The Long Term Benefits of Being Lean

Social Acceptance

Want to be able to make friends? Get invited to parties? Asked out on dates? Or is that extra helping of mashed potatoes more important? Fat people, although they are everywhere and include some great people, are often isolated socially because they are fat. You’d think that fat people would get together and have their own social functions, but they don’t – many are too ashamed of themselves. Isolation is the constant companion of fat people – all the more reason to start and stay with your fat burning program.

More Energy

As we get older, we feel less “pep”. The reasons for this are varied, but the reality is most of the time we just too out of shape and overweight to have the energy to do anything but survive. This leads to the “concentration camp” syndrome: you just plod through the day, hoping to have enough energy to get the basics covered – no energy left over for anything else – just work, work, work. The only enjoyment you get is eating something tasty in front of the tube after a tiring day at work. Burn fat and you will suddenly find you have more energy to do the things YOU want to do – besides just being another worker in the gulag.

Better Health

Being slimmer can save you from a higher incidence of the following:

• Type 2 diabetes


• Heart disease and stroke


• Cancer


• Sleep apnea


• Osteoarthritis


• Gallbladder disease


• Fatty liver disease

Heart disease and strokes are still the number one killers today, with cancer running a close second. Overweight folks often have joint problems – hips and back - and osteoporosis or bone thinning. Sleep apnea causes the sufferer to stop breathing in the middle of the night with predictable effects. Type 2 diabetes is a chronic long term illness whose incidence has been rising right along with those numbers on the bathroom scale. Fatty liver disease is what alcoholics suffer from – and fat people too, it turns out.

More Sex

What’s not to like about that? Sex is what makes the world go round. If you are fat, partners are few and far between, if any. Worse, they feel sorry for you afterwards and avoid you. Husbands and wives both say the same thing: “We used to have sex, but since he/she put on 20 pounds, I’m just not interested.” That’s only twenty pounds – imagine if that number were 50 pounds?

There are many reasons for being fat – genetics, over eating, poor diet, not enough exercise, and psychological problems. None of these is a show stopper and all are something you can do something about. The longer you wait, the harder it will be until you finally die or start to burn fat – why live years as a fat person when you can start feeling better today?

Think about these long term benefits and put together a plan that will help you burn fat now. If you have already started – don’t give up!

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