January 31st, 2008 at 9:00am |
New research suggests that eating out is not necessarily the cause of weight gain, but where you choose to dine is. If you live in an area that is mostly populated with fast food restaurants compared to full-service restaurants, your chances of being obese are higher.
Dr. Virginia Chang, senior author of the study and assistant [...]
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January 30th, 2008 at 9:00am |
I found an article online from last May on ABC News that talks about how one plus-size bride, Crystal Kavallieros (picture above) felt as though she was snubbed in many bridal boutiques because of her size:
“I was snubbed at a half dozen bridal boutiques. I didn’t get a lot of attention as a bride. I [...]
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January 29th, 2008 at 9:00am |
I am a handbag queen and I love to purchase great handbags/purses and other neat accessories. I also like to use backpacks as my handbag when I’m going out of town and need to carry a few extra items. This Prada Backpack in bronze is perfect for outgoing girls and ladies. It is made with [...]
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January 28th, 2008 at 9:00am |
Most of us wear the wrong size bras and we don’t even realize it. I was wearing a bra size that was acutally too big in the cup size but not big enough around the back. Once I was fitted by a clerk at Lane Bryant, I was happy to finally be in a bra [...]
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January 25th, 2008 at 5:07pm |
Figure Magazine has a calendar for 2008 that you can download and record your daily commitments and help you to keep those resolutions you made on January 1st!
With this calendar, you can make a healthy new habit every day and place it in your home where you will be able to view it all the [...]
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January 25th, 2008 at 10:00am |
Please welcome guest blogger, Ashley, to Big Beautiful U. Ashley is the author of two blogs, The Kid Within, and MrsZ06’s Place.
I think it is safe to say that when it comes to exercising we think of every excuse in the book not to do it. Well if you can spare 8 minutes of your [...]
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January 25th, 2008 at 9:00am |
Since the early 1970’s, diet experts have been preaching to us that in order to lose weight, or not gain weight, we need to chew each bite slowly and to pause between spoonfuls of food. It was believed at one point that obese people eat faster than thin people. But according to Barbara Rolls, Ph.D., [...]
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January 24th, 2008 at 9:00am |
Anorexia is a very serious eating disorder that kills women. Below is an excerpt from a news article I read from a man whose wife almost died from anorexia. When his wife was admitted for treatment, she weighed a mere 83 pounds.
This desire for perfection extended to Meg’s body. She’d always compared herself to other [...]
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January 23rd, 2008 at 9:00am |
I loved watching Toccara Jones when she was a contestant on America’s Next Top Model. I thought it has been great of Tyra Banks to include plus-size models into the competition. Unfortunately, a plus size model has never made it to the finals yet. Tyra always says on the show that a plus size model [...]
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January 22nd, 2008 at 9:00am |
The Oprah Winfrey show is looking for plus-size models! If you are plus size and proud, and live in the Chicago area, you may be a guest on Oprah. You can click below to fill out the registration form and the show is asking to only submit your information if you are willing to be [...]
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