STAND UP STRAIGHT!!!

I've been looking at photos of everyone for weeks now thinking to myself "Stand up straight, d*mn it!!" I think the tendency when you are tall or overweight is to slouch to try to minimize your size, but man . . . I'm watching people losing 50 or 100 pounds or more still slumped over like they're ashamed of something or trying to hide from the world. There's nothing to be ashamed of here!
Do me a favor and stand up, right now, put your arms out to the sides so that they are parallel to the floor then rotate the until your thumbs are pointing to the ceiling, then rotate your shoulders slightly up and back and drop your arms straight down (thumbs still pointing away from your body). Ahh, yes that's much better. Now go do that in front of a mirror, instantly you look more proud, more aware, you're head is held taller, you are exuding self-confidence, and you've just optically removed about a pound from your appearance. Now do that every day and live that self-confidence.