Look Good for Yourself
Who hasn't crash-dieted in advance of a hot date? Bad idea, and not just because it rarely ever works. The more you try to impress people with your image, the less you will, declares The Essential Laws of Fearless Living, by Guy Finley. The book advises us to rid ourselves of spotlight-hogging motives, which inevitably lead to disappointment. Larson says eating habits shouldn't be influenced by anything but the rumbling in your stomach: "Eat to fill your physical hunger, not the emotional void that cannot be filled with food no matter what or how much you eat."