Here's Why You Should Start Losing Weight Now

People are motivated to lose weight for different reasons, but the basis behind the physiology are constant: it's healthy! Healthy for your body, mind and lifestyle in many ways. Consider the following scenarios that better detail the primary reasons you should be striving for your ideal weight and how it will help improve your life.
1. You want to weigh less. Like anything else lingering on your "to-do" list, achieving a healthy body weight is a long standing goal. You have probably been wanting to lose weight for some time now, and the longer you go without striving for this goal, the more self-esteem you lose. Working toward the goal of losing weight will empower you psychologically like nothing else; you gain confidence and cunning in ways you never knew about. 
2. Weighing less will enable you more. Extra pounds weigh us down in many ways, and once we start to lose them, we gain new freedoms. Freedom to jog up the stairs when we are late for a meeting when once we would have waited for the elevator. Freedom to chase after the little children in the family who can be so hard to keep up with. Losing weight means being dissatisfied with being idle.
3. You gain strength when you lose weight. Rather than expending all your energy on carrying your own weight around, once you work a few pounds off, you will be amazed at your physical capacity. Your stamina increases as the load lightens, and you will find yourself able to accomplish much more in your day; who couldn't benefit from that in these busy times? Being overweight limits you, raises your heart and breathing rates and burdens your otherwise capable and ready for anything approach to life.
4. Decreasing weight increases health. It's no secret how being overweight, especially to the point of obesity, can take a toll on every organ in your body. The system you were born with was designed to function optimally within a certain weight range, and when that envelope is pushed, the system is overworked. Your health suffers in many ways over the years, and usually by the time you reach middle age, trips to the doctor become much more frequent. You will find the amount of remedies for things like heartburn, body aches and other problems piling up in your medicine cabinet.  
5. Being overweight shortens life-spans. With few exceptions, being overweight bears down so hard on our bodies that it puts us in early graves. Humans were simply not designed to function in an obese or severely overweight state, and heart disease, diabetes and other conditions ensue as a result. Losing weight enables normal functioning and less stress on all systems, which leads not just to better living but living longer.
There must be a million different diets, books on dieting and weight-loss specialists who all profess to have the number one way you can reach your ideal weight but it's really you who knows what you should be doing and how to go about it. Analyze your habits and change them as necessary to attain your goals and start living a healthier, more active and rewarding lifestyle today.