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Body Image

Women, Body Image and Blogging

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 03.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Women's Issues, Anorexia, Body Image, Health, Women's Health, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Obesity, Bulimia, Women and Body Image, Wellness, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Our society places an enormous amount of emphasis on women's clothing, weight and age. As women, we can choose to ignore this or cave and adhere to strict standards of beauty.

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Sex Advice for both Jessica Simpsons

Mike Alvear | Posted 03.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Body Shame, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Body Image, Jessica Simpson, Sex, The Sex Inspectors, Entertainment News
Mike Alvear

What works in the bedroom works outside of it. If you don't want to be judged strictly by your body place the attention outside of it. Be a vehicle for pleasure not an object to be looked at.

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Study: Wealthy Make Less Eye Contact

Canwest News Service | Misty Harris, | Posted 03.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Eye Contact Study, Wealthy Eye Contact, Wealthy, Body Image, Eye Contact, Body Language, Wealthy Americans, Study Wealthy, Business News

The rich are too posh to pay attention, according to a new study on socioeconomic status and body language. In observing casual interactions between ...

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"No One Ever Died of a Big Butt!"

Donna Fish | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Womens Bodies, Women, Healthy Living, The Today Show, Losing Weight, Healthy Lifestyle, Men's Health, Tweens, Teenage Girls, Diet, Weight, Upper Arms, How to Lose Weight, Muscle, Eating Habits, Stomachs, Estrogen, Women's Health, Body Image, Dieting, Health, Today Show, Metabolism, Weight Loss, Living News
Donna Fish

Despite the fact that men and women seem to struggle with weight in fairly equal numbers as adults, women do tend to put weight on in their butts, vs. their stomachs.

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You can Recover from Chronic Dieting

Colleen Perry | Posted 03.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Starvation, Recovery, Needs, Relationships, 12 Steps, Chronic Dieting, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Non Violent Communication, Overeating, Women's Issues, Female Body Image, Girls Body Image, Women and Body Image, Women's Health, Body Image, Health, Living News
Colleen Perry

If you haven't addressed the "why" for overeating in the first place, you will most likely go back to your old way of eating.

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Counting Experiential Calories

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Calorie Counting, Reactive Eating, Tasting, Emotional Eating, Pavel Somov, Diet, Sensing, Compulsive Eating, Overeating, Existential, Calorie, Savoring, Eating the Moment, Calories, Mindfulness, Dieting, Spiritual, Conscius Eating, Social Eating, Mindfulness-Based, Losing Weight, Weight, Weight Control, Body Image, Health, Weight Loss, Living News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

An Experiential Calorie is a unit of awareness, a unit of conscious presence, a unit of meaning. The job of an Experiential Calorie is to enrich your Mind. Take a moment to count the latter.

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Fashion Resolutions That Aren't so Tough to Stick to

Michelle Madhok | Posted 02.21.2009 | Style

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Fashion, Style, Clothing, Heels, New Year Resolutions, Workout Clothes, Flats, Johnny Cash, Shefinds, Trends, Clothes, Fashion/Apparel, Women's Clothing, Resolutions, 2009 New Year's Resolutions, High Heels, Fashion Trends, Women's Fashion, Body Image, Ballet Flats, New Years Resolutions, Style News
Michelle Madhok

SheFinds writers and editors shared the fashion resolutions they've made for 2009. So far they're doing pretty well, so take a look at their nifty suggestions.

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Lose Weight and Stay Warm with Tea

Dr. Eric Braverman | Posted 08.27.2009 | Home

Read More: Womens Bodies, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Braverman, Diet Tips, Healthy Lifestyle, Teas, Weight Loss Tips, Weight, Drinking Tea, How to Lose Weight, Drinking, Women and Body Image, Body Image, Health, Green Drinks, Weight Loss, Health Tips, Tea, Home News
Dr. Eric Braverman

The benefits of drinking tea add up fast; they include weight loss, a lower risk of cancer and heart disease, and bacteria prevention. If you get into the habit, will improve your health for years to come.

