Being overweight can be a horrible burden on an otherwise happy life.
It can interfere with the activities you'd like to do, inhibit your ability to fully express yourself, and even create a host of health problems.
If you are overweight, you are not alone.
Two thirds of adults in America are either overweight or obese.
It is no secret that this is a growing problem that needs to be addressed.
Has this always been a problem? If you look back into history, you'll find that people a hundred years ago didn't have this problem.
They were mostly thin and fit.
One of the reasons is that they got a lot more exercise than we do today.
Not by choice, but because they had to.
Back then, you had to work really hard to earn a living.
Another reason is that they ate completely different food than we eat today.
The food people ate a hundred years ago wasn't filled with preservatives, and laced with chemicals.
They hadn't invented fast food yet.
It's easy to understand why their physical activity was so much more intense that ours today.
Today's world is more information based, so most people can work behind a desk all day long.
Why is the food so different than what people ate before? One reason is that there are so many more people now, and food production has become a large industry.
They ship food from all over the world, so they need to make it stays fresher, longer.
This requires adding chemicals and preservatives.
This is good for the food manufacturers, but is it good for us? Does it make us more or less healthy? Most people would agree that by eating processed food, our health suffers.
Of course, it can be difficult to find a source of natural, preservative free food.
And it can be just as difficult to get enough exercise.
Simply by being aware of what needs to be done, eating right, and exercising a little bit more, you can take control of your health.
Because your life is so important, this is something that should become a priority.