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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."

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Day 1 of the Dukan!

So I decided that I would give the Dukan diet a try - namely because my cousin and his wife started it 7 weeks ago and are both looking actually awesome! I knew it'd be really hard because I am a carb fiend - but then I figure maybe that is what is wrong - I eat too many carbs!

So I found the book in a charity shop (if I believed in fate I'd say it was - instead i'll just say it was a happy consequence) so for the total cost of 79p I was told that this diet would not only produce very fast results, but I would stay skinny by only doing it one day a week for the rest of my life.

1 day of sacrifice a week to be skinny forever....I am all over this bad boy!

Also, my lovely new boyfriend (yes, we are using the term boyfriend - I know, I am growing) has decided to do the Dukan with me. Which is great!! So we both started today, phase 1 - the attack phase.

The Attack Phase is pretty restricted, but it is only meant to last from 1-10days depending on how much weight you need to lose. For our weight loss goals the boyfriend and I are doing it for 6 days. Basically in this phase all you can eat is:

  • Lean beef
  • Veal
  • Rabbit
  • Offal
  • Chicken
  • Turkey
  • Lean ham
  • All fish (you can still include oil-rich fish as these contain heart-healthy omega-3 fats)
  • Seafood
  • Eggs
  • Fat-free natural and flavoured yogurt (but not fruit yoghurt as these contain fruit or fruit puree)
  • Fat-free fromage frais
  • Quark
  • Cottage cheese
  • Skimmed milk

In addition, you can use spices, lemon zest, soy sauce, herbs, garlic, vinegar, onions, shallots, gherkins and mustard to add flavour.

Plus, you should also have 11/2tbsp oat bran a day to help fill you up (Dr Dukan recommends using it to make a ‘galette’ where you mix it with fat-free fromage frais or quark, egg and artificial sweetener and then cook it like a pancake).

You must also have at least 1.5 litres of water every day – you can use this to make tea, herbal tea or coffee.

Pretty restrained list right?? Tell me about it! I am struggling today and have had ALOT of coffee because I am having a cup trying not to eat! Even the fruitpots in the bottom of my fridge are looking pretty awesome at this point (never mind the chocolate under the coffee table!!! which is coming to my work tomorrow and the girls shall be forced to eat it!!!) 

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