Food Diary of a Fashion Model
New York Magazine has listed the 7-day food diaries of four people in the fashion industry; two models, fashion editor, and producer.
Here are a few examples (enlightening to say the least):
21 Year old female model (day 4)
10:00 A.M. Home
One bottle Kombucha tea. It's a fermented Chinese tea. Supposedly it has all of these properties for the immune system, metabolism support, digestion. One apple.
1:45 P.M. Clinton Street Baking Company
Bowl of lobster bisque. I only stared at the biscuit that came with it.
8:00 Cube 63
Two gyoza, one piece scallop (no rice), one spicy scallop roll, one Clinton roll. Again, low-sodium soy sauce. I love sushi. It's lean protein, it's good for you. About a liter of water throughout the day.
25 yr old Male Model and Personal Trainer (day 1)
5:30 A.M. Home
Bowl of oatmeal with flaxseeds, banana, skim milk, and a scoop of nonfat Greek yogurt and honey. One glass of water, and a tall cup of black or green tea. I have this meal just to get me out the door. This way I won't be ravenous a few hours later.
8:30 The Coffee Shop, Union Square
Five-egg-white-tomato-and-spinach omelette with goat cheese and a piece of multigrain toast. One glass of water.
NOON Cafeteria
Turkey meat loaf with Brussels sprouts and sweet-potato mash. One unsweetened iced tea.
3:00 P.M. On a shoot
A few pieces of pork tenderloin and about ten pieces of asparagus as a snack. One espresso.
6:00 Equinox
A protein shake with peanut butter, banana, and spirulina. I like the spirulina because it has phytovitamins. I had Hodgkin's lymphoma last year, so I'm really big on anti-oxidants and keeping my body clean.
8:00 Home
Whole grilled branzino with wilted kale and fava beans that my wife made. One peppermint tea.
Fashion Editor
7:30 A.M. Home
Two 1,000-mg. Emergen-C with seven mineral ascorbates and 32 mineral complexes, one ounce of Super KMH, Mona Vie (berry extract), aloe juice, chlorophyll, two Nature's Way Fenu-Thyme, one advance natural FloroMax, three Wellness Formula tablets, twenty drops Super Lysine Plus, two Theraveda Usha daytime stress formula tablets.
10:30 Sant Ambroeus
Milanese eggs and iced skim latte.
2:00 P.M. Patrik Ervell
Bottle of water and glass of white wine.
3:00 Waiting for the United Bamboo Show
Water.
4:00 Waiting for the Diane Von Furstenberg Show
Water.
5:00 Waiting for the Luella Bartley Show
Water.
6:00 Waiting for the Phillip Lim Show
Water.
7:00 Waiting for the Tuleh Show
Water.
8:30 At a Friend's London Terrace Apartment Watching TV
Two glasses of red wine, Camembert and crackers, three olives during Prince's Super Bowl halftime performance.
11:30 Home
Repeat Fenu-Thyme, Wellness Formula tablets, and add Theraveda Nisha nighttime stress formula.
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Created / Updated: October 28, 2011
Man, I hate this whole lean protein thing going around. Here, try this on for size, my typical day while leaning down:
6:30 AM: Pint of whole, raw milk
9:30 AM: 4-6 whole eggs, soft-boiled
12:30 PM: 6-8 oz sirloin and steamed vegetables
3:30 PM: 4-6 whole eggs, soft-boiled
6:30 PM: 1 lb rib-eye and buttered steamed vegetables
9:30 PM: 2 pork sausage links
This will generally achieve a 1 to 1.5 lbs of fat loss per week. To accelerate or slow down weight loss (it happens) I will change the size of the 6:30 PM meal. Or, if I'm low on glycogen, the 6:30 PM meal will become a carb meal. I didn't list my supplements, due to how numerous they are.
ReplyCan you gain muscle by eating these type of diets with working out everyday?
ReplyEU acredito que sim !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyI DON'T WANT TO BE FATTY . MAAN YOU EATS 2 TIMES IN MORNING . NOO DOUBT YOU ARE FAT. JUST JOKING MAN . DON'T BE SEROUS. I'M ONLY 13. IF YOU WANT TO SENT ME A REPLAY MY EMIL ID IS LOLOLOLO.. MY ID GIVEN HERE IS NOT CORRECT
ReplyIsn't hardboilen eggs better for weight loss?
