Star: Rachel Zoe lives on 600 calories a day, ‘surviving on coffee, nuts & fruit’

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Here are some photos of Rachel Zoe out and about on Wednesday in LA. Rachel just gave birth one month ago to her second child, a boy named Kaius Jagger Berman. Kaius is literally one month old and Rachel has already “snapped back” as you can see. Not that she even gained that much weight to begin with – when she was nine months pregnant, she looked like she was carrying a pasta-baby. We can debate Rachel’s size and whether she’s “naturally thin” but I’ve never really thought of Rachel as someone who actively diets. I’m saying that as someone who used to watch her show – she rarely ate anything, it was almost like she had lost the urge to eat a long time ago. So this Star Mag story is bizarre only because we have to pretend like Rachel gets “hungry”.

Rachel Zoe should be bonding with her new son, Kaius, but instead she’s hellbent on losing her baby weight and only eats 600 calories a day!

“She’s surviving on coffee, nuts and fruit,” reveals a fashion insider. “As soon as she delivered Kai in December, she was back on the scale and plotting her weight loss. She says she has another 10 lbs to go and is starving herself.”

On the rare occasion that she does eat, it’s far from a rounded meal.

“She’ll ‘splurge’ on yogurt or pick at string cheese,” says the source, adding that Zoe uses coffee to kill her appetite. “Rachel equates her weight with her talent and feels she won’t be back on top until she’s stick-thin again.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

“She’s surviving on coffee, nuts and fruit.” Back to normal then. Well, I suspect “normal” for Rachel is “coffee, champagne and the odd grape.” I know this sounds judgy as hell (and I don’t care) but I’m still astonished that she was able to carry two healthy babies to term. That just shocks me. Anyway, I don’t believe that Rachel is, like, weighing herself and saying “Just 10 more pounds to go!” She doesn’t think that way.

Also, Rachel posted this photo of her family a few weeks ago:

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  1. Suze says:

    Utterly adorable kids.

    I agree – Rachel just doesn’t eat. That’s how she rolls. And it shows up in her face, imo.

    • Hautie says:

      It really does show in her face. When she was pregnant that first go around… her face actually filled in. And she suddenly didn’t look 55. A 55 year old, with a smoking habit.

      That is the one thing that has amazed me the most. As vain as Zoe is about her weight. She does not gives two squats, that it put fifteen years of age on her face. She keeps the aged face just to stay a double zero. Amazing.

      I have also been looking at Rachel’s hair…. and is that a wig? There is something oddly bulky about it. Like it is not, Beyonce quality wig hair. Where it will lay down smooth… and move naturally.

      • Kali says:

        Don’t they say as you get older, you have to choose your face or your ass? Well, that’s the excuse I’m using.

      • lucy2 says:

        I kind of think it’s a wig too. I’d imagine if you were really starving yourself at that level, your own hair might not look to great.

        She does look so much older than she really is. I hope she doesn’t pass her body issues on to her kids.

      • FLORC says:

        If you factor in how she gave her styling clients diet pills I’d say she is weight and image obsessed.
        And also not being too judgy, but didn’t she need to go to a fertility clinic to have both children?

        And yea. That’s a wig. On her show early episodes her hair would change texture and length day to day. Plus, there were many rumors she had her down lasered off for the show.
        For those of you who don’t know it’s very thin hair that grows in patches on the body to keep warm. It’s a symptom of having a very low body fat percentage or an ED.

      • littlestar says:

        Even when she was in her mid to late 30s, she still looked like she was in her 60-70s to me. Those deep facial wrinkles she has are not natural at her age and is extremely concerning. It’s mind boggling to me that she’d rather look decades older than gain a few pounds.

        Edit: I would bet she wears a wig too. If her severe dieting has damaged her face that much, it would be silly to think that hair is all her own.

    • Tazina says:

      No, she probably doesn’t eat much, but I still wouldn’t believe anything coming out of Star Magazine. She’s a good mom judging by her happy boy so that’s the most important thing. I see a nice person otherwise, not deserving of the nasty name calling, just too thin. As she gets older she might want to eat a little more for a healthier look, especially on the face.

      • itstrue says:

        My great grandma always looked younger than my grandma. GG was a round little old lady who made pies, and my grandma was obsessed with her weight. Sidenote: Great grandma outlived my grandma.

      • littlestar says:

        Sure she seems like a great mom, but could you imagine growing up with a mother who has such severe food and dieting problems? How could that not eventually affect her children?

      • fruitloops says:

        Of course it will affect the children, there is a whole world of emotional instability and insecurity behind eating disorders. An eating disorder is never just that, it has a deeper background that needs to be dealt with, so surely she loves her children and will be the best mother to them possible but she still has problems with herself she needs to handle.

