Your Body Image is 16% Unhealthy, 84% Healthy

You have a great body image. You know that no one looks perfect, and you’re happy the way you are.
Also, you don’t judge other people on their looks… and it helps them feel better about their own bodies!

How’s Your Body Image?

This test is all good and all – but it seems like it was missing something. Especially the “happy the way I am part.” I am not, but not psychotic to change it either. I guess that means my image is 84% ok. Who knows.

Yeah, its that time of year – I am sure I will shut up talking about diet and exercise soon – but for now, I’m still working it out on my fab elliptical machine and trying to watch what I eat. So I’m talking about it.
I have been a proponent of a low carb diet from the first time I ever tried it – breaking that craving for sugar/carbs was every bit as horrid as quitting smoking. Well, darned near that bad. With withdrawals that are that bad, I have NO doubt that sugar …read more

Two perfect resolution days. I got this groovy new elliptical machine (yep, hubby, I chose this instead of the treadmill), and am 2 for 2 (days of working out. w00t!

 
I have some serious poundage to work off, from (how many is it now?) about 5 attempts over the past 2 years at quitting smoking, but I am geared up to do it. I have also been drinking my water, taking my vitamins and washing my face every night. Good for me. How are you doing on your resolutions?

Am I insane for going to my 20th high school reunion? Maybe. Why do we put ourselves through the stress?
I am sitting here watching my very favorite movie, The Full Monty – and if you have never seen it before, it is the story of 5 “regular” men who are down on their luck and decide to do a Chippendale’s type show to make some money. And it is oh-so hilarious – rent it if you have never seen it before, you will have to watch it a few times to get all of the …read more

This article from Gizmodo leads to the most hilarious page of bizarre beauty gadgets you have ever seen. I am really not even sure which item to point out to you – they are all crazy. The one I chose for the picture is a weight to help you get rid of a chubby neck. Yikes. Go check it out – funny stuff!

My friend Kris invited me to join SparkPeople.com, which is an online diet program similar to eDiets, but is free. I love FREE. I started a big diet 2 days ago – that is what you do when you have a 20 yr. high school reunion and a cruise coming up in your future, isn’t it? Well, it definitely is for me (weight has been my nemesis my whole life).
I haven’t quite figured out the ups and downs and how-to’s of SparkPeople just yet, but I have looked at eDiets and WeightWatchers and South …read more

I promised I would get back to Gail on the music part of the Aerobic Striptease video.  Well, I finally made it all the way through the routines and went back to the menu to see what features I might have missed, because I thought I read somewhere where you could choose your music.  And you can.  You have a choice of music styles – hip-hop, rock and techno – none of which are overly wonderful, but they are ok.  And you can toggle through them using the audio button on your DVD remote, which is nice.  It would be …read more

I finally broke down last night and cracked open the Carmen Electra Aerobic Striptease DVD, and you know what? It might just be my ideal workout.
I went through most of the first 3 routines, and although barely broke a sweat, got some very good stretching and some cardio benefit out of it as well. I got to thinking about it, and strippers don’t want to be all sweaty and nasty either, so maybe this is the one for me! I recommend giving it a try, especially if you are a person, like me, who hates to get …read more

Here were the final results:
Do you think that beauty is more important than knowledge in the workplace?

Yes: 12%
No: 56%
Only if you are a model/actress/ect…: 32%

I am glad to see that most of those of you who chose to answer the poll last week believe that there is more to a job/career than looking beautiful.  Most of us have probably had run ins with people in our lives that think they can get away with anything due to their smashing good looks, and unfortunately, a lot of times they really do.  Fortunately I am not so blessed with looks that …read more

Good morning! – it is Monday, we are going to call this Christina’s New Year, as it is time for me to make some resolutions! Not only is my 20th (ugh!!) high school reunion coming up in August, but we have signed up over the weekend to join the Blogonomics Cruise in October, and there is work to be done on ol’ Christina before either of these events can occur. We are speaking mostly of diet and fitness here (I know, yuck), but I am going to beat the war on these Texas skin issues I am having …read more