Adventures in living a healthy, juicy life
by Cheryl Ragsdale
Welcome to the March 7, 2010 edition
staying young – from the inside out
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ingredients for iceberg lettuce salad photo-credit: geniuscook.com
FitnessOver50 presents Unhealthy Salads posted at Fitness Over 50, saying, “Now there is an oxymoron! A few years ago when I first heard that salads could be unhealthy for you I just didn’t believe it. I eat salads all the time. How could a salad with all the good stuff be bad for you? It just can’t be!”
- Benjamin Langley presents 5 Flavors of True Happiness! posted at Peaceful Prosperity, saying, “Happiness is a critical key to feeling young… forever!”
courage
- Dan Stelter presents Changing the World by Treating Anxiety posted at Anxiety Support Network Anxiety Recovery Blog, saying, “Stay young by having the courage and youthful idealism that leads to beliefs of sweeping change! Learn one cool way regular people can change the world right here!”
fitness
- Karen Eisenbraun presents Don’t Stop Being Active Just Because of Arthritis posted at Healthy Theory.
- Steve Faber presents How to Keep From Gaining Weight Back After You?ve Lost It posted at Belly Fat Loser, saying, “Betcha thought diets were the way to go to lose weight. Well, according to the latest research, maybe not. Take a look at this…”
- Denise Harris presents Alternative Cure For Stroke Survivors posted at Able Mart, saying, “Chinese medicine can help stroke survivors regain their health.”
- Steve Patterson presents Interesting Facts about Abnormal Weight Loss posted at Cats Love Plastic Bags, saying, “If you experience abnormal weight loss or a loved one does, this could be a sign of a serious health issue. See what some solutions might be.”
- Katie Freeman presents 10 Useful Tips to Learn About Your Own Body posted at Master of Science in Nursing, saying, “Our understanding of our bodies begins after birth as soon as we are able to perceive things around us. We learn about the human body and anatomy in school and those that go on to pursue medicine learn a great deal more.”
humor
- Madeleine Begun Kane presents Sparring Over Spare Time posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
expertise
- David presents Rewards Credit Cards: How to Get the Most Out of a Reward Card posted at Credit Card Offers IQ.
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Flaunt Your Flaws: My Not-So-Perfect Body Size
Posted by: antopatterson Sometimes, I hate that I live in Singapore. The clothes here are catered for the stick-thin Asian women who LITERALLY ARE THAT SIZE. Just look at all the Miss Singapore Universe contestants and you’d know what I mean.. 
Physique of a typical Singaporean girl
1. Twig-looking arms 2. Long legs (virtually no cellulite unlike me) 3. Almost Anorexic-looking figure by global standards 4. Disadvantage: No butt, no boobs Sometimes, I can’t even buy the “Free-Size” Dresses because they are not catered to my size. It’s for the typical Singaporean girl and I end up reselling all the clothes I bought since I couldn’t try some of them on. I have the hips, I am not skinny and I HAVE THIGHS AND A BUTT. TAKE A LOOK!
Okay…to some of you, you may think my size and the thigh look decently okay, but it is hard to get clothes. As shameless as this is gonna sound, I do look at myself in the mirror as I am changing for work and I’ve finally accepted my size.
Reasons For Accepting My Not-So- Perfect Body Size
1. Life is too short to worry about these things ladies..Yes, I have cellulite but guess what.. When I use my clothes, I fill them out nicely and I can still wear clothes that flatter me e.g A-line flowing skirts or high-waisted skirts or pants. When I use my bikini or skinny jeans or pants, you can see that I have a butt and AT LEAST if I don’t have big boobs, I have that much 
2. I kinda like being one of the bigger girls Whenever I see some of the skinny girls, they look so fragile like as though they were going to break any moment. Besides, not everyone wants to hold a twig to sleep right?! HAHAHAHA..
3. I got more compliments being bigger than skinnier! Yes, it’s true!! Why would I lie to you…Apparently, I got more compliments from both men and women that I looked healthier once I put on the weight. I used to be really active in secondary school. I had a really high metabolism and I dropped weight fast. From then, until the end of polytechnic, I still looked skinny and my head looked like a lollipop on my body. Once I put on the weight, I looked more proportionate. My face didn’t look so sunken in and I didn’t feel so self-conscious anymore because I ABSOLUTELY STOPPED CARING. That was the best feeling of all. _________________________________________
Anto recently traveled to Bangkok, Thailand. Look what we have in common! Muay Thai kick-boxing! Beautiful – just can’t get enough of excellent athletes practicing martial arts. Miss Anto is a young lady from Singapore who laments her frizzy hair and feeling chunky in a world full of really slender people. Her blog is called hellomisspatterson
Look what I have in common with Antoinette! Muay Thai kick-boxing!
photo credit: personal collection of hellomisspatterson
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