      • Suzen says:

        I agree with Tazina. It’s is coming from Star Mag afterall.

        But even if it were true, people in the spotlight occasionally confess to odd and even extreme diets.

        However most ‘claim’ not to diet, that they eat and exercise in a healthy manner, because they will be attacked by the media if they are suspected of having an eating disorder, as well as judged by directors for being too ‘fat’.

        It’s a lose/lose situation sometimes for stars.

        As for carrying her pregnancies to term. That is a bit harsh. I myself had a miscarriage, so I find that to be an unfair statement to say about any woman, thin fat, anorexic… No one is perfect.

        She seems like a good mom. I respect her for that.

    • Lisa says:

      How did she go from looking like a prune to looking like she does now? I am curious…fillers?

    • Nikki L. says:

      Absolutely. That fat-free, cholesterol-free, 1200 calorie a day diet that we’re pushing as a society is killing us. That’s a terrible way to eat. Bad for your skin, hair, nails, organs, and especially your brain. 600 calories is death.

  2. Liv says:

    She is super weird. And creepy. Guess she has many issues to deal with.

    I just found out that Jennifer Lawrence and Isla Fisher are her clients, ugh! No wonder Jennifer looks like shit. And wasn’t there a rumor that Zoe told her clients to lose weight?

    • bammer says:

      Yep. Told them to lose weight and gave them adderal to help. Nicole Richie blasted her for it when they had a falling out years ago. Of course Nicole is back is back to being super thin.

      • Shannon1972 says:

        Being that thin becomes an addiction in itself, not surprised Nicole is super thin again. Not to mention that if she actually gained weight, she would be on the cover of Star Magazine with a headline screaming that “Nicole Richie let herself go!!!” complete with bikini pictures with cellulite circled. It’s sick.

        And yes, she would absolutely demand actresses lose weight – and was a total beyotch about it. She wouldn’t work with them otherwise.

      • Leah says:

        There was a rumour that one of the reasons jennifer lawrence talks about weight all the time, is that she had a stylist that pestered her about loosing weight and made her really insecure. Not sure if it was earlier on in her career because i can’t imagine anyone gets to tell jennifer what to do now. But it certainly fits Rachel Zoes rep.

      • Kat says:

        RZ is JLaw’s current stylist. I can’t see JLaw taking any of her “you need to diet/take adderall!” crap, though.

      • shellybean says:

        Actually, none of those allegations by Nicole were ever proven, and quite a few of Rachel’s longtime clients stood up for her and said they’d never been treated like that by her ever. When Nicole said what she said she was still heavily into partying and a huge asshole, so I wouldn’t take her word as gold. Rachel has many clients who are at very healthy weights, so I think Nicole is full of shit.

  3. bammer says:

    What a vapid and miserable existence. Is it really worth it to be a size 00 in the fashion world? It’s a shame her children are exposed to this mindset.

    • Lilalis says:

      Maybe she can’t help it. I have food issues, too, and I’m terribly afraid of passing them on my kids, but as soon as I try to eat ‘normally’ and gain weight, it makes me freak out. And I’m a better mother when I’m happy with my body. So yes, my boys have a stick thin mom that only eats grapefruit for dinner.

      • Kelly says:

        Wow I’ve never heard someone admit it in such a frank way, that says a lot.
        Ever thought of seeking some counselling? You need to live long and healthily to see your grown grandchildren, you know. Looking thin now may not be worth the health issues you’ll have later on.
        I think people focus way too much on the temporary outward appearance, while the long term important stuff (blood vessels, heart, bones, brain) falls apart. It’s only when you lose your health that you learn to appreciate it as THE most important thing in life, believe me.

      • Boodiba says:

        Actually Lilalis may live a longer life than someone who eats what people think of as normal, and certainly longer than someone who over eats, particularly processed food. Lab rats who are consistently underfed tend to have much better immune systems & live longer.

      • HadleyB says:

        @Kelly. You can’t suggest or tell someone to go to therapy. I have several anorexic friends and they know they have issues. I mean do you walk up to fat people and say ever try weight watchers? Chances are they have tried — many things.

        When they are ready – they go on their own terms just like anyone else with issues of whatever problem they have ( booze, pills, eating, anger etc).

      • Francesca says:

        @boodiba it is very true. Fasting and very low calorie diets seem to be linked to longevity. It is fascinating.

