Self esteem as a factor for weight loss

Many people try long and hard to find a perfect 'soul mate' or 'date' for themselves. Now, finding someone who you want to spend the rest of your life with is surely necessary, but what is more important is learning to love yourself. I am not asking you to become selfish and think only about yourself. But you must work to enhance your self-confidence and self-esteem. Several recent studies have pointed out that people with a higher self-confidence and self-esteem generally remain healthier than those who suffer from a low self-esteem.
You will find that people with high esteem usually have better health than those with low self esteem. The main reason is because when you have low self esteem, you are more prone to depressive mood swings and when that happened, you find yourself eating more. And naturally when you eat more than you should, you will start gaining weight. This is true for the majority of the population.
Recent studies conducted on a group of high school girls goes to show the validity of the above hypothesis. The girls were asked to rate themselves from a scale of one to ten regarding their "happiness" level. From the empirical studies, it was shown that those with a lower rating gained more weight within 2 years of the others.
As you observed, from the studies,how good you feel will have an impact at the end on how much weight you will gain or lost.
It is important that you treat and pamper yourself from time to time. I am not asking you stop helping others and become self-centered. In fact, helping others is a good thing, but can you remember when was the last time you helped YOURSELF to something! Maybe you like to eat at a certain top restaurant. When was the last time you visited that restaurant? Maybe you love fishing. When was the last time you went for fishing? Maybe you love badminton, but have you ever played the game in the last few months?
Too many times, we wrap ourselves so much with the thoughts of others than we often forget about ourselves; we often forget that we too have a life of our own just like others, and it is important to help ourselves just as we help others!
We are too busy with our jobs that we tend to eat just about anything that seems to be 'convenient'. And quite ironically, the 'convenient' foods are often the main culprits behind obesity. Instead of gorging on junk foods, try to cook vegetables. It is easy to say that you don't have time to do all that, but if you want to keep obesity away, you NEED to find time to love and look after yourself. And remember that we always find time for doing something we love!

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