Another girl commenting on the superficial nature of this world and wondering why we must suffer through it!

So if the title wasn't obvious enough, I'm going to complain about society and it's need to be 'thin'. But who is it that gets to define what thin is and why is it so coveted? I'm going to be straight-forward about this, I'm not a skinny girl, I am the UK average: size 16. Do I wish I was thinner? Yes. But my favourite celebrities are the curvier ones, that's the kind of body I want.

In a technological world, you will see a lot of imagery; photo's in magazines, on TV and on the internet and you will see the craze which has been around since the days of Twiggy (she has that name for a reason ya know!). The media pressure people to be thin or to want be thin or to want someone who is thin! But why is 'thin' or 'skinny' something that is wanted? I see a thin girl and I think it looks unhealthy, my initial thoughts are 'someone get that girl a loaf of bread or a slice of cheese!' Most people think this too but won't say it, thin is not what should be in, healthiness is! 

I was at work the other day reading a magazine, it was promoting all these New Years diet trends and telling you how to lose weight fast! I was so pleased when I saw Dawn French's face smiling back at me from the pages, she looks so much healthier and happier now after losing 4 stone! This is something worth promoting. I thought the same when I saw Ruth Jones in the mag having dropped 7 dress sizes by calorie counting, something which I have now opted to do myself. So imagine my dismay when I hear that this now stunning size 12 comedienne is planning to lose a further 3 stone! But why? I honestly think that she looks great as she now is, it's dangerous to go any further! She can do what she wants of course, a teenage blogger is not about to stop her but I hope she doesn't lose too much weight, she looks great as a size 12. After all size 12 is my aim, I plan to drop two dress sizes and go down to being healthy and normal. In my opinion size 12 is sexy! I have always admired TV Presenter Holly Willoughby for her curves, she looks great, but in this magazine they promoted her trick of losing weight which made her lose those curves and go down to a size 10! Yes because size 12 is just so fat you couldn't possibly be happy as you are if you were THAT big! I want to assure you that the last statement was sarcastic because a beautiful woman like her should not have to lose weight! I will never understand this madness.

My ideal body would have to be that of Mad Men actress Christina Hendricks, her curves are out of this world, something I am jealous of! She is apparently a UK size 14, which I can believe when looking at her! She has a body that men would love and that curvier women should strive for, not these anorexic celebrities on our TV screens. Hendricks' body must be gorgeous after all she was in FHM's Top 100 Sexiest Women in the World last year, although she only ranked #82 and I will bet my life that the women in front of her were skinnier than her!

I hope my ranting has gotten through to those reading this, it's ok to be a size 12 or 14 or 16, it doesn't matter if you're not thin because curves are sexy and men have confessed their love for them for generations. Although it's not just men we want to be sexy for, it's ourselves, I know I love those days when I get out of the shower, look in the mirror at my body and think 'actually you're not that bad looking!' Unfortunately those days are so very rare and I'm sure they are for you too because one thing I've noticed: fat, thin, tall, short, we all have grievances with how we look! Even men do I'm sure, though they don't care to admit it as much. Just remember, you're all beautiful and you don't need men or media telling you otherwise, just as long as you're healthy, that's all that matters! 

Holiday Blog!

Here are some more pictures from my holiday, just to round off!

 One of the bays we went to!

 Me drinking our delicious Vonitsa Sunrise, we even bought a special glass for it!

The view from the restaurant at Spartahori (I think that's how it's spelt)!

Holiday Blog!

So here's the deal, I am obviously rubbish at keeping this blog and I feel like this Holiday blog is never going to end, so I plan to sum up the rest of my holiday in this blog post and then I will move on because I have so much to write about!

I think the reason why I have enjoyed this holiday so much is because it's so different to your traditional 'sit by the pool and read a book' holiday, your pool is the open sea and you can relax and read your book whilst sailing (if that doesn't make you too sea-sick), it feels so free to be on these tiny little islands, enjoying rural Greece and exploring the ocean, so wide and open and blue. I feel at peace, there is no connection to the internet, so no disruptions, it's hard to find an English newspaper, so you don't have to read about the troubles and woes in the world, you're secluded.

My biggest problem was the fact that I developed intense heat rash (my arms, my legs, my back and my neck), to the point I couldn't be in the sun for longer than a minute because the pain got too intense, there are not a lot of places to hide from the sun on a yacht in Greece. Luckily it went away after a few days and I still managed to get my tan.

During the holiday, our flotilla had a barbecue on the beach one night, there was alcoholic punch, some yummy food, ten thousand wasps and a cocktail competition. We called ours the Vonitsa Sunrise, it was made out of Cointreau, Orange Rum, Vodka, tropical juice and sprite and I'm not just saying this because I'm biased but it was sooo good. That was my first drink of the night but certainly not my last! I wasn't a big fan of the punch but after a few cups it got rather more delicious. And this lead to my first ever drunken experience, yep that's correct, I have never been drunk before this holiday and it was actually quite funny. Our boats were rafted out the bay, so we had to get the dinghy to the beach, getting in a dinghy is quite difficult when sober, so try doing it drunk, its hilarious! I kinda fell face first onto the floor of the dinghy. We couldn't see where we were going so I got the torch out on my phone, my mum was terrified that I was so drunk that I would drop it in the sea. Definitely a fun night!

 All in all a holiday to remember, there is so much to do when flotilla yachting, you meet so many great people and you just have fun like they've been your friends for decades. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who wants to get away for a week or two and doesn't know what to do!

Thus ends my Holiday Blog, I can now write about some other topics!