      • Jayna says:

        But are you obssessed with being thin, monitor your food, but yet in bikinis, fitted clothes, you look good, not anorexic? Arms look good, legs? Is it that you are obssessed with looking your thinnest that is best on you but it is so hard realistically to maintain that size and so live by dieting and are consumed too much by not gaining any weight and so have an unhealthy relationship to food?

        Rachael looks so bad out of clothes that she has to cover up. That one shot of her several years ago in a bikini with a sarong was frightening and sad. After that you didn’t see her on the beach without being covered. Her chest was just a bony mess. She isn’t a slave to looking her best in clothes. She can’t even wear so many clothes because she looks so bad. She wears all the loose fitting clothes for the most part. I thought after her first child she would keep a few pounds on. I think she looked worse when her show came back on. She is just painful to look at and her assistant is always telling her how fabulous she looks. Rachel’s body just looks like it’s starving and is very unhealthy looking.

      • fruitloops says:

        Yes, very fascinating, longevity with brittle bones, nails and hair, complete lack of energy, ruined skin, only to mention the most obvious ones… Fascinating indeed…

      • ncmagnolia says:

        Wow! Takes strength to admit that…only to have another poster suggest you seek counseling?? That’s some real sensitivity there, Kelly.

        Every medical guideline for physical health suggests that staying lean, and not letting fat clog your arteries or organs, is the ideal way to live. Here again, it seems to be ok to criticize a thin chick or someone who feels more comfortable being lean, but God forbid anyone make a comment about someone who is heavier! The body-shaming of all women and body types needs to stop. Lilalis, I know for a fact you’ll be in better health as you age than people who carry the burden of extra lbs.

      • Kim says:

        How is it insensitive to ask someone who is clearly suffering if they have considered getting help? if this was a physical health issue and someone asked if she had considered going to a doctor would you feel the same way? Numbers on the scale aside for a moment, if you live in psychological distress freaking out about gaining weight and being afraid you will pass food issues on to your kids that seems like reason enough to talk to someone about it who can help. Lets do what we can to dispel shame and stigma. There is no shame in getting help or seeing someone else suffering and suggesting it to them…and fyi, you don’t know anything “for a fact” about this person’s health now or later

      • Nikki L. says:

        You people have some warped perceptions. A starvation diet isn’t healthy, it starves your organs, especially your brain, and is linked now to cancer and especially Alzheimer’s. And please don’t shame someone for encouraging another to seek help for themselves, good lord.

    • FLORC says:

      I bet it would have been worse if she had a girl. She would make her a mini RZ.
      The boys might have a chance.

      Lilalis
      I hope you’re doing well! Lots of us here have our own struggles with image and food. It’s not easy. Be happy and healthy as best you can.

      • tigerlily says:

        Overeating and processed foods aside, living on coffee and grapefruit means you are missing out on vital nutrients. I see osteoporosis, brittle bones and a dowager hump in the future. Not healthy and not attractive.

      • FLORC says:

        Not to mention replaced teeth upon many other health issues ranging from internal to superficial.
        Bottom line. As she is she is not a picture of health. On her show I never saw her eating solids past a lettuce leaf and always coffee.

    • John Wayne Lives says:

      Yeah, she kinda grosses me out. And I’m talking about her mentality. Her body and face… I just… smdh

  4. LondonGal says:

    I find it so odd that a woman who is so obsessed clearly with weight and her body cares not a bit seemingly about her face. She’s so wrinkled and aged prematurely, that eating disorder does show on her face totally.

    • ZigZagZoey says:

      And she wears huge baggy clothes that you can’t even see her figure. What is the point?

      • Stef Leppard says:

        That’s because she thinks she’s fat right now.

      • ZigZagZoey says:

        I’ve never seen her in anything form fitting before….

      • here's Wilson says:

        I think body dismorphic….I had the same issue as a teenager…I was rail thin, ate next to nothing, and still felt so uncomfortable in my own skin I lived in oversized t-shirts and baggy jeans…

        lucky for me I grew out of this behavior as I aged

        it must be really difficult for someone like her, always being photographed or on tv

      • Stef Leppard says:

        Zigzag, I think she used to show off her body more before she became pregnant with Skylar. I could be wrong though. *shrugs*

      • Jayna says:

        Because her body doesn’t look good She is so thin she looks bad in revealing clothes. This is a woman with an eating disorder who isn’t dieting to look hot. She is not eating because she likes weighing nothing and she actually can’t wear a lot of the fashions. In everybody else’s mind, she looks skeletal, not good. In her mind, she wants that look even if it means wearing baggy clothes.

      • FLORC says:

        I’d wager she dresses in baggy clothes to be bohemian chic or to not show off her thin frame for the tabloids to rip apart.

