Shape Magazine
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May 2001

Shape Magazine is geared for women who take care of themselves through fitness, aerobics, nutrition, etc. The editorial advisory board includes 25 of the most well-respected medical and health care professionals in the country. On the cover is Tatiana Z.


May 2001 - Table of Contents

On the Cover

  • Superfoods or Superfrauds?
    Nutrition: When fortified foods are bad for you.

  • How To Jump Start Your Weight Loss
    Three tips and four recipes for a leaner, healthier summer.

  • Two Moves To Nip Cellulite in the Butt
    Tighten your butt and thighs and boost your calorie burning power.

  • 3 Diet Makeovers: New Solutions to Lose Excess Fat
    Tired of losing and regaining weight? Take oure diet quiz to find out if food myths are to blame. Then try our strategies that will work for good.

  • Ready For The Beach by June 1
    All You Need to Start Your Best Summer: 3 moves to bikini belly, more for sexy shoulders and arms, a calorie blasting cardio workout, healthy weight loss tips, smart snacks, the best swimsuit for your body type, and much more.

Shape Your Life

  • Shape Your Life News
    Fitness camaraderie online; how humor heals; why you need toys; and much more.

  • Life Lessons
    Haven't worked out lately? Don't sweat it. Here is how to get back on track fast.

Look Great

  • Look Great News
    Artsy makeup; newer, better self tanners; making one reversible skirt look like three; and more.

  • Beauty In Action
    Before you pick up a razor, read our must know hair removal facts.

  • Pampered Soles
    Here's how to get your feet sandal ready just in time for summer.

  • Voyager
    Discover this summer's perfect travel mates - clothes that hug your curves, flatter you and go everywhere you want to go.

Get Fit

  • Get Fit News
  • Do It Right
    Curt your way to better thighs.

  • Target Training
    Get a sexier chest: Three moves that'll work your pec muscles from different angles.

  • Fitness Q&A
    Are 'fat burning' programs on cardio machines better than others? What's the best pre-workout snack? And more…

  • Success Stories
    An aspiring actress loses weight and fulfills her lifelong dreams; a woman drops 80 pounds and starts post college life with a new plan.

  • Weight Loss Diary
    Those 'aha' moments: Courtney learns that she has the power to control her weight loss success.

  • Weight Loss Q&A
    How to get rid of ab flab; getting a leaner lower body; is jumping rope good for weight loss?; and more.

  • Bikini Butt
    Six moves to get your into shpae fast.

Think Healthy

  • Think Healthy News
    Why you shoudn't skip your vacation this summer; how to lose weight and keep it off; how men define sexual harassment; and more.

  • Health
    Are you a cyberchondriac? Use the Internet right and it can be a medical ally. Use it wrong and you could get caught in obsessive search for a disease you don't even have.

  • Taking Your Life Into Your Hands
    Three young women with cancer had to make crucial decision to save their lives. What would you do?

  • Time Out
    The mother load: One day you will look in the mirror and see her. But is that really such a bad thing?

Eat Right

  • Eat Right News
    Why you need to eat more yellow and orange foods; organic produce redefined; and more.

In Every Issue

  • From the Publisher's: by Joe and Better Weider.
  • Advisory Board
  • Editor's Letter: by Barbara Harris, M.A.
  • Contributors
  • Hot Lines: From our readers
  • Buyer's Guide: For retail information