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Do You Think Michelle Obama Needs to Lose Weight?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Weight Loss, Michelle Obama Style, Michelle Obama, Obesity, Michelle Obama First Lady, First Lady, Body Image, Womens Bodies, Health, Fat, Female Body Image, Girls Body Image, Women and Body Image, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Michelle is a perfect role model for all women. She looks like a strong, fit, self-assured woman who can take on anyone she needs to. She is what our culture barely has words for, "normal-weighted".

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Taking Action in Achieving Your Intention

M.J. Ryan | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Lose Weight, Smart, Intention, Goals, Aspiration, Setting Goals, Emotion, New Year's Commentary, 2009 New Year's Resolutions, 2009, Happiness, Lifestyle Changes, New Year's Resolutions, Emotions, Body Image, Dieting, Exercise, New Year's Resolution, Living News
M.J. Ryan

An intent can be anything you want to change or achieve in your life or in the world in which you live -- it can be personal, social, or global, or all three.

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No More Body Bashing

Emme | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Self Esteem, Oprah Winfrey, Weight Fluctuation, Dieting, Body Image, Exercise, Weight Gain, Self Image, Unhealthy Diets, Weight Loss, Oprah Weight, Living News
Emme

It's time, we must accept our bodies not as objects to manipulate but ones to appreciate, feed, exercise and have fun in.

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The New Beauty

Natalia Rose | Posted 01.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Beauty Consciousness, Natural Glow, Beauty Products, Plastic Surgeon, Change, Youth, Lifestyle, Style, Body Image, Plastic Surgery, Understanding, Youthfulness, Trends, Beliefs, Cosmetic Surgery, Spirituality, Living News
Natalia Rose

Instead of continuing to value youth for the sake of youth and flawlessness for the sake of flawlessness, we are starting to let go of commonly held ideals of external beauty.

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Love Your New Face, Dear!

David Roche | Posted 01.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Face Transplant, First Face Transplant, Health, Body Image, Plastic Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery, US First Face Transplant, Living News
David Roche

I was especially interested in this face transplant because I myself am disfigured. The left side of my face bulges and is streaked with a purple congenital venous malformation.

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Indie Rock Gives Men Eating Disorders

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 01.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Amos Lee, Anorexia, Body Image, David Beckham, Kurt Cobain, Fall Out Boy, Eating Disorders, David Bowie, Kaiser Chiefs, Music, Pete Wentz, Ricky Wilson, Caleb Followill, Indie Rock, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Blame American Apparel or Pete Wentz, but men in this particular hipster subculture are now being held up to the impossibly skinny standard.

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America the Beautiful Headlines Vienna Body Image Conference

Darryl Roberts | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Bulemia, Anerexia, Europe, Italy, Self Esteem, Model, Dieting, Switzerland, Health, Body Image, Beauty, Vienna Austria, Eating Disorder, Media and Body Image, Advertising and Body Image, Air-Brushing, Media, Italian Modelling Laws, Fiji Body Image, America the Beautiful, Shaped Body Symposium, Harvard Fiji Study, Anna Maria Fecchio-Comito, Living News
Darryl Roberts

As economic globalization becomes a reality, it seems that the language of beauty changes along with it.

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Are Your Ready?

Nancy Chuda | Posted 01.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Face Lift, Work-Out Clothes, Cosmetic Surgery, Going to the Gym, Working Out, Body Image, Exercise, Botox, Living News
Nancy Chuda

Are you ready for a new lifestyle and a lift? The only time I would venture to go "under the knife" is to view my sushi blade getting sharpened. Maki...

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Thanking, Instead of Apologizing for, Our Bodies

Adia Colar | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Psychology, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Health, Living News
Adia Colar

Recently, I've been thinking about how so many people, but particularly women, apologize for their bodies rather than celebrating how great they really are.