    • Tania says:

      The woman looks like she is well into her 60s. If she would just eat something and fill her face out a little, I’m sure she’d look a lot better. I have to be honest, I am relieved to hear she has boys and not girls. I think a girl wouldn’t stand a chance with her as a mother. Example, poor Allegra Versace and her mother Donatella.

    • Becks says:

      Yes. ….her face looks horrible and aged! She’s only a coupleof years older than me, but she looks decades older. Sad. She now looks like the crypt keeper!

  5. Tapioca says:

    “coffee, champagne and the odd grape.”

    Close. She’s the one who said she went from morning to dinner on coffee and half a grapefruit. And my, doesn’t she look fresh and youthful on it!

    • Suze says:

      You made me giggle helplessly.

    • Chieniste says:

      +1 for “my doesn’t she look fresh and youthful on it”. Ha!
      Also, why would you hire someone to ‘style’ you if they looked like the Cryptkeeper?

      PS- I really wish there were thumbs here. I hate having to use my words. 😉

  6. Neffie says:

    I actually used to wonder the same about Victoria Beckham, especially with her children after Brooklyn. She was painfully thin but managed the same.

    • Anonny says:

      Don’t these women breastfeed?

      • Tania says:

        If you aren’t eating protein and healthy fats, what do you think your breast milk would look like? Probably watery with none of that healthy cream on top. Sorry if that’s TMI. I would be shocked and amazed to hear that she was Breast feeding exclusively. As a side note, I’ve heard many personal trainers say that breast feeding will cause your body to hang on to some fat stores, so that if you really want to lose weight, you should wean yourself. I doubt ppl like Rachel and say, KK, are still breast feeding, being such vain and vapid individuals.

      • Francesca says:

        I have been exclusively breastfeeding for a year and cannot lose weight. So frustrating.

      • sienna says:

        Francesca, lots of women lose all their baby weight (and more) breastfeeding, but I found that I couldn’t get the last 5 lbs off until I finished. My body held onto that extra weight until I weaned, and then it just fell off. Don’t worry it will come off! 🙂

      • Holly says:

        Same here, I breastfed my son for over two and half years and hung onto 5-10 pounds. But it is COMPLETELY worth it and I don’t think anyone should wean their child to lose weight – that’s missing the point completely.

  7. Hahaahaa says:

    Why always hiding after her glasses, big clothes…But i peeked…she looks really old, & i dont mean the im tired, im a new mom look, cause that for me is a SEXY LOOK!!

  8. Shannon1972 says:

    Welcome to the fashion industry. When I was working for an Italian designer, we would basically compete to see who ate the least the day before. That was our version of water cooler talk: “I had a piece of plain lettuce wrapped around a slice of plain chicken and a celery stick for dinner yesterday.” “Well, I only had the lettuce and a celery stick”. Oooooh, yummy! (Sarcasm)

    Looking back, it was a miserable existence and I looked awful (though at the time I was very proud of my teensy size). Working around models all the time warps your image of an attractive/healthy body. Having been out for a while, I dumped that lifestyle and look much better. For someone like Rachel Zoe, she made her bed by creating the stick thin waify actress look. She’s kind of stuck with it now…she’s right, her name is totally associated with that look. It’s unfortunate, but it’s what she built her brand upon.

    I’m in no way condoning it, by the way. It’s extremely unhealthy, and rapidly ages you, as many have pointed out above. No cream or moisturizer can replace a lack of vitamins and basic nutrition.

  9. Josephine says:

    This is really sad. She has a big career and 2 kids, but cares only about starving herself. I can’t imagine that she has energy to be a decent mom or a decent wife. It’s a mental illness and should be treated like one. She’s wasting her life.

    • fruitloops says:

      It’s because it is a mental illness that she only cares about dieting. I knew more than one woman with an eating disorder, and the most sorry I felt for one that was anorexic, treated in hospital several times, she was claiming that she wanted a child and was eatig to that end, but it was obvious that she wasn’t telling the truth because of course she wasn’t gaining weight. So she really wanted a child and that was all she talked about, and still this addiction for being thin was stronger.

  10. mia says:

    well, at least she, or perhaps I should say, her body, is healthy enough to ovulate, get pregnant and have healthy babies, so there’s that.

    • emmie_a says:

      Yeah, I guess that says something about her overall health. Plus even anorexics can have a healthy, full-term baby – because the baby takes everything they need from the mom’s body. So the baby ends up healthy but the mom ends up in bad shape.

