Comments on: Rachel Zoe says eating isn’t always her biggest priority

By: Louise

Louise — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:38:58 +0000

If Audrey Hepburn is thin due to the trauma of World War Two, how do you explain all the healthy, now normal-sized Holocaust survivors?

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By: shelia

shelia — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:23:46 +0000

Will someone that loves Rachel please get her some help? I run a medical office and it is apparent to me that she has an eating disorder. The reason she doesn’t want a blood check is she is she is likely doing diet drugs, they are everywhere in LA where she lives. Her family allowing her to be on TV only allows this anorexia/obsession with unhealthy skinny to promote it to other women. She could drop dead any second because of the way she is treating her body.

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By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:06:46 +0000

I’m so sick of obesity being considered normal in this country. I share the same body type as achel and am fedup with being called sick, skinny an anorexic. Why don’t you people try eating fruits and veggies and avoiding eating out? Fat is not beautiful, sorry

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By: MyCatLoves TV

MyCatLoves TV — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:13:33 +0000

I had an eating disorder for nearly 20 years. Actually, I still have it. Bulimia/Anorexia is like being an alcoholic. You never “get over it” — you fight the good fight every day. At one point I was hospitalized and they put IV fluids in me. I saw the swelling and drug my IV pole to a room with a scale…and I was shocked. I signed myself out of the hospital against medical advice. I signed a form that said I understood that I risked sudden cardiac arrest. Nobody likes a fat girl and I was willing to risk my life to be thin. It’s a sickness. It’s an OCD disorder. It’s an obsession. I was married to my eating disorder.

I am alive. I should not be but I am. But, ladies, listen to me. I have brittle bones and arthritis in every joint. The gastroenterologist must dilate my esophogus every couple years since all that puking tore it up. My esophogus is about 1/4 what it should be. I have unusual tissue in my colon — perhaps from years of laxative abuse. For ten years I have suffered idiopathic peripheral neuropathy. Some medical professionals think that lack of vitamin B during the formative years can cause nerve damage later on. The pain is beyond what I can describe here. For so many years I lived and died by the scale. I nearly died. I was sick and I believed I could not be “too thin.”

I am reaping the bitter harvest now. Ladies, take care of yourself! Eat balanced meals and make time to put fuel in the machine that is your body.

The funny thing is….I’m a woman “of a certain age” now and have had many conversations with men about what kind of women they find sexually attractive. TO A MAN, each gentleman stated that he liked a little meat on the bone….a little somethin’/somethin’ to hold on to while making love. This obsession with being a Size Zero is a woman thing. Men just like to see us naked….no matter what else we’ve got going on. If they love us, they love our big butt and our tummy. Just be healthy. And don’t do what I did. I ruined my health and my life. Eat a good diet and find a weight that is healthy and that makes you strong.

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By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:03:17 +0000

with poor eating habits and weight loss it definitely shows in ones hair and skin…her hair looks krispy, nicole R’s hair was basically falling out w/her dramatic fast weight loss. these pooor girls are seriously sick in the head, if you only have coffee and grapefruit all day your “ill” if she takes the time to eat a grapefruit she could have easily had a chicken breast w/salad and fruit…so ya, I have to say eating issues=(

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By: Mich

Mich — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:03:04 +0000

I REALLY like Rachel. She’s smart, cool, insightful, interesting, and beautiful (these photos caught her on an off day). I am, however, concerned about her health. She has the classic personality for someone with an eating disorder (thats one to know one!), and the facial appearance is not how anorexics typically look. I suspect she has bulimia and pray she covercomes it. Want her to feel well physically and entirely! LOVE YOU, RACHEL! XOXO!

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By: Peter Walker

Peter Walker — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:42:30 +0000

She looks like a walking skeleton. She must eat more or better consult a doctor.

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By: eliz

eliz — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:55:01 +0000

Hi,

I find it really disturbing how eating disorders have become so normalised in society today and people are falling prey to them so easily and they are being ‘endorsed’ and ‘normalised’ by celebrities making comments such as Rachel Zoe.

I suffered from an eating disorder in various shapes and forms for 16 years (I’m only 25… I am also a recovered drug addict and have been raped and assaulted numerous times and held at knife point so I have endured a substantial amount of trauma that has chipped away at my self esteem) and it’s taken me this long to find the inner strength and self-belief to rise above all the bull shit and not let it effect me. I don’t have much of an interest in mass media anymore, I barely read the paper or watch TV.

When I hear this stuff I think, if she’s justifying an eating disorder to herself by saying she’s ‘forgetting’ to eat, or someone’s harping on about how little they eat or how they need to lose weight when they’re a healthy weight and there is no medical reason for them to lose weight… I think that’s their problem… it has no bearing upon my life or my perception of myself, I’m not going to let someone else’s insecurities sabotage all of the hard work I’ve done on myself.

I think people use weight and food/body image issues as a crutch and something to focus on when they’re unhappy with other areas of their life. I know that in my case I focussed on losing weight and unhealthy, self destructive coping behaviours to distract myself from family problems, relationship problems, self doubt, etc.

Learning about Intuitive Eating over the years has helped me make peace with food and feel more comfortable in my skin. I eat what I like when I’m hungry, listen to my body, and certainly more than a grapefruit and coffee all day.

I do get busy some days and am in a hurry but I grab food when I can or take food with me because I know that if I let myself get too hungry, I start to feel crazy, I’m inefficient and I can’t sleep if I haven’t had enough to eat during the day. I eat small meals every couple of hours and have a balanced diet and see food as medicine (for other mental health problems I have which I will not mention here) and I do a reasonable amount of exercise when I feel like it.

I maintain around 118-120 lbs at 5’8. My mum was quite slim and I certainly don’t starve myself. I avoid getting into discussions about food and weight with people like the plague and remove myself from unhealthy influences.

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By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:18:36 +0000

110 and 5’4 is not thick and robust!

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By: Amber from Baltimore

Amber from Baltimore — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:56:19 +0000

Samantha,
I’m sorry, but YOU sound psychotic. You sound like you have a serious eating disorder, but, worse than that…it sounds like you also hate other women. You’re 5’6″ and 113 pounds?…and you say you still need to lose weight? Fat matters. Fat is important for regulating hormones. At that height, if you drop below 115 pounds, you’re going to have issues with your menstrual cycle. You sound like an anorexic in denial. Your perception of other women is totally F-ed out of proportion.
The only reason why your “fat” friends may envy you, is because designers make clothes for stick figures, like yourself. Clothing designers don’t make clothes for women with curves. If they did, we would probably be happier. Shopping is a pain in the ass if you’re over a size 8, and have large breasts.

I’d also like to add that Audrey Hepburn was only that thin because she suffered malnutrition as a child/teen during WWII. It stunted her growth. That’s why she was small.

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