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A Great Body and Losing Weight - Would These Make You Happier?

Posted on Dec 25th 2008 6:00PM by Jacki Donaldson
tape measureA group of men and women (about 2,600 of them) were surveyed recently by the folks at Real Simple magazine. Happiness was the topic, and some interesting stuff turned up -- like this: Women secretly wish for separate bedrooms; men secretly wish for separate vacations, Who knew? Most revealing, though, are the 10 things both women and men reported would make them happier. They're a pretty happy bunch already -- 75 percent of women say they are happy while 71 percent of men claim happiness. Still, there's always room for improvement -- and a better body and losing weight sure would help matters.

Check out the poll below (there's one for you guys and another for the gals) and tell us which of these 10 Real Simple things you'd take as happiness helpers. I'll be back to weigh in on the results -- can't wait to see how the body issues stack up.
Gals: What Would Make You Happier?
A great body.70 (41.4%)
Losing 10 pounds.15 (8.9%)
A permanently clean house.8 (4.7%)
A luxury trip.3 (1.8%)
A big house.7 (4.1%)
Time for yourself.7 (4.1%)
A really romantic relationship.37 (21.9%)
Being smarter.10 (5.9%)
Saying "no" more.7 (4.1%)
A luxury car.5 (3.0%)

Guys: What Would Make You Happier?
A great body.26 (26.3%)
Losing 10 pounds.6 (6.1%)
A permanently clean house.7 (7.1%)
A luxury trip.3 (3.0%)
A big house.4 (4.0%)
Time for yourself.4 (4.0%)
A really romantic relationship.22 (22.2%)
Being smarter.11 (11.1%)
Saying "no" more.3 (3.0%)
A luxury car.13 (13.1%)

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