Are You in Denial About Your Weight Problem?

If you are in denial about the fact you have a weight problem, you are not alone. Many people cannot face up to the fact that they have let themselves go and that they have put on so much weight that it could be damaging their health. After all, it is much easier to bury your head in the sand about being overweight than it is to confront the issue head-on and deal with it.

To reverse a weight problem, you obviously have to make changes to your eating and exercise habits. Unfortunately, introducing any kind of change to your life is always difficult and so it is tempting to avoid dealing with your weight, even if it is making you unhappy. You tell yourself that your weight isn’t really that bad and spend your time comparing yourself to people who are even heavier than you. If you can still get about and aren’t confined to a bed, as the people with a ‘real’ weight problem are, you are able to convince yourself that you don’t have to do anything about it.

However, morbidly obese individuals were not always that way. Those with a serious weight problem were not always as heavy as they end up. When you don’t want to find yourself in the position of having hundreds of pounds to lose you have to take action early on. You can’t keep pretending that your weight doesn’t bother you and that you’re just as healthy as your slimmer friends. If you sit around eating junk food and never bother to exercise, the chances are you aren’t as fit and healthy as you could be.

You may decide not to step on the scales, because if you don’t know how much you weigh then you don’t know how serious the problem is. Of course, you know when you’re putting on weight, because every time you go shopping for clothes you find yourself having to buy them in a larger size. Perhaps that is why you choose to avoid clothes shopping altogether, especially when there are only a few stores that stock clothes in your size.

Even if you try to kid yourself that your weight isn’t an issue, when you develop health problems and your quality of life begins to suffer you can no longer do so. If your weight prevents you from doing the things you want to do and you have negative feelings about the way you look, it is time to take action. Indeed, it would be preferable to deal with your weight before it reaches such a stage, but the main thing is that you finally face up to the fact your weight is a problem, so that you can take the action needed to facilitate weight loss.