ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life

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After fading away to just a glimmer, the woman finally finds hope in the care of a doctor who provides a diagnosis and treatment plan: This book reminded me of Anthony Doerr's MEMORY WALL. These two writers in that way are comparable - they both can skillfully depict the oddest things as simply natural and beautiful. The main character in each story is commonly referred to as 'the woman' they're not even deigned names yet the stories purpose is to lift women up. It's a nice idea, but it didn't quite hit the nail on the head for me. I wasn't nodding along going, "hey, yeah I am pretty awesome and pretty and powerful in my own right and my anxieties are irrelevant!" it was more of a slow shake of the head, disgruntled at the way women were portrayed. Now I have a clear plan that is already working. Maybe a 1/2 marathon isn't impossible for me...Maybe I can surpass the sprint marathon and train for an Olympic... Amylase developed later in human evolution than the period when our brains grew (amylase starts to digest starchy foods before it reaches our stomachs)

One of the reasons I LOVED it can be that I am a sensitive little fool when it comes to books about women, the ones who empower and get empowered in return. Another reason for loving this utterly stunning book is how all the stories hit home. In every story, you are reminded of a woman you know, or have talked to, or the one who lives under the same roof as you. Maybe a woman you see everyday on the road or the supermarket. Maybe your neighbour. All of them like the colours of a rainbow, distinctively different individually and brilliant together. The Woman Who Has a Strong Suit is also a very quirky look at how we identify our strongest attributes and how we use these talents in life, sometimes without even realising it. Roar is a sharp, creative collection of short stories that highlight all the responsibilities, expectations, and discriminations that society places on women, as well as the self-reproach, pressure, and need for validation we as women place on ourselves. Society told you that you weren't important, that you didn't exist, and you listened. You let the message seep into your pores, eat you from the inside out. You told yourself you weren't important, and you believed yourself." I was reading these perhaps 2 or 3 at a time, over a period of three days and I can quite happily say they are a very cleverly put together set of stories, by what is clearly a highly imaginative and intelligent author, who can see things in a rather unnusual way.

Women need to see women too. If we don't see each other, if we don't see ourselves, how can we expect anybody else to?" She's spent so many years sitting up here representing an extension of Ronald, of his achievements, that she no longer has any idea what she represents to herself. In this singular and imaginative story collection, Cecelia Ahern explores the endless ways in which women blaze through adversity with wit, resourcefulness, and compassion. Ahern takes the familiar aspects of women's lives—the routines, the embarrassments, the desires—and elevates these moments to the outlandish and hilarious with her astute blend of magical realism and social insight.

So many of my observations about how I feel now make sense. I workout regularly with my husband, who of course is not subjected to these hormonal shifts, who was certain these fluctuations was "just in my head." Now, I have real answers as to what is going on in my body. I know when to go with the flow, when to train hard, what to eat, drink and how much I need, and how to find and understand metrics that will help me understand what is going on in my body. Each story highlights an aspect of life that illuminates a specific quality about a person, often to the extreme. The main women in each story tends to nameless, she is the key person but at the same time she could be someone you know. The odds are you will recognise some of the traits if not in yourself than in your loved ones. Some of the stories are quite eye opening and others rather amusing. Some of them take on a dystopian sort of world where there are new laws to make certain things now illegal, which really makes you think. This book is perfect for people with busy lifestyles, in approx just five minutes you can have finished one of the stories. For those of us with not completely hectic full on lives, the entire book can be devoured in a long and lazy afternoon - with plenty of time for a few tea or (and!) coffee breaks.I wanted citations instead of sweeping statements. There was alot of sentences that started with "Recent research found", other times, the specific study was spoken about in great detail. Some consistency would have made some of this seem more believable (although I know since can be very selective). A look into why you need more protein than the average woman and how these needs change across your lifespan A woman’s performance can be impacted by hormones (aka where she is in her cycle). Seems like a no brainer, but not something I had really read much about. In fact, I would have thought performance would be worse during the actual menstrual cycle, but she lays out the evidence for why this is not the case.