Polls: Health & Fitness

Any and all kinds of plastic surgery, from rhinoplasty (nose-jobs), to Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), to Augumentation mammoplasty (boob-jobs). Does it take away from a female's sex appeal? Does it eliminate your attraction to her altogether? Or do you find her new and (artificially) improved physique to be more alluring?

I can't chew on the one side of my mouth because I have a wisdom tooth coming it. It's the only one that's coming in, the others aren't. It's really swollen and is painful. I don't know if it's the tooth or if there's something wrong, but there's a lump on the one side under my gums where it's supposed to come through. There's not a lot of space in my mouth for a tooth so I am not sure if this is normal or if I should go to the dentist. My sister said hers was never swollen when she got hers in so this kind of worries me.

I was just curious about what others think of intense acne or hyperpigmentation on those that exercise and must expose the mess.

Personally, I feel horribly, horribly self-conscious when I am out running in my neighborhood with my hair tied back, bright red marks free for the world to see. And because I am familiar with most of the people outside around here, it doubles my nerves.

Traveling to run elsewhere isn't much of an option, and I cannot bring myself to attend a gym.

I've been looking into fading products, but would really rather keep chemicals off my face. "Home remedies" (such as lemon, etc.) have been tried, with no noticeable result.

At this point, I'm not sure what I wished to accomplish with this post. Suggestions, personal experiences, and opinions on what crosses your mind when seeing someone with bad acne/marks- or what you think others may view them as, would be appreciated.

Thanks.

I adore mcgill university in Montreal but its admission rates are tough. Do you think I could get in?

3.8 GPA

1800 SAT

Girl Scout; various coaching and community service projects

United States citizen; 11th grade

National honor society

Cyber schooled

Ranked top 10 in the country for my sport; don't want to say which for identification purposes. I also have various national championships and teams made under said sport.

Would like to major in psychology.

That's all I can think of at the moment but does anyone think I'd have a half chance of getting in?

I have been a stay at home for the last four years! I have been so grateful to be able to do this, and have a husband to work as hard as he does for us! With the economy changing and a good opportunity ahead of me I am jumping on it, looking out for my childrens future. I hate thinking about going to work. I will miss them so much but still will be home for at least 4-6 hours with them and have weekends to spend! It is just hard. They will be staying with family at least and begin school within the next year. I wish I could wait until than but I do not want to loose my opportunity to make a better future. if the economy wasn't going up and paychecks werent staying the same I wouldn't have to worry, but that is not the case. Encouraging words and anyone who had to do this how did you adjust? I think I will worse than they will be lol! Thanks in advanced!

Ok Guys and Girls, the future happiness of a child is in your hands.

Some family friends asked me a couple days ago to be Godmother to their new baby girl. She's two weeks old, still needs a name and her parents want me to give it to her. I think a name is incredibly important, it is the first thing of value that you are given and a huge part of your identity. It stays with you your entire life and is one of the first things that people find out about you, I want to name her something unique and with meaning but I have to choose wisely and carefully.

My favorites at the moment are;

1. Azure - She has the biggest most vivid blue eyes that I have ever seen... captivating

2. Sapphire

3. Ciara (k-ee-ra) - Means Light

4. Bethany- She kinda looks a bit like a Bethany

5. Illyria - Just like the name

In that order

I gave her parents the list so they could veto anything they hated, but they liked them all and I still can't decide.

So what would your first impression be if you met someone with this name? What thoughts do they condure up in your head? And can you think of any mean or taunting nick names (kids can be cruel) or any cute ones?

Thanks for the help and Baby (blank) thanks you too :)

So my boyfriend and I have been together for 10 months. Our relationship has been good but lately I’ve been feeling down. I guess I could say I bring myself down and he adds to it. I’m 19 years old, 5’4 and weight 150. If I’m not mistaken my ideal weight for my height would 130 and that’s what I use to be 2 years ago but I started eating unhealthy and out all the time so I gained weight throughout the years and I don’t look as good in swim suits or in certain clothes anymore because of the extra fat I’ve gained. I really want to lose weight but with school and trying to find a job I don’t seem to feel motivated yet to do it. It’s very important for me to lose weight health wise and for my self-esteem but school and work seem more important right now before that. So this is where my boyfriend comes in. I was already weighing 150 when we started dating. He likes me because I make him laugh; I’m nice, friendly, sweet, encouraging, respectful etc. So he likes me for my personality basically. I know my body is not what he’s looking for. He’s told me this before and I respect his honesty. He wants a slim girl probably Kim K kind of body. I exaggerated a little but you get my point. He wants a girl with a killer body that can rock a bikini any day. So yesterday we were on the “losing weight” subject and it just made me feel like crap. I know he wants to motivate me to lose weight but when he tells me it just brings me down I just feel so upset with myself even more than what I did. You might be like then tell him how you feel… Well he knows exactly how I feel about it. I sometimes hit him with the “You better clear up your face then” because he has really bad acne on his face and back but you see I hate pimples and stuff like that (I have clear porcelain skin) but every time I tell him that I feel horrible and I don’t even care about his pimples/acne at all. It doesn’t bother me because I like him just the way he is; I wouldn’t change any of his flaws, but that’s just me. I sometimes feel like I should just break up with him and just focus on myself. Maybe then I will finally eat healthy and work out and get everything in my life together. It’s very hard thinking about this because he has impacted my life greatly and he always just wants to help me out on top of that my family loves him. If anyone was in this situation with body issues and boyfriends all in one what would you do? In tips on working out or anything that you think will help and motivate me in anyway will be strongly appreciated. Thank you!

My birthday was last Friday and I went on vacation that week. The norm for people in the company I work for is to get a card and everyone in the company signs it (if possible). Kinda ruins the idea of being nice to people but at least everyone equally gets a card but the people in my department are the ones in the company I'd think are not dramatic and genuinely nice people. Mostly everyone else in the company just acts like high school kids: forming cliques, gossiping about people, venting all the time etc.

When I finally got to work after being gone a week I saw my office decorated like a tornado hit it. So I was happy, until I found out that the people that decorated my office and got me gifts were people in other departments. No one in my department helped or did anything for my birthday.

In fact when I got to work all they said was their normal hello's. Even when they saw my office decorated they didn't say anything, acknowledge it, say "oh happy birthday" or anything. They just acted like the balloons and streamers weren't even there. They didn't even asked who decorated my office. I was quite shocked.

Not that I expected anything from anyone but for them to not even inquire as to who decorated my office or at least say happy birthday was kinda shocking and disappointing enough to kinda overshadow how happy I was that someone did something nice because its not like them to just not acknowledge something.

Why do you think the people who I work with who are one of the nicer people in the company to just totally not acknowledge my birthday. Its not like them, they are usually sweet and generous and humble people.

Any ideas?

Also any ideas on what I should do if anything?