    • Tania says:

      I’m going to play devils advocate and say that when you do IVF, they make you ovulate with drugs, you don’t have to ovulate on your own. Also, we don’t know that she used her own eggs. Her own eggs may have been damaged from what she has done to her body. And in all honesty, she very well may have gone that route. I could see her recruiting some gorgeous model as an egg donor. And Emmie is right, the baby will take all the nutrients. As long as you’re eating a decent amount, which I’m sure she would have done during her pregnancy.

    • fruitloops says:

      I don’t think people with anorexia can ovulate, correct me if I’m wrong, but the girls I knew that had anorexia didn’t have their natural periods for months on end.

  11. blue marie says:

    They make cute kids.

  12. ali says:

    “I’m still astonished that she was able to carry two healthy babies to term. That just shocks me.”

    How about I will not be astonished that overweight people can be healthy and we agree that underweight people can also be healthy. Appearences dont determine a person’s health…….

    • Maggie says:

      Much to rational for this crew, darling.

    • Tania says:

      Sorry but I disagree with you on this specific example. Can a mildly underweight person be healthy? Yes if they are eating healthy, are exercising and just perhaps running a small deficit with their calories, resulting in their being slightly underweight. But I think she is grossly underweight. Given that she eats basically a grapefruit a day with coffee, I don’t know how you could infer that she is in any way healthy. Maybe her blood sugars and blood pressure are ok, but could you say the same about her muscles and her heart? Her electrolyte balance? Kidneys? The woman is starving herself into an early grave and I think it’s sad, not healthy.

    • Miffy says:

      It’s funny that the implication is that an underweight person can’t carry a healthy baby full-term (because high birth rates aren’t a massive problem in famine stricken third world countries or anything…)

      You gotta love the vehicle of concern for her gestational and parental abilities in the face of her irresponsible body image *eye roll*.

      Not pro-ana or anything by any freaking means but in terms of attempting a valid excuse for body shaming the skinny chick, it’s a weak argument.

  13. eliza says:

    The bangs, the hats, the maxi dresses. I just can’t with this woman.

    The fact she doesn’t eat totally shows in the dryness of her face. She is very wrinkled and that isn’t just from the natural process of aging.

  14. Kristen says:

    To all of the commenters who are having such a difficult time understand how and why Rachel can care so much about her weight but so little about her face & aging skin?

    It’s an eating disorder. It doesn’t make sense. It lacks logic. I’m sure, cognitively, she knows. I’m sure she feels guilty as hell about what her disordered thinking is doing to her body and her skin and her kids and her husband. If it was that easy to just EAT, nobody would have an eating disorder.

    /soapbox

    • Jamie says:

      Well said.

    • TheOriginalKitten says:

      Thank you. I posted a similar comment below. I never get why people feel so entitled to mock ED sufferers.

      Saying that she’s “image-obsessed” is a way to diminish the disease and perpetuate the misperception that EDs are based solely on superficiality, which is simply not true.

      Guys-understand that the root cause is self-hatred or a loss of control, how the cause MANIFESTS itself is through starvation and self-punishment. So while the manifestation might be a “superficial” one, the source is a very complex emotional and psychological one.

      It’s just like people who overdose on drugs or any other addiction that’s spurred by overwhelming insecurity.

      • paranormalgirl says:

        It’s also rooted in taking control. The one thing that is easiest to control is the amount of food one puts into one’s body. And when that’s the only form of control one has, one will use it. And what is so sad is that the control is merely perceived control. A person with an ED actually loses control over the one thing he/she thought she had control over.

    • Miffy says:

      Bravo, it’s on par with telling a depressed person or anyone with a mental illness to just ‘get over it’.

      ED’s have been misrepresented by the media since Princess Diana admitted to having bulimia in the early 90’s. Since then there has been massive sensationalised confusion between the literal mental health problem and poor and irresponsible dietary habits. They are not one and the same.

      My opinion is that Zoe legitimately suffers from an eating disorder, she is well aware of the fact but it’s a life long issue even during times of good health (much like an addiction).

    • shellybean says:

      Thank you, well said. Some of the people commenting on this are downright mean. Having an eating disorder does not mean she’s a terrible person unworthy of compassion.

    • FLORC says:

      Kristen
      Your Soapbox is well earned. And well said.

  15. Samtha says:

    I can’t imagine how tired she must feel all the time. And grumpy. And foggy-headed.

  16. Kelly says:

    I hope she doesn’t eff up her health though, she’s got kids, she can’t shrivel away. There’s so much more to life than looking starved.

  17. silvia says:

    Her children being boys might be a blessing in disguise for them, because at least they won’t be exposed to so much pressure from her (even not direct, might be subconscious) , concerning eating and ‘staying thin’ mindset.
    At least that’s what I think from personal experience – as a child of mother with long term body issues and ED, I was pretty much coerced into that unhealthy relationship with my body since infancy. Anyway, her kids are adorable, really cute.

