If you were told by your doctor that you are significantly overweight, would it have been surprizing to you? Most certainly not; you already would (or should) have known. You have been ignoring reality all this time.

In fact, if I am obese and my doctor said otherwise I would have known he/she was telling me a fat lie.

So, by now you would have been noticing the gradual inflation of your health every time you go to your wardrobe or to the department store to choose your clothes. Your mirror would have been screaming at you for months or years, but you always kept on doing what you're doing.

Well now, if you are obese, overweight, or are on the road to becoming, consider this simple argument...

What does it mean to be obese?

It means...

• You're carrying around too much load, and you are not getting any younger.
• You need a bigger, stronger heart since you have now significantly increased the workload for your heart. You can only increase the power of your heart by exercising - which you (most likely) have not been doing.
• Your body mass index (BMI) is 30+
• Maybe your belly jiggles when you laugh. But this is no laughing matter! Why?
• You are three times more likely to suffer from heart disease,
• You are four times more likely to suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure)
• You are also five times more likely to develop diabetes, and
• You have increased risk of developing cancer.