The Model & Celeb Weight Thread [Read post #1 before posting] #1

[model_mom]

Smartarse.....I wish you had the influence and the pull to back that statement up....it's brillant.

[karen sofie]

Originally Posted by Voltaire #6

I agree energy is one of the first things to be sapped out of you ... but there are ... um ... other ways to be energetic

Well, people react differently when they are starved. Some gets crazily amount of energy when they're hungry, I know that from myself, and some get incredible and immediately tired. But I do believe that eventually the 'energy boost' will end and the body will discover that it needs hell of a lot nutrition and then really shut down on energy in order to survive, basicly.

[smartarse]

NOTE TO MODERATORS: i hope you won't delete this. please! trying to make a point, here.


When we were young, we don't like eating dinner food, at least most of us don't. We rather eat and drink = snacks : doritos, nachos, Cheese-it, potato chips - junk food. soda. cakes. cookies. candies. fast food.

but ...

if they were deprived of such "good" food [above], i know if it was me, i consider it a punishment and adults making me starve. i think this is universal to all teens and older teens alike.

* i say this because this is one of many complaints my agent friends constantly bitch about of their young models. honestly, i've seen this first hand myself.

[Cola]

Originally Posted by Voltaire #6

I agree energy is one of the first things to be sapped out of you ... but there are ... um ... other ways to be energetic

Seriously. Chemistry that may not be discussed, not even mentioned here.
And seriously, obviously there ARE many models who do not have EDs, who do a little harmless diet occasionally or who are just genetically blessed (or cursed, evolution-wise). But there probably also are many models who are messed up. You can't just generalize that. This discussion is so weird.

[smartarse]

Originally Posted by model_mom

Smartarse.....I wish you had the influence and the pull to back that statement up....it's brillant.

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[masquerade]

Originally Posted by smartarse

i have some models friends who fall under the extreme diet/strict diet ,where they can eat like a man and drink like a man on their off days but when the big jobs come around like a photoshoot back to back, a campaign and fashion week, they alter their diet to strict as it can be for preparation. i don't consider THAT eating disorder of any kind.

but...

there have been no-name models, for instance, my agent friends who'd tell me there's a model who's anorexic or have eating disorders and don't want to represent because she's a liability and now she's with this-so-and-so agency.

• when i asked my friend what did he mean she's a liability to the company, he make a point: tardiness, inability to take directions, low energy, bad teeth and nails ...

So i see more Top models with issues of food rather than the extremes of eating disorders.

Can you tell me exactly what "eat[ing] like a man" means

[Cola]

Originally Posted by karen sofie

But I do believe that eventually the 'energy boost' will end and the body will discover that it needs hell of a lot nutrition and then really shut down on energy in order to survive, basicly.

Yes. Endorphins can only cover up so long. Nothing comes out of nothing. At some point everything and -one has to realize they fall under the law of conversation of energy. At first you are energetic and fidgety but that wears off and then you're just dull (the latter can be suspected from some models' pictures ... but those are shots in the dark and thus inappropiate).

[karen sofie]

^True.

[smartarse]

Originally Posted by masquerade

Can you tell me exactly what "eat[ing] like a man" means

do you have a boyfriend/husband or male friends? see how THEY eat? like that.

[model_mom]

Originally Posted by smartarse

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[smartarse]

Originally Posted by model_mom

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ok.
i'm quite confuse.
what exactly are you asking?

[Marcel]

I think she likes your post:

Originally Posted by Voltaire #6
I agree ... i believe this to be the case but to bear in mind that an unhealthy relationship with food as you mentioned is still classed as a disorder because it isnt normal ... if you know what I mean. That little nervosa bit after anorexia or bullimia is the point ... differentiation between a serious mental health disorder and someone who needs guidance and help making the right choices and encouraged in having a healthier relationship with food.

Originally Posted by smartarse

i think models need the guidance of a Nutritionist on how to eat well as they prepare for a big job/s and fashion week so they don't fall into extreme bad dieting. What i see is, models are not educated enough [can't blame them] to know the proper way of eating light but still be a healthy one as well as balance it with exercise.

[Cola]

She probably means that

Originally Posted by smartarse

i think models need the guidance of a Nutritionist on how to eat well as they prepare for a big job/s and fashion week so they don't fall into extreme bad dieting. What i see is, models are not educated enough [can't blame them] to know the proper way of eating light but still be a healthy one as well as balance it with exercise.

the bolded part reads like a different spelling of "assumption". It's brilliant in its brazenness.

[smartarse]

ahhhh.
ok.
thank you all and model mom.

[*Bianca*]

Originally Posted by smartarse

take a look at the Thread : Models in a Hurry at the Etc of the Modeling World sub forum ...

if a model is suffering with eating disorder/anorexia can she do what these girls do?

*i say there's no way a model with such disorder can have that much energy , stress and adrenaline even if the model was starving themselves for 5 months straight. IMO.

Right. Just like the anorectic who can't possibly be at the gym for hours each day

Eating disorders push people to go past the normal limits.

(And BTW, I'm not arguing whether or not those in that thread have an eating disorder or not; rather, what I'm saying is that it is very possible to run miles or be at the gym, or whatever - basically things more strenuous than walking a runway and running backstage- while having no energy)