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...lush Batangas province. The self-confessed "300-pound man mountain" shed 12 pounds (5.4 kg) thanks to "green juices and cleansing drinks, along with massages and lots of natural supplements." The absence of temptation was also a big help. "These days there is so much encouragement to eat," says Leann Cruz, who runs another Philippine spa, the Malapacao Island Retreat. That's true?unless you happen to be at one of the following resorts. Contemplating a flab-fighting furlough? Here are four global destinations to consider...
...LEANN RIMES A tale about a shy and skittish young female jaguar, the pop-country singer's Jag draws on Rimes' experience getting picked on as a kid. Jag never wins a Grammy, but she does befriend some interesting cats...
After winning her independence from an overeager stage dad, country cutie LeAnn Rimes, 20, promised that her first album as an adult would reveal her true personality. On Twisted Angel we learn that the real LeAnn Rimes is actually Paula Abdul. The first single, Life Goes On, is passable pop in which Rimes uses her considerable range to overcome dated slang like "daddy mack." The rest of the album is a catastrophe. The songs are poorly written hip-hop/pop hybrids with production so gaudy you'll yearn for the organic sound of a Cher record. And unless your name...
...Young children are keenly attuned to how many calories they need to grow and maintain a normal weight; they know when they are hungry and when they are full. But most kids quit listening to those internal cues by the time they reach school age. The reason? Parents, says Leann Birch, a psychologist at Penn State University. "There are things parents do with the best of intentions that turn out to be counterproductive," she says. A familiar example: insisting that children clean their plate, a rule that can teach kids to eat when they are not hungry...
...obstacles that diminish their feelings of self-worth. Martha feels unqualified as a nurse and unable to justify the precarious nature of her work; MaryJo is objectified by the soldiers; Steele feels discriminated against both as a black and as a woman; Whitney fails in her relationships with soldiers; LeAnn engages in a romantic affair, the angry demise of which precipitates her lover’s death; and Sissy is quite simply overwhelmed by her own lack of resolve. All of their initial perceptions are challenged and ultimately overturned, and as they leave Vietnam in a helicopter...