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T-Day: 3,000 Calories and 229g of Fat. Me: I Don't Care.

Leslie Goldman | Posted 12.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Guilt, Calories, Football, Exercise, Body Image, Thanksgiving, Food, Fat, Ace, Thanksgiving Commentary, Style News
Leslie Goldman

The average American will consume 3,000 calories and 229 grams of fat this Thanksgiving. That's as many calories as 5.5 McDonald's Big Mac hamburgers or 15 Supremes from Taco Bell.

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Shoshanna Gruss on Swimwear and Strapless

Amanda Christine Miller | Posted 12.18.2008 | Style

Read More: Swimwear, Body Image, Body Shape, Body Shape and Self-Esteem, Swimwear Styles, Swimwear and Body Image, Swimwear and Self-Esteem, Women and Body Image, Weight and Body Image, Style News
Amanda Christine Miller

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss talks about her eponymous clothing line, inspired by her own shapely figure, whose mission is to create dresses and swimwear for women of all sizes.

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How to Get Thin in One Simple Step!

Lauren Cahn | Posted 12.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Weight Loss, Diet, Pregnancy Weight Gain, Breast Cancer Weight Gain, Weight Loss Advice, Diets, Living News, Diet Tips, Thin, Health, How to Eat Less, Menopause, Chemo Weight Gain, Metabolism, Self Esteem, Body Image, Benefits of Yoga, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Ultimately, the yoga helped me to become "mindful" enough to accept that I wasn't really happy with my weight gain and that I could lose the weight if I really wanted to do so.

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Jewish Girls and Self-Destructive Behaviors: By The Numbers

Leslie Goldman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Destructive, Girls, Cutting, Sex, Alcohol, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Drugs, Think Tank, Technology, Jewish, Teen Loneliness, Jewish Girls, Low Self-Esteem, Jewish Girls Eating Disorders, Social Networking, Self-Esteem, Youth Body Image, Living News
Leslie Goldman

We must help undo the damage done by impossibly high academic standards, media portrayals of unrealistic bodies, and other factors that make young women feel like they don't measure up.

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If Those Waist Beads Break, You Should Probably Skip Dessert

Michelle Madhok | Posted 11.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Weight Control, Waist Beads, Accessories, Health, Weight Gain, Body Image, Weight Loss, Body Health, Scales, Style News
Michelle Madhok

As the beads get tighter around your waist, you know you're gaining a few pounds. So you can nip that weight gain in the bud before you're struggling to button your jeans.

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MTV Decides Not to Release New Show Model Maker

Darryl Roberts | Posted 11.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Obsession, Women, Model, Mtv, Dieting, Health, Supermodel, America the Beautiful, Fashion, Beauty, Makeup, Diet, Darryl Roberts, Eating Disorders, Teenage Girls, Anorexia, Body Image, Self Esteem Teenage Girls, Cancelled Tv Program, Entertainment News
Darryl Roberts

The proposed MTV show, Model Maker aimed to take 15 young women and turn them into high fashion models by forcing them to lose weight. Sounds disturbing, doesn't it?

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Anorexic "Tips" from the Biggest Loser

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living

Read More: The Biggest Loser, Eating Disorders, Food, Dieting Tips, Anorexia, Jillian Michaels, Food Disorders, Body Image, Self-Esteem Issues, Weight Loss Game Show, Weight Loss Tips, Weight Loss, Self-Esteem, Body Image Women, Weightloss Games, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Food is a gift. It is not something to be feared or demonized but rather to be eaten with joy and thanksgiving. Take it from someone who has eaten food out of the garbage.

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Wanted: Only Uber-Thin Women With Ginormous Breasts Need Apply

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.14.2008 | Style

Read More: Fat Acceptance, Wonderbra, Breasts, Katie Green, Leslie Goldman, Obesity, Kim Brittingham, Body Image, Style News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Who should sell large-sized bras to big-busted women and plus-sized clothing to plus-sized women if not big-busted and plus-sized models?

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