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No one likes cottage cheese—not when it is being used to describe your thighs, butt, arms and stomach. Cellulite is one of the most frustrating aspects of weight loss. Even as you lose weight following a medical weight loss program, cellulite is often the pesky problem that sticks around, making you feel uncomfortable in your own skin, let alone in a pair of shorts or a bathing suit.

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Wrinkles are one of the most common complaints about aging. They develop on the face and chest, and while they are likely to develop overtime, the appearance of wrinkles instantly make a change in your appearance. Most people dread them. Few people understand them.

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The word fat is thrown around a lot, sometimes referring to a nutrient that is found in many of the foods we enjoy, other times to refer to body fat—or to the idea of being overweight altogether. It is one of those words that is highly associated with certain feelings. No one likes thinking of themselves as fat, and food companies have marketed their foods appropriately to make you think that buying something fat free means buying something that is good for you.

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In January of 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a statement that took a lot of people by surprise. According to the CDC, insufficient sleep is a public health epidemic in the United States. These might seem like some pretty strong words for what most of us would consider an unhealthy habit, but the CDC has a point—and a lot of research to back up their perspective.

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There are a lot of people who look at obesity as simply an aesthetic issue. Under this mindset, the desire to lose weight is a desire to fit into a smaller pair of pants, or to look better in a dress. The concept of body shaming comes out of this idea, that it is disrespectful and prejudiced to think less of someone who is overweight, or to assume that an overweight or obese person has to lose weight to feel better about themselves.

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