8 Signs You’re Already at a Healthy Weight

The definition of “healthy weight” is squishy

Nearly 40 percent of American adults are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, so it’s no surprise that so many of us are trying to slim down. We’re all wondering what our doctors really want us to know about losing weight. The thing is, even if you’re not exactly where you’d like to be weight-wise, that doesn’t actually mean you need to lose weight.

“With so much emphasis on weight loss these days, people are often trained to believe that no matter what their weight is, it isn’t good enough,” says Lori Zanini, RD, CDE. “This is unfortunate and causes unnecessary stress on individuals who may be perfectly healthy just the way they are.” There’s no one-size-fits-all formula to indicate how much you should weigh, and “healthy” can look different for each of us, and it can also evolve as we age, Zanini says. “It may not look like what you see in the movies or even in pictures of yourself from 10 years ago.”

So if the scale and social cues are unreliable, how can you tell when your body is happy—and healthy—right where it is? Consider if you can relate to these eight telltale signs.

from Diet & Weight Loss – Reader's Digest http://ift.tt/2zbxBjM