What You Need to Succeed in Loosing WeightWritten by Jackie Stanley
What You Need to Succeed at Losing WeightConsider this scenario. On July 1, Jane and Jill both resolve to eat well and exercise more. Jane makes her resolution with excitement, eagerness and wholehearted anticipation or reaching her goal. Jill’s resolution, on other hand, is made with halfhearted commitment and detachment. When she talks about possibility of losing weight and living a healthier life, Jane is passionate and exuberant, while Jill responds to questions about her weight management goals with only lukewarm interest. On December 31, 2004, assuming their attitudes don’t change during year, which of these two women is most likely to reach weight loss and management goals with only lukewarm interest. Enthusiasm is critical to success of any endeavor, but this is especially true in area of weight loss and management. Think about it. When we are feeling down and out, that is when we are most likely to overeat and least likely to exercise. Our passionate desire to achieve a goal is what will drive us to get up at 5:00 am and exercise before going to work or to pass on a second helping of scalloped potatoes.
| | An acne fetish is no laughing matterWritten by Naweko San-Joyz
While it may be easy to scoff off an acne fetish with remarks like, “I don’t have that problem,” this condition is more common than properly acknowledged. A fetish is an object of unreasonably obsessive attention or regard. Thus, extreme attention given to zits and pimples characterize an acne fetish. Two clinical forms of an acne fetish include excoriated acne and imagined acne. Excoriated acne occurs when an acne patient continues to pick at or squeeze acne formations on their face, never allowing skin to heal. This constant picking aggravates acne condition and often times leaves severe scarring. Imagined acne happens when a patient is convinced she has acne but in reality does not. This person may have one small pimple and blow existence of pimple out of proportion and view it as a severe case of acne. Underlying both of these acne fetishes is fear of being ugly, or dysmorphophobia. It’s an easy psychological state to acquire in a society that increasingly places more value on superficial looks than personal traits. Steps to combating an acne fetish include: Spending less time self-critiquing in front of mirror; and Embellishing your talents. Even a hiatus from mirror visits may help an acne fetish. If you do look in mirror, focus on elements of your face besides zits. For instance, look at color of your eyes or size of your lips, without criticizing of course. You may have lovely eyelashes or perfect eyebrows. Whenever you look in mirror stop making negative judgments about yourself. If you do find yourself ridiculing yourself and wanting to burst a zit in a rushed desire for clear skin, just remind yourself that every zit that you prematurely pop may encourage formation of 3 completely new zits.
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