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Vanity Sizing

"Real Women" – Is Fashion Warping Our Sense of Reality?

Something of a minor storm in a Champagne coupe has been brewing over the last few weeks. Marks & Spencer have apparently ditched their “too glam” models for a selection of “real women” in sizes 8-16 to promote their new shapewear lingerie range. But apparently these “real women” aren’t “real” enough. So The Sun published

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by ~Twon~
Inspiration & Lifestyle

Can You Be Fit and Fat?

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  • November 2, 2012

Every now and again a report pops up in the papers claiming you can be both fat and fit. This one is from September and found via Running Bunn. In this particular study 43,000 people were tested, 18,500 of which were overweight. Of these 18,500, half of them were assessed as being “metabolically healthy”, meaning

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Dear Diary

Dear Diary – October

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  • October 31, 2012

Octobers Stats… Start Weight: 11st 5lb Weight Now: 11 st 4 lb Monthly Loss: 1lb Total loss: 14lb Waist: 29.5″ Miles Run: 42.92 Average Distance per run: 3.9 Horrendous Hangovers that could only be cured by copious amounts of food:1 Effect of cold weather on willpower and motivation:Not Good Happy Halloween everyone! It is cold,

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Fashion & Beauty

Happy Halloween!

Mwahahaha! It’s the best holiday in the calendar, even if you don’t get a day off work. Halloween is an excuse for parties staying in with a spooky DVD and a Halloween cocktail and generally not having any obligations to buy presents or visit people you only see once a year. I’ve been looking forward

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Fashion & Beauty

5 of the Best Halloween Hosiery

It appears that most of the partying was done on Saturday. I know mine was, and I paid for it all day yesterday. But Halloween itself isn’t till Wednesday. I can’t wait to show you my costume, and all the marvellous people who’ve submitted photos for my Halloween Blog Party, but in the meantime I’ve

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Fashion & Beauty

Always Dress Appropriately for the Situation

It’s always important to make sure you are dressed appropriately for the situation. So, yesterday, when I headed off to the countryside  I made sure I was appropriately attired for walking through muddy countryside, climbing over an electric fence, jumping over streams and pushing through nettles. See, I’m wearing wellies. They’re practical and sensible footwear

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Running

My Running Playlist

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  • October 24, 2012

I’m fairly confident that I have now mastered the art of running without music. After my stresses pre the Marriotts Way 10k I am now trying to run without music fairly regularly, it helps to listen to my breathing and I concentrate on my pace more. But for long, slower runs, where there’s nothing to

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Food & Drink Vintage

Retro Chick Reviews – Style Me Vintage Tea Parties

The Style me Vintage series just keeps on rolling! The clothes, hair and make up books have now been bundled into one handy volume. The Style Me Vintage Look Book, and there’s also Style Me Vintage: Weddings due for release very soon. I came home the other day to find the latest release,Style Me Vintage:

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Food & Drink

Spotlight on Wetherspoons

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  • October 23, 2012

Wetherspoons has long been one of my favourite places for eating out when away from home. The food is generally good quality, it’s cheap, and they have a good selection of meals under 700 calories clearly marked on the menu meaning I don’t go over my calorie limit and still get to eat something tasty.

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