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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."

Friday, 8 February 2013

Focused February...so much to tell you, so little time!

Where oh where do I begin...its been so long since I blogged, over a week I think. Some people have been messaging me worried, because I have taken a small (half pound to be precise) knock last week then kind of disappeared, but there is a reason behind this.

Well two actually:

First of all I was on proper disgusting antibiotics for my teeth, which are now finished...although I would like to point out the weeks I do not drink alcohol I tend to put on....just saying!

 
But more importantly is that I have stopped smoking. Went and had my breath test in the pharmacy, which makes me feel very much like an addict, and my Co2 levels have dropped to that of a normal level woop! I'm on week 3, and aside from a wee slip one Friday night I have been smoke free. I am feeling the physical (and financial) difference from stopping! and overall I feel I am coping very well. The only one I really, really, miss is the one after dinner. I do still get that sense of longing after that food doesn't fill. This is when I usually go rooting for my food, and because I have nothing naughty in the house, this usually turns into an extra portion of dinner. I'm trying to curtail this, but not pressuring myself too much. I bough in lots of WWers yogurts and chilled puddings, plus I am going to get some low fat ice cream, to give myself something sweet after dinner which won't destroy my diet, but will keep me satisfied enough to stay off cigs.

The tiny human is very proud of me...

Anyway, in other news. I didn't get weighed this week as I had some sort of fluy/bodyachy/lethargic thing on Tuesday. Manfriend did a very good job of looking after me :) but I was ill. I wasn't good that week either anyways, manfriend and I went to stay with his mother (ooo I need a nickname for her too...) in Morecambe. Tiny human was there too, but LOVES her gran and granddad therefore was happy for Sarah and Daddy to have time on their own! woohoo! We had beautiful tapas on Saturday night...which I pointed (roughly) and was doing well...then we went to a cocktail bar and I kinda lost track. Although the majority of weekend eating was homecooked, there was a lot, and it was white bread/white pasta... so to be truthful, I have no idea how I did that weekend. We did try to counteract some of the damage, went out on the bicycles with tiny human in her carriage at the back (at one point I considered holding onto the back of it haha). Manfriend and I also went bowling (which I consider low impact exercise) but I also had 2 ciders whilst I was there...hmmm...

So anyway in the spirit of FOCUSED FEBRUARY I am back on track for this week and I'll just have to do the best I can do and assess the damage on Tuesday night weigh in!

My final piece of news, and my new motivation, is my HOLIDAY!!!

Manfriend and I are booked for 2 glorious weeks in a 4start premier all inclusive hotel and spa resort in Tunisia...that is the actual resort -------------------->  I cannot (like actually cannot) wait. Manfriend says we are now:

TEAMBEACHBODY.COM

It's all about the exercise (I am frikkin achying...) and staying on track. If I could be 1 stone lighter by my holiday I will be very much over the moon!!!

Starting Weight: 12st 11.5
Weight Now: 12st 6.5
Total Loss: 5lbs
Weeks: 4!
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