Missteacher, exactly my feelings. I cannot feel happy if I look bad. Of course, to look good or bad is subjective term. For me to look good is to be fit in the first place. So I definitely don't feel happy when i gain weight. It also brings me to the idea, again, that look is very important, especially for women. It is known that good looking people succeed much more often and in larger scale than those who doesn't care about their look. And I am not talking about natural beauty of the person. Even not too pretty woman can look great if she looks after herself, by taking care of her body shape, skin, hair, etc. And such woman even will look much better than the one with gorgeous natural feature, but obese and ungroomed.