Good news: You don’t have to be emaciated to be happy
Bad news: Majority of women still unhappy with their bodies
Interesting study. “Girls [women! --ed.] who wear the dress size rated their general happiness higher than any other with a quarter saying they were extremely happy. More than 43 per cent of size 14 women also [...]
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Forget BMI. What’s your PBII (Personal Body Image Index)?
Women’s funny weight loss math - CNN.com
Funny article. I broke even. I guess that’s good. Or maybe, according to the article, I’m just getting older. Hmm.
Even so, I won’t be in a bikini anytime soon, fear not!
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Two of the top news stories today:
“After [Phelps'] latest victory, he revealed the secret behind his six-days-a-week, five-hours-a-day training regime: an extraordinary 12,000-calorie daily diet, six times the intake of a normal adult male.”
and
“Tatiana Stewart’s willowy physique — she is 6′2″ and wears a size 4 — attracts fashion-modeling scouts on the street. But once [...]
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