Weight Loss Pros And Cons

The Pros and Cons of Weight Loss

Everyone desires to have an attractive body which can boost up their self-confidence. Wherever they put their eyes on, they can see what the whole world is trying to say about being beautiful which is, “Slim is beautiful”. Let’s face it, very rare that you will someone you’ll see a chubby or fat lady in a billboard or cover of a certain magazine. Most models are very thin and people find it very attractive.

The mass media is the number one to blame for this kind of mentality of the society. The television, print-ads and even radio affect the society a lot. The reason behind this is because people consider the media as a good role model, so whatever they’ll see and hear, people will likely to imitate it.

Some people may not see any of these things as a problem at all since they do not have the excess bulk on their bodies. But for some, this gives them pressure. The overweight and obese people feel ashamed of their body because they find it abnormal than the others. In result, they will engage themselves in different weight loss programs in order to get thin.

There’s nothing wrong in wanting to achieve the model-like body. We all have that privilege. The only thing that is bothersome about losing weight is some people resort to different methods of losing weight, may it be good or bad, just to be perfectly thin. This article will try to lay out the different pros and cons of weight loss.

One of the advantages of losing weight is obviously the fact that you will trim down some of your excess weight. This is good especially for the obese people because it is really recommended by all health professionals.

Another benefit is lowering the risk of attaining illnesses that are related to being obese or having too much fat. You will also be able to perform various physical activities which you can’t do when you were still in your overweight phase of life. Thus in turn, being physical active can further improve your health condition.

Do you know that the main cause of eating disorder is diet? This is the reason why illnesses related to eating always exists is because almost everyone wants to trim down their weight. The two prominent illnesses that you can acquire from dieting are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

Anorexia nervosa is an eating order wherein it is marked with distorted perception of one’s body image. They always see themselves as fat even though in reality they are so thin already. They starve themselves or engage into binge eating and purge it afterwards.

Bulimia Nervosa on the other hand is the act of binge eating and purging. They will a big amount of food that a person can usually eat then feel guilty afterwards which leads to purging of all the food they consumed.

The age of onset of both eating disorders is during puberty and early adulthood. Peer pressure has a lot to do with this condition. Since adolescence avoids being left out by their peers this gives them too much pressure which leads to drastic methods just to “go with the flow”.

Another drawback of weight loss is obviously the challenge of discipline. You may need to take drastic changes in your eating habits once you engaged in a weight loss program. It would be very hard to abruptly get rid of the foods you love to eat.

In relation to the food restriction, personality problems may arise like being easily irritated, possible depression and the like. Since you are being challenged and forbidden to eat the foods you’re really craving this can really upset you in turn. Relationship with family and friends may also be a problem due to your dieting.

Weight loss is not a bad thing if you will analyze it properly. It is actually one of the health teachings in the medical field for the improvement of one’s health. It only becomes bad once a person already abuse it. Just like the saying, “Too much of everything is bad”.

Just remember that you do not need to please the people around you just to be beautiful. Beauty comes from the inside which will reflect out on your physical appearance.