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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, 8 January 2013

New Year, New Leader, New Start!

So today I attended my first weightwatchers meeting of 2013.

Not going to lie when I was standing outside waiting to go in I had the all too familiar sense of impending doom. The thought of getting weighed again, of going through this revolving door of diet plans and binge sessions, could I really be bothered?

Then I remembered the weekend, out with my friends and I felt huge. So huge in fact I was too insecure to get up and dance....

Yeah you did read that right - I didn't dance.

So I took a deep breathe and went inside.

Well: 12 stone and 11.5lbs...

Oft! I usually don't post my weight cause I am insecure about it. But I figure I may as well put everything out there (or here) because honestly really should be the best policy. The shame of my weight will hopefully get me going! I was genuinely devastated by this weigh-in, as basically it means I have only lost 1.5lbs in 2 years!

I was dejected as I sat down in the meeting, think of the money I've spent on this diet and that diet and in the end I have 1.5lbs to show for it. I considered leaving, then my new leader got up to speak.

A photo at Christmas which confirmed I was as heavy as ever!
I had been told about Christine Mitchell by my old Inverkip leader, but never went to her class because there was another one closer to where I lived. From the word go this women had the room, she is lively, funny and above all realistic. Loud and unapologetic I soon found myself smiling and laughing along.

I left the class much more upbeat, ready for the week ahead. This weeks task is to change my immediate environment and put out positive food choices everywhere to stop me falling into a trap of "I'll just have one". In addition I am to try and plan as much of my meals as possible to keep my focus ad get a good week one loss, so that's what I am going to do.

I re-joined my weightwatcher community and am looking forward to catching up with everyone on there. I deleted my old weight information - this really is a clean slate for good!!

So as I sit here eating my last 3 triangles of my Christmas Toblerone and plan for the week ahead it is with bright eyes and a positive outlook.

Here we go...it's the year for goal!!

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