    • here's Wilson says:

      it seems more and more commonplace to find males having the same issues as females with ED… so idk that just b/c she’s having boys that her afflictions can’t be passed to them…
      and often when there is a person in a home with ED the whole home is effected somehow… be it thru guilt, anger, ect…

  18. TheOriginalKitten says:

    I wish people would realize that an eating disorder isn’t something you have control over and maybe instead of condemning the woman, be a little bit more empathetic.

    It’s like no matter how often we discuss eating disorders, people still act as if it’s VOLUNTARY behavior and that people who have EDs somehow think they’re “better” than others, when really this behavior is just masking the feelings of self-loathing and fear. Most people who have EDs are trapped within their own self-destructive thoughts and overwhelmed with shame and guilt. What you view as selfish behavior is really a manifestation of self-hatred and mocking people who have EDs just exacerbates that feeling.

    If you wouldn’t blame a mentally ill person for their illness, then you shouldn’t blame an ED-sufferer for theirs.

    I wish Zoe the best in her ongoing battle and I hope she can find a way to stay healthy for the sake of her family.

    • Melibea4ever says:

      ITA! I’ve been fighting an ED my whole life and it’s something that stays with you no matter how much you try..I wish people would understand a little bit more about it before judging appearances

      • TheOriginalKitten says:

        I hear ya. When I was at the deepest point in my struggle, I was literally skeletal and I STILL hated the way I look. I had days that I thought I was too fat or days that I thought I was too skinny, but the only thing I consistently felt was disgust with my self-image and shame about my behavior.

        People truly don’t grasp how deep the compulsive behavior goes. It feels like you’re descending into a very deep and dark pit and you can’t get out no matter how hard you try.

    • Jedi says:

      very well put TOK. I have several family members who have suffered from EDs and are in various stages of recovery. its a monster that controls people’s lives and is very hard to recover from. some people never recover but instead live their whole lives on the edge of being very sick and hospitalized and just very thin and suffering in secret. its often a fine line.

      • TheOriginalKitten says:

        Thanks, Jedi, for shedding some light on it and most of all, for being empathetic.

      • Jedi says:

        Wishing you continued health and happiness TOK 🙂

      • paranormalgirl says:

        And what’s so damned hard is that therapy isn’t always a help right away. The first thing is to stabilize the intake of food and get some weight on. Following that, therapy kicks in and that can trigger and re-trigger… it’s so hard and so painful for the person with the ED

    • Frida_K says:

      ED is a hard row to hoe. I endured mine for about half my life and it seems, from reading your comment, that you’re maybe still struggling.

      Every day that one eats healthily and without self-hate is a good day, and if the good days can pile up, eventually one gets better at identifying the slow slide back into problem eating and can nip it in the bud. For me, I know that the minute I start thinking certain thoughts, like “I feel like I’m wearing a fat suit, I have to get this off me” (I wear a size six and am not fat by any means) then I need to take a break from exercise. If I start thinking more of the same (“I must stand for at least a half an hour after eating, I must stand and walk around to burn calories”) then I talk to a therapist. Stuff like that. You learn to identify when the crazy thinking starts and do something before it translates into crazy acting. At least that is what I’ve learned to do, and it’s worked now for almost ten years.

      TOK and Melibea, I send you both sincere wishes for health and safety in your lives.

      *hug*

  19. GeeMoney says:

    I’m surprised she eats THAT much.

    She’s going to regret starving herself as much as she does when at 50 she looks 80.

    I wish that she’d start eating… if she won’t do it for herself, she should do it for her kids. I’m sure they would like to have their mom around for as long as possible.

    • Jayna says:

      I doubt it. If that was the case, she would be regretting it now, because her face looks so old and lined. It’s shocking. Yet she stays bone thin. She looked so much softer and prettier when she was pregnant the first time because she gained a few pounds and the difference was striking.

  20. AmandaPanda says:

    I sort of agree – I would never shade someone for not “snapping out” of an ED.

    I don’t, however, have much sympathy for someone who continues to pro-actively put herself in situations where her ED is going to be triggered, & who exhorts other people I follow her lead. I’d say the same thing about any other kind of mental illness – get out of Hollywood and get some help.

  21. Ellie66 says:

    I went on a coffee diet when I was around 30 I was on it for 2 weeks it was coffee pretty much all day (no cream just sweet n low) then 1 small salad a day. I was so jittery and felt so tired at the same time! My skin was a icky pasty color, it was the longest 2 weeks of my life. Do it the right way she can afford a chef to make her delious low cal meals and snacks.

