Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:
What's a nice girl like me doing in a size like this? -- Who you gonna call? rut busters! -- Money may not grow on trees, but change can spread like wildflowers -- Ever feel like Raggedy Ann in a Barbie-doll world? -- Tony Danza's not the boss of you -- If we are what we eat, does that mean I'm fast, cheap, and easy? -- The seven habits of women who know how to choose their habits -- Chocolate is cheaper than therapy -- Diehard chocoholics only go to recovery meetings for the refreshments -- If beauty is more than skin deep, why don't we have makeup for internal organs? -- Burn calories while you sleep without strapping yourself to a treadmill -- Why can't the witness-protection program hide me from mother nature and father time? -- Even if you don't have the body you'd love, love the one you have -- If they're not sexy, why are they called love handles? -- Will work for chocolate -- What happens when getting what you want isn't all it's cracked up to be? -- Once upon a brand-new time.