Positive body image is attainable, but takes work and vigilance. About 95% of all women and 45% of all men have negative thoughts about their body at some point in time. Media, with its idealized vision of men and women, has distorted our collective viewpoint and has many of us striving for an ideal that is only attainable by about 5% of the population. No matter what we eat, or how much we exercise, the size 0 eludes most of us. And when we get frustrated with attempts to re

No matter what my weight, I always considered myself fat, regardless of objective measurements. Even when weighing 115 lbs, I was not happy with my thighs. With that dissatisfaction, I am much like 90% of all females and 45% of all males- unhappy with their bodies. I have never uttered those words in a public forum before, and am only doing it now because I can no longer be silent. As a psychotherapist, I avoid self-disclosure, unless it can be of use to my client(s). At some