  22. Lucky says:

    Very cute kids but what’s with all the hats? Looks silly

  23. Kiddo says:

    Maybe it would help to be subjected routinely to people who can’t afford to buy sustenance for themselves or their families. That wealthy people purposefully choose to eat like I did when I was broke and couldn’t afford more than coffee or lettuce just makes me shake my head.

  24. Stef Leppard says:

    She loves hats.

  25. Rena says:

    How did her body support TWO pregnancies? Wouldn’t she have amenorrhoea if she wasn’t eating enough? I think the wrinkles in her face are mainly from smoking and sun damage.

    • Kim1 says:

      How do women in famine stricken countries support their pregnancies?
      Funny most of my elderly relatives are thin.The ones that were overweight died from diabetes,heart disease,cancer,strokes.I cant think of anyone that I know who “starved” themselves to death but many who figuratively speaking “ate” themselves to an early grave.

    • Marigold says:

      You only need 200-300 extra calories a day to support a healthy fetus. If she only ate 400 calories a day, her baby would utilize what it needed and she would suffer. The baby always wins in pregnancy when it comes to pulling nutrients. That’s why it’s important for you, the pregnant person, to consume a few hundred extra calories. Those aren’t for the baby; they’re for you to make up for what you lose for the fetus.

  26. courtney says:

    it’s Hollywood sadly eating disorders come with that lifestyle and not all women who can nurse choose to especially in the entertainment business as back in the day it could get you fired ask Annabel Clark her late mother Lynn Redgrave was fired from the early 1980’s sitcom house calls because someone ratted her out for nursing Annabel in her dressing room. Girls/women are held to higher standards when it comes to their weight & Looks then boys/men are and some people just naturally don’t age well while others do never mind when someone is born during war time or grows up during it for example through most of her life Sophia Loren was 5ft 8in and 115lbs due to her experiences during world war II she was 5 years old when it broke out in 1939 and 11 when it ended in 1945. the only times that really changed was during her 4 pregnancies though two ended in life threatening miscarriages so for the other two that produced her sons Carlo JR & Eduardo Ponti she was on bed rest the entire time to prevent miscarriage. eating so little is bad for your health just like over eating is

    • hopperlea says:

      You always have great stories. You need to write a blog or a book about all the Hollywood info you have
      .

    • Faith says:

      There is no way that Sophia Loren was only 115lbs at 5″8, Aurdrey hepburn maybe but Sophia no way she must of been around 125lbs to 135lbs which is still pretty slim at 5″8. She wouldn’t of been able have the measurments she maintained at 38-24-38. Like Hepburn though she was left pretty malnourished by the war and was called the toothpick as a kid.

  27. Green Eggs and Ham says:

    An intake of insufficient calories will accelerate the aging process.

  28. Squeakie says:

    Thank god she had boys! I can’t imagine the pressure she would put on her own daughter. That being said, I think she is a great stylist and I always love her outfits.

  29. lambchops says:

    Eating disorders are a total bitch and I feel bad for anyone that deprives themselves to the point that it controls their lives. Life is soooo short. I cannot imagine not eating great food. Who gives a monkey if you carry five extra? So glad I don’t live in this world.

  30. BaronessOrczy says:

    A friend grew up with her in NJ and says she (Rachel) used to stand up to the meangirls, who bullied my friend. She also says her parents are the nicest people you could ever meet.

  31. wendy says:

    I get the no eating thing. Don’t get me wrong though I love food and eating.
    But I too do freelance wardrobe styling and sometimes when I’m running around all over town trying to get a ton of shit done that day stopping to eat is kind of annoying. It slows you down. But it can really be a problem for stylists. You really have to make sure you have provisions in your car at all times. nuts etc. And you have to force yourself to take a break. It is not as easy as it seems for some reason. So not healthy though.

  32. Mrs. Darcy says:

    I do think it’s an ED, but so long ingrained it’s just what she passes off as normal. I did watch The Zoe Project in earlier yrs and I will say she has a few loyal clients who are not teeny tiny, like Liv Tyler…there were some others I can’t remember. Cameron Diaz (I know skinny but athletic skinny) I think. Most of her clients seem loyal to her, I would not blame her for Nicole Richie, sorry but Nicole got scary skinny as an adult, not a child. A lot of my friends had some form of disordered behaviour in h.s. 20 yrs ago, this is something that’s ingrained at a young age. I’ve dealt with it myself so I am not really into bashing anyone for it. Zoe is very conscious of her image, anorexic or not and they did show her trying to dress to hide how bony she is so I don’t think it’s something she’s proud of. I know women like her, there is really nothing you can do when someone has spent their whole life pretending this is normal. Maybe someone really close like a partner or parent or sibling could get through, I do think working in fashion is only feeding the problem (so to speak) though.

