5 REASONS Why People Want to Control Their Weight

It is important to understand the reasoning why a person wishes to lose those excessive weight. There are many reasons but what might seem important to one person may not be the same for another person.

1. Fashion 

Fashion has always dictated how people “ought” to look. It still does!

Clothes are designed for a particular body shape, the most suitable models achieve super-star status & the populace are “persuaded” into thinking what an attractive body should look like. 

2. Peer Pressure 

The influence of friends is often linked to the group’s perception of the current fashion.

When everyone about you is actively “dieting’ it is easy to get carried along with the general trend.

If the common topic of conversation is the calorific value of the food on the table, then one soaks it all in and drifts into a dieting or slimming culture.

It is also possible that one can feel “left out’ if one does not conform to the dieting behaviour of the group. Or one can get left out if one is thought not to need to diet. 

3. Attractiveness 

Again, this follows the above, since many people desire to lose weight in order to attract someone or to keep that person interested.This is an extremely common reason for someone seeking help to lose weight.

Sexual relationship considerations very often play an important role.If one does not feel happy about one’s body then one does not feel happy about exposing oneself to another person, albeit one with whom one is romantically involved.There may be concerns about extra bulges, drooping parts, places that are prone to perspire and produce odours.

Again, all of these may be motivation to the individual for losing weight. 

4. Health 

The health question must always be uppermost in one’s mind. As we shall see in the course there are many good health reasons why the individual should contain their weight.It may be that the individual has had a health problem.

Nowadays a raised cholesterol level or raised blood pressure are very common reasons.There may be less critical but nonetheless good reasons for a reduction, such as painful arthritis.

Simply losing weight & therefore carrying less weight on the affected joint can make a difference to pain levels and increase the overall well being of that person. 

5. Fitness 

People often want to lose weight because they become aware that they just cannot reach their expected peak fitness performance.

They may not be able to run up the hockey pitch as quickly as they did at the end of last season.

They may not be able to get into particular yoga positions, or they might not be able to get up the hills on the golf course without becoming noticeably breathless.