You live for and with your body your entire life, so you better learn to challenge and cherish it. In honor of Valentine's Day and all things loving, here are some salubrious attitudes you should nurture today (and every day) in order to truly appreciate the skin you're in. Accept it: In the words of Kim Kardashian, "I might have a little bit of cellulite. I might not be toned everywhere. I Read more

"We all obsess over looking like the perfect Barbie type, and that's not always what's beautiful. It's about making peace with yourself." — Jessica Simpson on having a healthy body image. Jessica plays cover girl for the September 2010 issue of Lucky. The actress tells the mag that she has overcome her own serious body issues over the last year, thanks, in large part to her experiences on the Read more

"If a negative thought pops into my head, I talk to the voice within me and say, 'I know you want to tell me that I'm less than desirable, but not now. You can come back in a couple days and cut me down when I'm done with this shoot. I promise to let you in then' . . . I have worked very hard to love myself, and I do. I think that's what people may respond to with me." — Eva Mendes talks about Read more

With her naturally svelte frame, it's hard to imagine that actress Kyra Sedgwick has struggled with weight issues. But as she explains in an interview for More magazine's July/August issue, she battled with her weight after dropping 20 pounds for a role as a Holocaust survivor in the 1985 film War and Love. "Food has never been easy for me . . . I came back from that [acting role] and it Read more

"When I walked out there and disrobed, I felt like a queen. I felt like the world was mine. Like there was this power just emanating from my person. Like there was nothing I couldn't do." — Jada Pinkett Smith on posing nude for Essence magazine's July cover. The actress said that choosing to bare it all was not about vanity but was her way of teaching younger women (especially her daughter) Read more

Most people I know react very strongly — read: absolute adoration or total disgust — to the Kardashians. And even though I sit somewhere in the middle, I was surprised to see Kim on the latest cover of Shape, since I, like most people, am used to seeing her in more celebrity-driven publications or on her hit reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Besides talking to Kim about her love Read more

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from espnW here on FitSugar! By Shawn Johnson Shawn Johnson is blogging for espnW throughout her training for the Olympics in London this summer. Follow hers other Olympic hopefuls' journeys on espnW.com. Four years ago, I was standing on an Olympic podium, wearing a gold medal, and still thinking to myself how I could have been better. It had Read more