You know, there is a reason that actors and writers create TV and not nurses. I would not want to watch your real job any more than someone would want to watch my real job editing photos. But when forensics shows do ridiculous photo "enhancements" in seconds, I don't lambaste the entire genre for being unrealistic. Of course it is, it's meant to entertain. Don't complain just because your life is boring. And SCRUBS!? That show sucks -- it's so senseless and unfunny. High school students could write better jokes. Hell, nurses could.

And can I add, there's also a reason that authors write articles and not nurses. They actually think through WHY things are the way they are. All you did was complain that a TV show wasn't realistic. Bravo. I'm pretty sure anyone could have told me that. Now can a real author and thinker tell me why we are drawn to fantasy and embellishment in others' jobs, or why some of us think our own jobs are so great that others should care about them, unembellished?

Seriously, is it the fact that he didn't want his country to be under the rule of the French? The fact that he dared to win a war the U.S. futilely fought in his country? The fact that we were so scared of communism that we were willing to fight AGAINST another people's freedom to protect ourselves from it?

Get a life, dude. Castro = seriously messed up. HCM, while not a perfect leader, clearly, at least had the guts to lead his country to freedom from the French. I can't really believe you think that French colonialism was a good thing. Ugh, color THIS liberal unimpressed with your lame article.

Anyone who realizes at only 8 months in that she needs to change to help save her marriage is cool by me. She learned from her mistakes, she became a better person and better partner to her husband, and she did what she needed to do to support herself and her family.

As a woman who is the bread-winner and who had similar marital stress way back in the early years of marriage before going on to make changes with my husband that led to deep happiness, I identify with her struggle to mature and realize that the callowness of youth has to be replaced by adult pragmatism. We can't all achieve our dreams right away, but by realizing that fact, we can buckle down and achieve big things (happy marriages, fulfilling careers) through patience and hard work.

And to those dissing her: good grief, YOU are the ones I wouldn't want to be married to! Talk about nags... I believe the saying is "those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" -- unless you're all in perfect marriages and perfect careers, maybe you should simmer down. There's something valuable to be learned here, and you may need to calm down and try to keep an open mind.

What a terrible cop-out for developing character. As the owner of a big ol' nose, I was actually ASKED in high school if I was going to get plastic surgery (kids can be cruel). But you know what? Now I love my nose (it helped that I grew into it more, but it's still big) -- and other people don't have one; just like I try to be above average in terms of my passion for life, my work, my intellect, and the love I have for my family and friends -- well, my nose isn't average, either!

In all seriousness, though: life is hard. If your kids think being teased for having little boobs, or a big nose, or a big waist is the worst life can get, well, they're young and they lack perspective. But don't rob them of the development of perspective by artificially removing any obstacles from their lives. Someday they'll have bigger challenges to face, and I'd rather my kids know that they can overcome adversity by being who they are, and not by being whomever everyone else thinks they should be.

That is some girl-on-girl hate, right there. She found something that works for her to keep her at a healthy weight (not "borderline anorexia" by any stretch of the imagination), and all you can do is shit all over it?

Look, I'm sorry if you have weight issues and that's making you an unpleasant person. I'm sorry if you're just a bitch who happens to have a great metabolism and thinks she's the queen of Sheba. But no matter why you are so negative, I'm sorry for you.

Carol's right -- and luckily for me, I discovered the "just exercise more and eat less" and dropped about 20 lbs in freshman year of college and have been the same weight for over a decade (also 125, actually). I have a pretty good metabolism, though, so I usually just do the "exercise more" (about 4 days a week) and don't worry too much about the eating, but then again, I didn't have emotional issues with eating. Carol did, so if you wonder why she is so focused on food now, it's because she's ALWAYS been focused on food. But now she is trying to control it instead of letting it control her. It'd be nice if all overweight people were like me, just couch-potatoey and in need of exercise; but realistically, most overweight and obese people need exercise but also have unhealthy relationships with food.

I like the sounds of this book because it seems like Carol isn't making losing weight sound easy -- you can't lose weight unless you change your habits from bad to good, and that's hard. Maybe some don't like hearing that, and the fact that some of us can eat 3500 calories but others can only eat 1300, but it's the truth, and the truth will set you free.