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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."

Monday, 30 September 2013

STOPtober!

Birthday Night Out and Baby Brother Photo Bomb!!
September has been a blast! and I mean a BLAST!! I finished up in work (had an amazing leaving night - see pictures!) then I started my new job (exhausting but already I am much happier), I've been moving house slowly (again exhausting!!! I am never doing this again...sorry Mum and Dad but I'm here to stay), I also had an amazing weekend with the manfriend all to myself, then a double dunker birthday weekend with dinner AND a night out (see more pictures) and FINALLY had a tremendously tiring (and at times soul destroying) but reflectively positive in a self exploratory kind of way weekend at an international guide camp.

Leaving Night! 7 Tequilas! 7!!!
 I actually love camping...I love being in a tent! and being smelly....no one cares :)

September has whirled by and I have overindulged and underexercised. Its no wonder I feel bloated and sore; although I also feel very blessed to have had the amazing times, friends, family and opportunities that have made up my month.

But this blog is about diet and exercise. Lifestyle choices. And after an amazing month it's time to knuckle down and do this thing.

Firstly October is the NHS designated month for STOPtober, where there is a focus on (and therefore time, resources and support) to quit smoking. So tonight is most definitely my last EVER cigarette. No more excuses, no more crap. I have patches and the support of my family (my mum's stopping too!). So this, for the last time, is it! STOPtober is only available in England and Wales, but I figured seen as loads of people are trying to stop together, why not us!

Birthday Champagne...followed by birthday shots!!!
As I mentioned before I really struggle when trying to stop smoking when I go out for a drink. So I figured I try kill two birds with one stone, and raise some cash for Macmillan Cancer Support (who helped nurse my Nana at home at the end, and who I have worked with in the community and seen first hand the AMAZING work they do). So I am ALSO doing Go Sober for October as well. Which means I ain't going to be on the booze either!!

You guys know that my weekends pretty much revolve around alcamahol. I do love a night out with the girls, a casual pint at the Grosv and a wee mixed fruits in the house after a stressful day! So cutting out the booze may not seem like a hardship but when days roll into weekends well...lets just say I'll have to remain very conscious of the fact I am not indulging! So I would really, really, appreciate any donations at all which you can do on my PROFILE PAGE!

And if that wasn't enough (and surely it would be I hear you scream!!) I am starting at the gym first thing tomorrow morning. I am now a fully fledged member of the Renfrewshire Leisure Centres and will be hitting it hard at bodypump at 7.15AM tomorrow morning. Figured I gotta replace two of my vices with another (healthier) addiction!!!

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