How do I make myself sexy?

How do I make myself sexy? By sexy what I mean is sexually appealing, hot, desirable. But here is where the problem lies, sexy is in the eye of the beholder. The man sitting to the left of me at the coffee house maybe attracted to that tall, slender, almost androgynous look that seems to monopolize the high fashion runways. The girl to the right of me may admire a curvaceous, voluptuous body with very traditionally feminine features. The guy by the window may not care what a woman looks like as long as she dresses like the Easter bunny every other Tuesday night. Not everyone is raised in the same environment so not everyone has the same tastes. I won’t even try to get into straight, gay, bi and gender issues. There is not enough blog space in the whole of the internet.

So maybe I should start with who I’d like to appeal to. As I have stated in my previous blog, I would like to try and conform to what the media’s perception of what sexy is. Although this is not true in every case, I think that it would be a safe assumption to say that the vast majority of sexy images of women are catering to what film, television, magazines, radio (yes even radio), and the internet would assume that heterosexual men would be attracted to. Even commercials, shows, movies, and music that are marketed to women still maintain the ‘sexy to heterosexual men’ image. Don’t agree; look at any Victoria Secret catalogue. Or pick up a copy of Cosmo. Or turn on your television, it’s there, I swear.

Well now I have an audience (sort of, its more the concept of an audience because it will always be what I think the majority of the media thinks is the viewer and what it is they like to view… ouch I think I just exploded my brain a little bit): heterosexual men. But that’s still pretty broad. What I’ve decided to do is use askmen.com’s list of the top 99 sexiest women of 2009, or at least the top ten of them. There’s many top sexiest people list all over the place but I chose askmen.com’s list because the initial batch is put forth by askmen.com but the women’s ranking is decided by the people who visit the site. I like this because it means that the content is decided by media and the audience. Cool, eh?
Anyways here’s the list (and a link www.askmen.com):
10. Kate Beckensale
9. Kristen Bell
8. Rihanna
7. Scarlette Johanssen
6. Alessandra Ambrosio
5. Anne Hathaway
4. Keeley Hazell
3. Marisa Miller
2. Megan Fox
1. Eva Mendes

Based on this list I have made a list to set parameters for specs for physical attraction:
• 9 have hair longer than their shoulders
• 6 are brunettes and 4 are blondes (in most of their pictures)
• the average weight is 117 lbs
• the average height is 5’7” (which as a side note, their BMI is one pound underweight according to weight watchers’ website)
• The average measurements were 34 (bust), 24 (waist), 34 (hips)… isn’t that the magic formula?
This is where I’m at now and my action plan:
• my hair is barely chin length, like I said in my previous blog, I used to shave my head. I haven’t cut my hair in almost a year but it seems to be a slow process. Action Plan: I will continue to grow my hair and consider extensions if by June I am not satisfied.
• my hair is dirty/ strawberry blonde. Action Plan: I don’t know, hair dye maybe? I think I’ll wait until it’s a little bit longer though as I don’t want to deal with touching up roots.
• I weigh 170ilbs. I am at the top of my BMI (according to weight watchers). Action plan: I am not willing to be an unhealthy weight. Call it lack of commitment but my health is more important. My target weight is 135ilbs. I will not do anything that will hurt me long term to achieve this. I will detail my diet/ exercise program below but I am not willing to take diet pills, be anorexic or bulimic, or start smoking to achieve this.
• I’m 5’9”. Action plan: I can’t change this. Get over it.
• I don’t know what my measurements are. I couldn’t find a measuring tape. I will purchase one and let you know in a later blog. Action plan: I’m not really sure how to mathematically figure out how to convert that ratio to my height. So for now, the plan is to have hips and bust be the same measurements and my waist to be significantly smaller in order to create the ever so sexy, hourglass figure.
It may sound like I’m being hard on myself but I’m not. I actually think I’m pretty attractive. I have a woman’s body with womanly curves. But here’s a picture of me. I’m not wearing makeup. I’ve worked all day. I had maybe 4 hours of sleep last night. I’ll let you be the judge.









The Diet and Exercise Routine!
I am using sparkpeople.com to give me suggestions and track what I eat and how I exercise. The daily goal is to consume between 1200 and 1500 calories and to burn 217 calories with cardio every other day. Likely I will exercise more than that. I should mention that I really love food. It is so delicious. Dieting is annoying but I will do it for the sake of the blog. I should also mention that I will be focusing on foods and exercises marketed specifically towards women. There will be reviews of this posted on my spark page blog. You can follow what I do at www.sparkpeople.com my user name is sexydevon. The first Monday of the month I will give an update on my efforts to diet and exercise. Hopefully the lack of cookies doesn’t make me kill anyone.

Anyways as contrast to askmen.com’s list, here’s my list of the top sexiest women I don’t know personally:
10. Cate Blanchet (actress)
9. Audrey Tautou (actess)
8. Amy Adams (actress)
7. Kate Winslet (actress)
6. Zoe Boekbinder (singer/ song-writer www.zoeboekbinder.com)
5. Katrina Dohl (Burleque/ pole dancer extraordinaire)
4. Natalie Portman (actress)
3. Michelle Minx (Burlesque/ pole dancer extraordinaire)
2. Kim Boekbrinder (singer/ song writer http://www.theimpossiblegirl.com/)
1. Amanda Fucking Palmer (singer/ song writer www.amandapalmer.net)

My list is full of rather curvaceous women. I think women who look like women are sexy. I don’t think that when you see someone and you have an overwhelming urge to hand them a sandwich is sexy.
Also I find that I am attracted to people’s personalities, or the personalities they project. Whether it’s their choice of roles, their music, their education, or the fact that they are a force of nature to be reckoned with, what they do increases their beauty. And I don’t think I stand alone in this train of thought. Megan Fox could easily fit into any hot tub on any beer commercial ever, but it seems that whenever she opens her mouth, stupidity comes out. I just can’t find someone like that sexy, no matter what their body looks like. I’m sorry Megan Fox. I’m sure you’re a lovely, intelligent woman. You just don’t project it to the rest of us very well.
Which brings me to next week. Next week I will be exploring what women do (how the act, what they know/ talk about, attitude) that makes them sexy.

Until next week!
Devon
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