Defining your relative state of "happiness" is usually based on a number of factors...job satisfaction, financial stabilty, relationships, our family;s state of health and happiness and a number of other factors.
One of the components of happiness for many people is their own health and self-perception of "image". One of the really fun things for me in administering the Serotonin=Plus Weight Loss Program is watching the transformation of our patients during the program. Yes, the person starts becoming thinner, wearing more stylish clothes, using less prescription medications. However, im addition the "happiness" meter seems to go up tremendously. Overall, many patients who came in frustrated and upset leave their visits with a big smile on their faces and a new resolve to make this new image their permanent one.
Weight loss will make you healtheir for sure. But it also makes you happier. When we embasrk on a weight loss effort, usually we are somewhat "sad" because we initially perceive that we are being punished and deprived. The "act" of losing weight is not fun...but the end result brings much happiness.
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I have experience in this area and have had to learn that often my weight is a reflection of my feelings of self, but if I can get past the "self" and place my focus on the healthy, then slowly that perception will change. I have also learned it takes roughly 200 "good job, way to go" comments to counter one negative, harmful comment. So, that tells us that what we say to ourselves is extremely important and goes a long way in our weightloss success. We need to focus on our postive self talk to begin to change the damaging perceptions that we have aquired along life's way by insensitive comments that have been made. 200 positive comments takes time, so it may as well begin with our self talk to accomplish this task and not wait for someone else to fill that void. This one thing will begin to change us on the inside and our negative image will begin to dissolve as we begin to change on the outside.
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