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The Beauty Myth

The Beauty Myth is a nonfiction book by Naomi Wolf which argues that as women have become more powerful in society the standards of physical appearance have also grown.

Wolf believes that "beauty" is a societal construct:

"The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly and heavily and cruelly images of female beauty have come to weigh upon us... during the past decade, women breached the power structure; meanwhile, eating disorders rose exponentially and cosmetic surgery became the fastest-growing specialty... pornography became the main media category, ahead of legitimate films and records combined, and thirty-three thousand American women told researchers that they would rather lose ten to fifteen pounds than achieve any other goal...More women have more money and power and scope and legal recognition than we have ever had before; but in terms of how we feel about ourselves physically, we may actually be worse off than our unliberated grandmothers."

Monday, 29 August 2011

Chocolate Pineapple CheeseCake.....YES PLEASE!


   Ok so this week I have been a little.........frivolous with my weekly PPs....i.e. I had none left by the Saturday (my WI is on a Tuesday....oops!)

I can't help it - there was chocolate cake at the restaurant, and EVERYONE was having a pudding *hangs head in shame*.

I do exercise though - Zumba yesterday and BodyCombat later today - so I am racking up some serious activity points, but I don't like to use them: 1) I think there is too much room for error and 2) my weight loss is more the weeks where I exercise but still within my limits.

So I have really worked hard - reeeeally hard, to stay within my 29 daily points allowance and by jove I have done well. Last night my Mum made fish, chips and beans for tea - but because I knew my points were running low I skipped the chips and had a pile of salad instead. This allowed me to have my banana muffin that I made as well.

The sugar addiction sorted I wanted to try and make something quick and easy for pudding today as well - I love a pudding and sugar free jelly with 0% fat yogurt does not hit the spot for me at all I am afraid.

And there it is (see photo) 1 chocolate and pineapple cheesecake - which took all of 10mins to make and if you make 8 portions, its only 5 pps! I posted the recipe to the recipe swap board if anyone wants it! And trust when I am looking forward to a bodyCombat, a hot shower and slice of cheesecake and a hot cup of tea - who said this diet malarkey was difficult anyway?



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