My dear husband has been super-supportive of me and my journey toward self-acceptance. Since he's a mathematician, it's easy for him to see the logic fail in things I read to him. Well, now he's even been finding things on his own - becoming an educated consumer and all that. I'm so proud of him!

Anyway, here's the article he came across today, on a sports-devoted (no less!) Web site. Go them!  The responses in the comments just make me shake my head, though. They totally missed the point.

http://tennisworld.typepad.com/the_healthy_player/2009/10/the-weight-debate.html

And I'm guessing, from what I've seen of them, at least one of the Williams sisters would fail the BMI because they're built and womanly. I wouldn't say they're fat, but they're definitely not skinny-minnies. I wonder what the commenters would say to that? I bet the girls could run circles around most of them!

I bought a pair of really cute shoes two days ago. They're peep-toes with a moderate heel from Easy Street. It's been a while since I've worn dress shoes like this. In the store and wearing them around my home, they were comfortable. I wore them to church this morning, though, and while I didn't have to walk much, I discovered that the shoes, while snug, still rubbed in the back and on the tops of my toes. I also realized that I walk kinda funny while wearing them - I hold my body differently or something, maybe to keep my feet from sliding forward into the front of the shoes? (Just a millimeter or two seems to make a difference regarding the ouchin

How do you fix issues like this?

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