February 2012
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Improved body image can help you lose weight!
Studies show improving your body image can help you lose weight! Poor body image can lead to emotional eating and anxiety, which hinders weight loss. So focus on what you like about your body rather than what you would change.
(Information from Body Design by Tara Russell)
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December 2011
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WatchJanet Jackson discusses her body image issues.
“You got to be careful what you say”- Janet Jackson
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35 Last-Minute Holiday Gifts For A Positive Body... →
This is a great article with a list of gifts to give to OURSELVES this holiday season to help boost our body images!
Please remember this holiday season that confidence is beautiful, healthy is beautiful, and RESPECT is beautiful.
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November 2011
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For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
-Audrey Hepburn
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Stop Hating Your Body: The Body Peace Revolution... →
Will you be brave and join the Body Peace Revolution?
stophatingyourbody:
By following this blog, I am making a promise.
I promise that this is the first step in loving myself, all myself.
I promise never to insult someone else merely for their appearance, everyone is different, everyone is beautiful in their own way.
I promise to stop insulting myself, to stop…
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Develop A Positive Body Image
Having a healthy body image is one of the most important things you can do to maintain a healthy mindset. The bottom line is you must accept yourself for the person you are.
This is not an easy task, especially when we are bombarded by the media that pushes unhealthy ideals of beauty in our minds. It is easy to get discouraged, but there are a few tips you should remember.
To change your self...
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WatchModels are getting younger and younger. It seems that the best way to be close to perfection is to remain a preteen. This is only more proof that the media’s portrayal of ideal beauty for women is completely unrealistic.
What do you think about this 10-year-old modeling?
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People Calling Miley Cyrus Fat?! →
Apparently, people are calling Miley Cyrus FAT….so she went to her Twitter and said a very powerful and positive statement about herself:
“By calling girls like me fat this is what you’re doing to other people. i love MYSELF & if you could say the same you wouldn’t be sitting on your computer trying to hurt others.”
- With this, she attached a picture of a VERY...
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WatchA video that shows what a life-size Barbie would look like! How do you think the media, airbrushed photographs, and even Barbie affect body image?
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October 2011
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Exercise Addiction →
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These ads are trying to sell you on the notion of... →
These ads are from the South African edition of Marie Claire. They are advertising the idea of loving your body. Do you think these ads work?
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Drunkorexia??
Have you heard of drunkorexia? It is becoming pretty rampant across college campuses, among not just women but men as well.
What is “drunkorexia”? It is when people deliberately restrict eating a lot of food during the day when they know they will be drinking a lot later on at night. Girls tend to do this so that they can drink more of their calories and not feel the guilt, while...
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Kids on Diets??? →
A recent, interesting article about how kids at such a young age are beginning to feel the need to go on diets! How sad is that?
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Fat Talk Free Week →
It’s Fat Talk Free Week! What are you going to do about it?