Another very good motivator

lindsaylove07

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/29/6732427-why-some-people-are-mosquito-magnets

This tries to explain why some people get bitten by the little buggers more often than others/ (Unfortuntely, it's not what my mom told me...that I was just sweeter than all the other kids!)

"Once the mosquito keys in on a promising visual target, she (and it's always "she" -- only the ladies bite) then picks up on smell. The main attractor is your rate of carbon dioxide production with every exhale you take.

Those with higher metabolic rates produce more carbon dioxide, as do larger people and pregnant women. Although carbon dioxide is the primary attractant, other secondary smells coming from your skin or breath mark you as a good landing spot."

FAT PEOPLE GET BITTEN MORE!!!!!!!!!!!! Say whaaaaat?! This explains so much, and makes me want to continue kicking butt so that less of my summer will be spent scratching!