No Love Life? Check Out Your Body Image
It probably comes as no surprise but body image can affect your sex life. "Nothing kills the mood quite like being negative about the way you look," The Huffington Post quotes HuffPost Live host Caitlyn Becker, during a Sept. 11 segment on how body image affects women's sex lives. I know about this. I've fought weight issues all my life, and in the last seven years, disfiguring surgery, which has kept my love life far off my radar. Many women's body concerns get in the way of their pleasure in the bedroom. "A lot of us believe that if we lose 20 pounds, that's when we'll finally feel sexy," Sarah Jenks, founder of life coaching and the weight loss organization Live More Weigh Less , says at the Web site. But, as many experts will tell you, "Feeling sexy has much more to do with your state of mind than your weight." The Huffington Post says emotional eating expert Isabel Foxen Duke recommends that women whose self-estee...