| Many people are overweight and would like to | | | | when you get old. If you exercise and keep |
| lose weight but they can't quite get to the point | | | | active, you will have a more satisfying old age |
| of committing to a proper diet and sticking with | | | | and achieve much more. There is no reason why |
| it. There is often a kind of apathy that creeps in | | | | a person can't climb a flight of stairs just because |
| when you start a diet but then give up, thinking, | | | | they are in their seventies. Many people retire to |
| "what's the point? Why should I bother?" It does | | | | a bungalow in their old age but you should make |
| not have to be like that. If you are overweight, it | | | | climbing the stairs part of your daily fitness |
| really is important to shed that excess weight. | | | | routine. Life is more fun if you can move about |
| Research suggests that the longer you remain | | | | freely, and you are more likely to be able to do |
| obese, the greater the risk to your health. The | | | | that if you are not overweight and you do some |
| sooner you lose excess weight the longer you | | | | exercise. |
| are likely to live – really. | | | | Not many people talk about this but observation |
| There is not only longevity to consider, but also | | | | would support the contention that people who are |
| the quality of one's life. Nobody would want to | | | | noticeably overweight are treated somewhat less |
| endure in their middle or later life, the misery of | | | | favourably in general. If two ladies apply for the |
| potentially crippling conditions like heart disease, | | | | same job as a receptionist and one is overweight, |
| diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or | | | | is it likely that she would get the job? People do |
| gall bladder disease. | | | | not like sitting next to an overweight person in a |
| If you can lose excess weight and get to a | | | | cinema or on a bus because they simply take up |
| weight that is right for your height and age you | | | | more than their share of space. |
| have a chance of a much better day to day life. | | | | If you are overweight think how much better it |
| You will be able to move about and do the things | | | | would be if any attention you get would be |
| you want. The more activity you do, the more | | | | positive rather than negative, and how this could |
| you can expect to do, since exercise helps keep | | | | be the case provided you make a determined |
| the body supple, the heart active, and the bones | | | | effort to shed those excess pounds. |
| strong. | | | | Self-confidence is partly about how you look. You |
| You do not need to be consigned to an armchair | | | | want to look good and you can! |