One actress without a diet, one forging ahead
"... I try little by little to find clothing that I feel dignifies my body without the need for a girdle, to enjoy my body as it is, to love my body for birthing children and nursing them, to respect my body as it changes and grows, to and to nourish it the best way I know how. With seconds."
- Mayim Bialik
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m Bialik, the actor best known for playing Blossom in the early '90s TV comedy Blossom, and currently in The Big Bang Theory delivered some straight talk about weight and the pressure to be thin in Hollywood and beyond here, on former Sassy editor Christine Kelly's blog.
Mayi
m Bialik, the actor best known for playing Blossom in the early '90s TV comedy Blossom, and currently in The Big Bang Theory delivered some straight talk about weight and the pressure to be thin in Hollywood and beyond here, on former Sassy editor Christine Kelly's blog.Even more interesting is Bialik's life since she was a child star: she earned a PhD from UCLA in neuroscience in 2008, married and had two sons.
Bialik is easily young enough to be my daughter, yet I related to her words, "respect my body as it changes...". That's the attitude I've been circling since 50, and there she is, all of 35, on to it– and dressing more stylishly since a What Not to Wear Stacy London intervention:
Lest you judge Bialik's "seconds" as unwise, she is a vegan, and a woman of average size (which is to say, by actress-standards, on the hefty side). Vegans can handle seconds as long as they lay off the tofu 'cheesecake'.
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Lest you judge Bialik's "seconds" as unwise, she is a vegan, and a woman of average size (which is to say, by actress-standards, on the hefty side). Vegans can handle seconds as long as they lay off the tofu 'cheesecake'.
I can happily inhabit the ovo-lacto world, but take away my milk chocolate and huevos rancheros, it's a less joyful life. Vegans and raw-diet eaters are most welcome at our table, but may be bringing their own.Wishful shrinking: Carrie Fisher
In the current Jenny Craig commercial, wry and shyly proud, she holds a tray of 12 one-pound blocks of butter, her current loss. Good for Carrie, but the mound of butter is deceptive, since the heap of blocks equals the size of a poodle.
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Twelve pounds is a size or so, but you don't lose the volume of what's on the tray. I'd rather eat whole food. I've never tasted a Jenny meal; they didn't receive rave reviews from friends.
What do you do to dignify your body? Has what and how you eat changed?
Comments
That's amazing about Bialik's educational achievements. Good for her!
I'm always heartened to hear a 'celebrity' talk about body and weight with sense, instead of the nonsense we normally hear. We need to remind ourselves - and younger women - that bodies are not just decorative items.
Tiffany: Eventually, many women come to that place of mindfulness over restrictive diets. But the entertainment industry is still a hard place for a normal eater to live.
Practicing mindful eating -- savoring every sensation of the food, not just wolfing it down -- has helped slow down the pace at which I eat, which usually means smaller portions, though not always!
Pseu: The fuller taste of "whole" is more satisfying. Occasionally lite is helpful; appreciated "lite" hot chocolate when in WW, it helped me feel not so deprived. But I haven't drunk it for years.
C.
I am heartened by your notion of understanding and supporting.
And tomorrow I will look for Lindt squares.
C.
My second try. I lost 15 pounds this way about 7 years ago, then gradually gained it back.
I'm finding it's not really that hard. You just always have to stay "on task." - which can be a burden in its own way. You can indulge, only you have to plan for it.
anonymous is right to bring up menopausal metabolism changes. I never had a thought in the world about my weight until after I hit my late 40s.