    • Jayna says:

      This. She is someone who monitors her eating. She stays pretty much consistently the same size, so doesn’t keep plummeting, but she is obssessed with staying a certain weight. She does tend to cover herself up, baggy dresses, etc, wearing her signature boho chic look. When they showed her changing for a photoshoot for her book last season it was heartbreaking to see how bony she was, her back especially. I don’t understand why Roger hasn’t been able to help her see how much prettier she would be with a little more weight on her and talk her into getting help regarding it. They showed a photo of them when they were college students and she had more weight on, still petite, and was cute.

      Plus, once you get down so thin, I imagine you just aren’t as hungry as if you were bigger and usually ate more and I guess your stomach stretched out. Is that such a thing? LOL When I was really, really thin, hadn’t been eating a lot, just cereal, etc, from stress, I just wasn’t that hungry and didn’t think about food all that much even as time went on. I wasn’t even trying to stay that thin and didn’t know how much I weighed.

  33. Grant says:

    Such a shame. She has a beautiful family.

  34. Andrea says:

    I have sadly known many girls with ED so far in my life (and I was anorexic myself in high school) and I know that anorexic/food restrictors always complain about feeling fat or having a tummy ache when they eat a more normal portion of food(healthy portion not a super-sized portion), thus they cycle back to not eating to make themselves “feel better”. Its really sad. I have lost 22 lbs last year and plan to lose 20 more (I am 30 lbs overweight currently) and because of my past ED experience, I find I binge and starve at times, which hinders my weight loss goals. Rachel, Victoria, and Nicole need some serious help with it.

  35. Lisa says:

    And I’ll bet she’s also only 88 lbs, according to an unnamed source.

  36. Evi says:

    When people restrict to 600 cals a day, that’s an eating disorder.

  37. jwoolman says:

    Yikes. Granted, 600 calories of nuts will give you a little more than 20 grams of protein, which would be survivable for a smaller person… That’s about as much food I could keep down per day when recovering from my $15,000 UTI from Hell, although that was eventually partially due to the antibiotics making everything taste like cardboard. (I clearly remember the joyful day when peanut butter finally tasted like peanut butter again.) i now have a good soy protein powder to mix with juice that might give about 600 calories per day if taken 3x per day in dilute juice, but would give 48 grams of protein which is far more reasonable. Mix it with soy or other nondairy milk and you get even more protein.

    But I kind of doubt she’s eating a cup of nuts a day. She must be active enough that she could at least double the calories and vary the foods more to get plenty of protein for the calories (easily triple that for a vegan even for 1200 calories, can’t imagine she’s not burning far more than that per day ). Eat some beans, girl. And some greens at least. Substitute some seeds fir some of the nuts. If she’s really so worried about calories, there are many non-starchy veggies that deliver a lot of nutrition per calorie (and some extra protein). I can’t imagine that she is really doing as described, though, would think she could afford a real nutritionist who would be aghast.

    If the report is accurate– The coffee is just a stimulant trying to counteract lack of energy from real food. Won’t work forever.

  38. dd says:

    I don’t know what RZ eats or how she eats. I’ve seen her show a few times, but, I still don’t really know. I doubt anyone but her family does. Maybe she does have a disorder, but, I sure wouldn’t accuse her of it. All I know is, some people are naturally skinny and get that label slammed at them when they don’t deserve it. I weighed 85 pounds when I got pregnant the first time. (I’m 5’2″) I ate like a truck driver, gained 20 pounds, the baby came out healthy and weighed over 9 pounds. Two weeks later I was back in size -zero while living on fried pork chops, mashed potatoes/gravy, milk shakes and coca cola. I heard anorexia and bulimia thrown about constantly and nothing could have been farther from the truth. It was pure metobolisim and 5-6 big meals a day. All I’m saying is, I, personally, would be very careful labeling someone as having an ED. Some people just can’t help being skinny.

  39. laura says:

    She never was pregnant to begin with…she is almost 51!

    • Sprink says:

      @Laura, Wikipedia ( yes, I know) has her at 42. Regardless, I reckon she’ll have something done to fix the lower part of her face in the next year. Can’t comment on whether her eyes ‘need’ work as every dot I’ve seen recently has them buried under sunnies.

  40. laura says:

    it is just annoying how celebs ALL lie about age past 30! i know as i am working in the movie industry….