Some people love exercise and there are a few fanatics who live to go to the gym or jog or lift weights or spend hours in aerobics or the pool, pounding flesh to look and feel as great as it is possible to look and feel! Super fit is usually super healthy and there is no doubt that inner strength and fitness brings outer beauty.
Nobody ever got on Baywatch by being a couch potato and pretty people are as a rule fighting fit.
So where does that leave you? Deflated? Are you one of those people who think they might never recover their fitness levels because they are overweight and have neglected themselves for too long? The trick is to wake up and now.
The human body will recover from amazing injuries and traumas if the right treatments are applied correctly.
Physiotherapy can restore muscle tone to bodies that have been in coma for months; if they can do that then for sure you can get back in shape after being overweight! Start with a healthy attitude to achieve a healthy physical condition.
Take each day as it comes and instead of attempting a four minute mile around the park, set a sensible exercise plan that is effective.
Know yourself and know how much you are capable of: there is no need to burst at the seams to make a difference.
Sitting around and watching television and spending hours on the computer can put years on your body and leave you feeling lethargic; heavy; sleepy.
However, for some of us the computer is our way of earning our living and hey, we like TV! As long as we take our daily exercise and stick to a sensible eating plan, there is no reason why we cannot have our peaceful moments and do all the things we like to do, even if they entail sitting on our butts for two hours! 'It is never too late' is a phrase we hear over and over again whenever the subject of weight loss comes up.
And this is true but when we are overweight and out of shape our confidence is quite low and sometimes we are sceptical about whether we can achieve a good fitness level again.
The best way to find out is to try.
Promise yourself that you will stick with the plan for a few weeks.
At the end of it, if you feel you have wasted your time, perhaps you are the only human being in the world who does not lose weight by eating sensibly and doing a few minutes effective exercise per day.