Archive for October, 2009
How Many Is Too Many?
We have all racked up a certain number of sexual partners over our lifetime be it 0, 5, 10, 25, 100. We all have different ideas about what is the right number and what is too many. When it comes to women there is a lot of scrutiny from society about how many is too [...]
What’s the Big Idea?
Happiness might be considered motivation to lose weight and often an outcome of this as well. However, as journalist Sarah Hamilton investigated at the University of Wollongong’s primary sports facility, URAC, happiness is not the only contributor to get people moving, fit and healthy.
The Happiness Diet – how happiness paves the way to weight loss.
How can one change their body when a diet culture has been formed that is so intense and adverse, it makes weight-loss the epitome of success? And, how is it possible to overcome the psychological problems and emotional eating that is created with the stress of weight gain and dieting? Psychologist Julie A. Evans, who studies the science of happiness, recently divulged that the secret is happiness.
“There is definitely a link between health and happiness,” she says.
Putting the Plus in Plus Sizes – How acceptance is key to feeling good about yourself.
Some people are terrified of baring all; scared of others seeing their scars and scales, yet even those with a perfect body are often afraid of showing too much skin. However, plus-size model, Laura Wells has no problem with the skin she’s in, well at least not anymore. She says: “It took me a long time to feel good about myself, and only recently did I start to accept my body the way it is and be happy with who I am. Health concerns are one thing, but body image and self-esteem is another. Yes you should be healthy, but you should also see yourself as beautiful, and big is beautiful.” However, not everybody shares the same views as the plus-sized model.
The Anti-Fat Article – Lagarfeld’s opinion
The recent comments by Karl Lagarfeld as explored in the article Putting the Plus in Plus Sizes, sparked world-wide debate. Here are some exerts from international publications on the issue.
Scale of Things
Natasha Hughes knows the beauty beat. She recently posed this interesting question to audiences of her Sydney Morning Herald hosted blog, asking whether people see the bathroom scales as a friend or foe. ” Healthy Scales” was the brand name of the bathroom scales in my hotel suite in Singapore. Actually, it could well have [...]
Let’s Talk About Sex
Four young women open the doors to their bedroom and share their deepest darkest secret: their number of sexual partners. Miss W Miss W, 19, is a virgin by choice that has nothing to do with religion. Miss W thinks that sex is something that is very special that should be shared with the right [...]
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