Have you any concerns about weight for yourself or someone you care about?
We would all love to be our ideal size and shape, we can easily forget that the most important thing is to be happy and healthy. Would you like to enjoy guilt free eating again? Would you like to shake off an obsession with food and impress your friends and family, halting their concerns?
Common Symptoms of EXCESS Weight:
- Feeling isolated with low confidence and low self-esteem
- Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol
- Often feeling very tired, possibly due to sleep apnoea
- Joint and back pain causing difficulty doing physical activity
When we quit smoking or drinking, we can turn away from these temptations, but we need food to survive, this makes changing our eating habits more of a challenge.
Facts:
- When experiencing low self-esteem because of our weight, we can comfort eat
- There is no such thing as ‘good or bad’ food!
- The psychological problems associated with living with obesity can also affect your relationships with family and friends, and may lead to depression
- Obesity is an increasingly common problem because the environment we live in makes it difficult for many people to eat healthily and do enough physical activity
Common Symptoms of Unhealthy LOW weight:
- A relentless pursuit of thinness, an intense fear of gaining weight
- Distorted body image
- Lethargy, sluggishness, or feeling tired all the time
- Binge eating before purging or fasting
Overcoming our fear of putting on weight and feeling content and confident eating food can be very challenging, but the rewards are plentiful.
Facts:
- Sustained low weight can be life threatening
- Infertility, tooth decay, hair loss are just a few ways undereating can damage our health
- It is very hard to notice someone actively under eating as they can be very secretive
- Eating disorders frequently appear during the teen years or young adulthood
Once we are happy, our weight will adjust to its natural state because we have regained control of our confidence and are able to adjust our eating habits. We can then can start embracing the idea of a long, happy and healthy life.
