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[unpakwon]

What is the following sentence in red saying?

I asked exactly what her goal was. She explained it was to develop a perfect body, like a swimsuit model on the cover of a magazine. And she associated all of these perfect feelings she would have, once she got there.

Thank you.

 

[Rover_KE]

It doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Where did you find it? Who wrote it?

Rover

 

[unpakwon]

It's from <<Transformation>> by Bill Phillips, the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller <<Body-for-Life>>.