Does being fat make us unhappy? Or does unhappiness make us fat? Both can be true I think ....

[elliebath]

I saw this article by a Dr Travis Bradberry who writes about emotional health. He lists ten things often common in unhappy people.

One that struck me was " things will be better when....". How often have we all thought it and then found out that "when" never comes, or if it does come we find we're still not entirely happy? Often this applies to people with weight issues eg: the teenager starving for the perfect body so that the boy next door will notice her, the wronged wife who thinks that getting slim will make her Ex see what he's missing.

The problem with this is, if we lose weight but it doesnt quite lead to the happy ending we anticipated, we're highly likely to fall right off the wagon, eat more to compensate and go right back to square one....feeling rubbish.

I guess the moral here is, get slimmer and healthy for OURSELVES , for nobody else, not for a loved one, nor for that perfect job, and if we have unhappiness in our lives then seek other ways to deal with it, but not with food.

Easier said than done? Your thoughts ladies please..

Dr Bradberry ARTICLE

10 Habits of Unhappy People

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