These are my entries on my advantages card:
Advantages for Weight Loss
Feel greater self-esteem
- Feel more youthful and vigorous
- Feel comfortable wearing stylish clothes
- Feel comfortable in a bathing suit at 65
- Feel in control of my body
(be less self-critical, more confident, enjoy feeling of accomplishment, less self-conscious, happier when I look in the mirror, happier when I step on the scales)
Improve health
- Reduce risk of diabetes and heart disease
- Decrease stress and pains in joints
- One way to monitor healthy eating habits
Easier to exercise: which will preserve my ability to function well—
- stamina, strength, flexibility, balance
- improve proportion of legs to body
- Have more energy
- Be able to do a wider variety of activities
