Size 0

[prattler]

I know this is a controversial subject and I was just thinking about it tonight after i polished off another chinese and started cursing my waistline.I sometimes hate the fact I love my food so much, but on the other hand in other areas of my life I excel.I am a mature student and am doing very well in my chosen field, I am also making money from writing, albeit on a small scale.i just got to wondering where these actresses/b listers/glamour models got their determination to starve themselves/and also why they wanted bodies like 8 yr olds?I realised these women have always felt their looks were their main asset, and their body is their goal so to speak.Thats sad, and somewhere along the way, someone made them feel that way.just like have to work , study, look after my family with determination, their determination is manifested in what THEY feel is their main talent.I am not trying to bring them down, they just get caught up in a shallow world, but I finally realised in the same way I have to sit up all night etc to finish essays when I'd rather be in bed, because my future's at stake, so is theirs when they refuse anything but ricecakes and lettuce leaves.

[beryllium]

There was an AB asks question on this not so long ago, but I think you have missed one more point.
Cocaine. I think a few are clean thank goodness and are just born with those genes :-). Look at Jodie Kidd, a born sportsgirl who was also a model. Naturally a slim lady who's very fit.
We cannot put them all in the same boat.
and..... the money's not bad!!! gotta pay the bills lol.....

[sp1814]

If a woman becomes a size zero, then surely...she would've completely disappeared?

Just a thought...

[beryllium]

lol sp it is actually a size 4 in british sizes :-)

[sense4all]

It's a goverment conspiracy to promote this type of article - so that more of us will feel guilty, eat less, and so more of us will be able to squeeze into the same space on the Tube system and rush hour congestion will be a thing of the past! lol

ps Fancy one of me choccies (been saving them since Christmas honest! )

Seriously : I think these things with regard to serious food issues begin as control issues of one sort or another. This is certainly true for my daughters friends who are affected by them. The ripples from these things are far reaching though ... some of my daughters worst moments have been providing support for a clinically ill friend who was fooling everyone around her. It broke my daughters heart to have to deal with this, when the so called adults were happier to pretend nothing was awry. Life is a series of complicated relationships and choices who knows what REALLY motivates others?