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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."

Thursday, 11 October 2012

All inclusive Carb/Alcohol Binge...and just 5lbs of a difference!

pudding and wine!!
So, 2 weeks in Lanzarote. The holiday was the reason I wanted to shake the pounds, tone up. It was first holiday with my man friend and I wanted to look hot!!

And, quite frankly, I was.

Ok don't get me wrong I wasn't were I wanted to be weight wise at that point, still about 7lbs more than what I hoped. But I was still a stone and a half lighter than on my last holiday, so I was pretty happy with myself.

So over the course of the fortnight. All inclusive, it was carb city - pasta, rice, bread, chips, at every meal, every day. I was good with the booze too, limited the beer and only had a few ciders. Instead sticking to the rum and having a few salads with fish at some meals. I even ran one day, and tried to swim as much as possible. We walked for miles at night, so there was some damage limitation.

However, a holiday is a holiday and I enjoyed myself thoroughly through-out :)

The damage - a measly 5lbs on.


not the full way there but much better than before :)
I am not too upset to be honest, especially as the manfriend put on 8!! haha!


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