In this essay, i’m going to be writing on why physical activity and fitness is important. Theres reasons that range from being healthier, to just wanting to look better. Physical activity can reduce the weight you gain, making your chances of becoming overweight less. This is where the looking “better” part comes in, because everyone wants to look nice, and be able to show it off. People do it for various reasons though. After heart attacks, people get back in to shape to reduce the risk of having another heart attack. Physical activity can also make you sleep better tonight. You can also see physical fitness as a way to calm yourself down, and be in a peaceful place of your own, and to enjoy doing it. Enjoying something can make it 10x much better than what it would be if you are being forced to do it. Obesity is a major problem in the United States right now. Theres no reason for people to just allow themselves to get how they are. The risks that come with obesity are very severe, and can be life threatening in many cases. If these people could get the motivation to exercise and become a more healthier individual, they would live such a better, and much more happier life. Bad eating habits can also lead to diabetes and other life threatening diseases. Being fit also allows the ability to do stuff easier, and much more efficient. Being able to keep up with a hard working pace without tiring your body can help in many situations. Physical fitness can also reduce stress, and help with depression. Working out being pumped, and listening to music can drown away all the things you are worried about. It’s a hobby, a very hard hobby to stick to. It’s really hard on the body at first when you start, and you have to be able to push through that to make your self become more physically fit. Once you turn it in to a everyday thing, you’ll be enjoying the long jogs, and all the sight seeing you can do when going out on these jogs. It can be quite incredible. When I got into physical fitness, I was around 10 years old. I was playing baseball at the time and I felt I needed to get stronger to help me play the sport. I started working out by running, biking, and any other thing I did I enjoyed. Then I started going to the gym when I was 15. Going to the gym, and doing everything else at home or jogging outside, is completely different. It’s easier to do the thing you like more, but I had to get in the routine of going to the gym. It was a really hard routine but I continued it 3 times a week to workout different parts of my body for 2 hours each day. I did this till I was 17, then I started to get lazier on my workouts. I got a job, and that really can cut time into your hobbies. I’d much rather be able to workout 4 times a week, instead the 2 I do now. The main point is to get fit, and help yourself become a more healthy person. It would be much better to grow up healthy and not have to worry about the medical issues you would if you were overweight. It’s easy to get a early start, and to continue it, and try not to quit. Once you quit, or decrease the amount you do, it’s hard to get back in it. That’s what happen to me for a half a  year, and it took weeks to get back on a schedule like I used to. Try new things, and just try to enjoy it. If you enjoy it you’ll do it more often and it won’t be a constant weight on your shoulders everytime you do it.
   If everyone could take the time to workout, it would solve a lot of obesity. Everyone has time to do things that aren’t as important, but things aren’t  more important than their health. They believe they don’t have time to get in shape, but, if it comes down to your health and if you’re obese, you need to. Obesity can cause long term illnesses that can result in death. Theres many ways not to be obese, it just depends on what you eat, and the amount of physical activity you do everyday. If you could take 20-30 minutes a day contributing to something like walking, or jogging. The time would add up and you would eventually be getting on the track to a good weight. There plenty of things like zumba, or dvd exercises to help show you how to lose the weight, and be able to have a great healthy weight.
   Things fast food places could do to help. One thing fat food places could do is to offer more healthy items, and not for such an expensive price. What would you pick, a $5 salad or a $1 burger. If fast food places could offer stuff that would benefit for a more reasonable price, not everyone would be eating greasy fat foods  that can corrupt your health in negative ways.
    Another bad thing from being overweight could be injury. When you are overweight you have a higher risk of getting injured on a job. It could be severe to where you couldn’t even walk anymore. This could affect your everyday life.

    Pushing yourself past your limits is very important. If you can overcome pushing yourself past your stopping point, you can overcome working out everyday. Working out comes with a lot of pain and soreness for a while, but eventually you can get used to it. It’s not as bad as what a lot of people think it is, it can actually be relaxing on the muscles.