For many years, I chased the societal ideal of what a woman should look like. From the heroin chic of the 1990s to the thigh gap to the Kardashian-inspired craze of a tiny waist, large hips, & big breasts, the standards kept shifting, & I tried to keep up. As a teenager, I had trouble finding jeans that fit. If they fit my hips, they were too big in the waist, & vice versa. It wasn't until jeans with stretch were invented that I finally found a pair that fit right. Over the y

Have you ever found yourself mindlessly snacking throughout the day, even when you're not hungry? Or maybe you've gone on a diet, only to...