• 2010     Nov 11     11:51 AM      The Pleasure Diet: How to
look camera ready      Weirdly, despite my occasional body image
issues I've never been particularly phobic about having my
photograph taken. Maybe that's because when someone is snapping
my photo, it's usually a happy occasion--I'm on vacation, or
hanging with friends, or goofing around, or in some kind of
beautiful place. In other words, I'm feeling happy, and that
usually comes through in the photograph. Which is why I was a
little worried about how I'd look in the photos that came out of
the photo shoot for the Pleasure Diet.For one thing, I wasn't on
vacation. For another, usually, when people take my photo, I
specify that they aim the camera from my chest on up--in other
words, no damning full-length body shots. But since the Pleasure
Diet photos were supposed to be documenting the results of my
weight loss and toning up efforts, a body shot it would be. And,
sadly, however much you hold in your stomach, the camera doesn't
lie. Indeed, I've g