January 1st is just two days away, so spend some time today getting ready for it.

Queen Latifah has always been one to embrace her curves, and even as the face of Jenny Craig, that hasn't changed. The actress/singer stated from day one that her weight-loss goals weren't based on "getting skinny," but rather on being healthy.

She aimed to lose five to ten percent of her body weight, and she has reached that goal. She says that amount of weight makes a difference in health-related issues, and many of her fans appreciate the fact that she's losing weight for health, not Hollywood.

Queen Latifah has followed the Jenny Craig program in addition to hitting the gym five to seven times a week and spending an hour on various cardio machines. I think it's fantastic that she's working hard to be her healthiest, and it's great that she was able to reach her goal weight in just a few months.

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It's estimated that 50% of the population is now obese or overweight, and that number will only rise, perhaps as high as 75% in 2015. So considering all this, I guess it's not surprising that being overweight is now considered normal, according to a study. Researchers have determined this based on the fact that while the average weight of women has risen over the years, so has the average ideal weight of women.

Whereas in 1994, the average woman wanted to weigh 132, now an ideal weight is considered to be 135. And while 135 isn't an unhealthy weight to aspire to, it seems that as our weight creeps up and we see less and less healthy figures, we change our ideas of what's normal and healthy. As the needle on the scale gets a bit higher every week, that goal weight seems further and further away, until we give up on it all together. I think this is a bit sad, and I hope we can change our attitudes and eating habits before it's too late. What do you think?

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