Southern California can be a rough place to be if you don’t fit the profile.  It may seem like everywhere you turn, people are thin, fit and beautiful, and it can make anyone feel self-conscious and overweight.  Of course, what you may not realize is that even the “beautiful people” feel self-conscious about their image!  It’s the downside to living in a place that celebrates people for their beauty.

So it can be difficult to resist the temptation to start changing yourself to try to fit the mold.  Plastic surgery is a huge business in Southern California, and it seems like the majority of people (men as well as women) have either gone under the knife, or are considering it.

Expensive clothing retailers do a big business in Southern California, and you have to resist getting caught up in need to wear the latest thing.  After all, high-end retailers do a big business in LA because they have celebrity clientele who can afford it.  It’s not worth maxing out your credit cards to try to look in style.

And of course, if you’re overweight, you’ll definitely feel a little ostracized in Los Angeles.  It seems that every actress is a size zero, and men run around the beach with perfect bodies.  But attaining that perfect body isn’t easy, even for celebrities.  You can get a personal trainer who can tone you up.  You can hire a private chef who’ll fix you perfect meals to lose weight on.

If you’re committed and have the money, you can go to a weight loss camp; California has some great camps to give you good, healthy results in a short amount of time.  If you’re more of a do-it-now sort of person, there are always plastic surgeons to rely on, who can make you look like just about anything you’d want.