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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, 30 May 2013

First day...food, exercise, and magazine subscriptions

Well it's only day 1, but I usually find the first few days the hardest. I know most people find the first few days of anything are the best because they are all revved up and motivated, but I actually find it quite hard. I feel the first few days quite difficult, the amount of changes and sacrifices that have to be made. Once I am started to get into the habit of something I find it easier to keep muddling through!

But today wasn't too bad. I didn't have breakfast...I meant to, then something got me caught up at work and I didn't. I know that this is bad...but it happened.

So I was starving at lunch time, but I stayed reserved. I had chicken noodle soup and a brown roll with just butter for lunch, then I had a banana and a small handful of brazil nuts at 5pm as I had to work late. When I got home (at 6.40) I did 40mins of kettlebells with a 4kg (double my usual weight - I nearly died!) and then had a small chicken stir fry after. I was a bit hungry later so had a greek yogurt and some granola. Also I was reeeeally good and only had 2 cups of tea and lots of water!!

Go Me!

Also my women's health magazine (which I am now subscribed to...) came today! yippee!

So...going well.

Tomorrow's challenge: the training day lunch...eck!
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