet with the guidance of doctor Akoury, I had to find new foods which I liked things which were satisfying without being calorific. Thoughts of good nutrition sunk in where more fruit and veg, more whole grains, less sugar and fat became my priorities. I have learnt to try pretty much anything, and some of my favorite foods (crisp breads with cottage cheese, vegetable stir fries, raw carrot sticks) are ones that I’d never have touched a few years ago thanks to doctor Akoury.
Being confident in a group
I suffered from isolation and I examine keenly each time am joining any group I needed to check if I was the fattest person there. If I was, I would be convinced that everyone else was hyper-aware of this too, and that they were silently discriminating against me. I was of the idea that they couldn’t have cared less about my size. But it was only after losing weight that I became confident enough to take the lead in situations where I had to work with strangers. I gained confidence joined several clubs and association in collage and set up my own creative writing group. Currently at my work place, I’ve delivered presentations and training to clients; a few years ago, I’d have been nervous about how I looked, but now I love being in front of an audience. I credit this all to my decision to join AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center.
Dressing well and having confidence in my appearance
This was very painful, all my youth I lived in jogging bottoms and oversized t-shirts, varied with the occasional disastrous purchase in an attempt to follow the latest trends and fit in. in one occasion a girl loudly pointed out my “spare tire”. I thought that hiding under baggy clothes would conceal me, but if anything it made me look shapeless and lumpy. Nonetheless, the moment I started losing weight, I bought my first ever pair of jeans oh God what a relief. I tried some fitted t-shirts. Hardly the height of teenage fashion, but my clothes were finally comfortable and flattering. Oh dear friend take my advice and call doctor Akoury today.
Being comfortable in regular exercise
“Oh God exercise” this used to be a dirty and frustrating word. I hated every humiliating moment of games lessons at school (the changing rooms, the fitness tests, falling over every single hurdle I couldn’t just take it) I couldn’t understand why some friends wanted to play sport or go jogging after school.
Once exercise was no longer compulsory, though, I began to find forms of activity which I enjoyed. Cycling, swimming, and walking all featured prominently. It wasn’t until I joined AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center that I nervously crept into the little college gym and tried out the rowing machines, but from then, believe you me I was hooked and it was fun there on.
Accepting that “I can do it”
As a teenager, I had ambitious plans and projects but never saw them through. I spent a couple of years writing a science-fiction novel (in retrospect, it was too short and rather too influenced by whatever I’d been watching on TV) I wanted to be “a writer” someday but spent considerably more time reading about writing than doing it. I started learning computer programming, and a host of other things, but gave up after barely a week later and I began to label myself as someone who “never finishes anything”.
But when I successfully lost two stone, it made me realize that I was capable of sticking to something, and that I could make complete changes in my life. At the college, I took a self-development discipline which helped me to think about my goals and what I wanted out of life. Once I graduated, I moved to London – something I’d not dreamt of doing a few years before.
The value of writing things down
When I was losing weight, I wrote down all my meals and snacks and tracked the calories I’d eaten. I’d never before realized how seeing things in black and white helps keep you accountable.
At the college, I kept on top of my academic work by planning out what I had to do at the start of the week, and ticking off pieces of work as they were completed. This kept me considerably better organized and far less stressed than many of my peers. I also realized the value of journaling; writing down how I was feeling helped me work through difficult patches, and curbed the urge to use chocolate as a magic cure-all!
Finally, my success in losing weight gave me the confidence to help others especially when I was able to lose a few pounds whilst a student, and then a few more working full-time.
I follow quite a few health and weight-loss blogs enthusiastically posted by doctor Akoury, and am an active member on several forums. It’s always a great feeling when I’m able to give someone a tip or piece of advice that worked for me that is my story and you can make it yours if only you can call doctor Akoury today.
Benefits of Losing Weight – Either individual or group weight lose
