It's time to say, Bye-Bye Flab!

You need to lose weight... lose the lard. And we all know that weight loss isn’t easy. If there was such a thing as easy weight loss, this web site and thousands of others would not exist.

When I was a kid, my mother would discretely point out fat people to me, and explain that they had trouble with their glands. She believed it, too. But then she didn't have the problem. She wasn't a fattie, but I am and I have learned a lot about the problem.

Welcome to ByeBye Flab. Here’s where I'll teach you the truth about weight loss!

So many people want to lose weight nowadays because obesity is a major health problem in all modern affluent societies.

So much processed food is available to us, our problem is a surfeit of food, not a scarcity of it. And this is compounded by the lack of exercise we experience by living a lifestyle with all the modern conveniences we take for granted.

They save us from effort and using up energy... and that’s much of the problem. We burn up so little physical energy and eat so many rich foods, that our lives are out of balance. This excess energy we consume is turned into body fat. That is our obesity problem in a nutshell. In fact it’s not just a problem; it’s an epidemic.

The poorer countries of the world do not suffer from this obesity epidemic the way we do, because millions of their peoples have the exact opposite problem: They expend heaps of energy just to try to stay alive, and the problem of many is just finding enough food to stay alive.

These people do not get fat, like we do.

Our problem is one of excess flab. Being fat affects our self-esteem, it damages our social lives, it can affect our sex lives and ultimately it will destroy our health, as well.

If we’re affected by obesity (yes, it’s an ugly word, isn’t it?) -- then our quality of life is reduced and the length of our lives will be shortened. When you really think about it, obesity is a terminal disease.

The only way to escape this vicious circle is to lose weight. We can accomplish weight loss through following a sensible weight loss diet plan... And we can increase our health and fitness and hasten that weight loss through moderate exercise. We can burn the fat and say Bye Bye to our flab.

Weight loss is only a goal for those of us who recognize we've got a weight problem. It's about body image, yes... but it's also about staying healthy and trying to avoid the diseases that over-eating and obesity can bring, such as acid reflux (GORD) and Type 2 Diabetes.

The good news is that you normally have to abuse your body for years before these problems take hold. The human body is so amazingly resilient. The bad news is that many popular "quick fixes" do not address the real problem. At best they may offer temporary help. At worst they can cause even more damage.

Next, you can read about diet to lose weight.