ReplyI dated a bodybuilder for a while and he told me about how much he had to eat and how often in order to build his muscle mass. It was insane!
The 21 year old model eats enough to maybe keep my fish alive...that's gotta be less than 1000 calories. Probably closer to 500-600? I think I'd die on a diet like that.
Still, the fashion editor's diet has to be the worst one of all...wow, wine and water and a couple olives. Yikes!
ReplyHere's the deal on being skinny in the fashion world.
If you want to work as a high fashion model, you need to be tall, beautiful AND skinny. There is no room for maybe when it comes to this. You have to do whatever it takes! As with any job there are prices to pay. If you do what they say, look the way the want, and you have what it takes, then you WILL work. If you aren't what they are looking for and are not the right size, you WON'T work.
I am 5'7 and weigh 115 lbs. When I was in NY I was constantly told that I was too short and too fat to do high fashion PERIOD! Therefore I do commercial print work (swimsuit, catalog, etc.)
Reality is a harsh, but that is LIFE.
ReplyStop bitching and just deal with it.
Actually...alot of Fashion Models, in my honest opinion, aren't necessarily pretty...They just have this "look" that makes them stand out from "commercial-looking" ppl...aka The healthy/active natural beauties of the world...
Personally, i find that when ppl get dangerously skinny...they just look alien-ish. *nods* And the fact that the majority of these girls are tall, (kind of making them look like "pulled-on" taffy)....just adds more to the, can't-help-but-be-morbidly-fascinated by them, factor.
Oh and the images of the models, from those fashion editorial books, (you know, the ones that make young girls hate the way they look)...they're so touched up...it would make your jaw drop, if ever you were to stumble upon the "before" photos.
Mouse &hearts
ReplyI think standing out is always better than just being pretty. Being pretty doesnt mean anything.
ReplyI think most of dem suffer from anorexia.i mean i ate like the fashion editor before i went into treatment.befor,a day of mines looked like this:
Replybreakfast:8 oz. Skim milk+1/2 banana
snk:any fruit
lunch:giant pretzel
dinner:three bites of whatever my mom cooked
snk:piece of celery or gum
I was pretty shocked when I read the female model's diet too, but to be fair if you read the rest of her entries the one excerpted above is the one with the least food. Most of the other days look to be about the amount of food I would have myself.
ReplyWow, I'm glad I don't want to look like a fashion model because I sure as hell don't want to eat like one. Some people are naturally very slim, but if you have to go on a diet like that to get slim, it's just not healthy. I'm going for the curvy and muscular look myself.
ReplyHere's another day for the female model: One cup green tea, one bowl of vanilla low-fat yogurt with oatmeal topped with blueberries. One cashew-cookie Lärabar.
Half a cinnamon bagel with cream cheese.
Chopped salad.
That really isn't too much food.
ReplyHeh, it's all pretty much bizarre to me!
I seriously don't know how people get through the day without just feeling tired and dizzy all of the time!!!
I feel like I am eating easily every couple of hours.
But even if you have a very small appetite (like I imagine all models condition themselves to have) then you've gotta throw a couple of juices or smoothies in there too! Get some nutrition!!
Oh well, each to their own I suppose!
Have a great weekend
ReplyRoss
Jim, you forgot that she had four onion rings with that salad ...
ReplyThat's insane.
ReplySounds like a typical crash diet. Only difference is she keeps it up or she'll lose her job.
I suppose they weren't made to list their outtake, then? A lot of girls I used to know wouldn't dream of eating that much in a day without some compensation.
ReplyThe irony is in how different MALE models are perceived to FEMALE models. Males are supposed to be lean and muscular but females are supposed to be anorexic? You can see it just from the diet. I wish fitness models would become more mainstream, and make it popular for women to be lean and muscular instead of scrawny...
ReplyI would rather see more fitness model types as well. However, the obese would still be offended...
ReplyI agree with one poster that is voting for the fitness types to become more muscular, and I also agree with the poster who said that the obese will still be offended! But the difference between having naturally extremely thin, tall and unique-looking women and having athletic, fit women gracing our advertisements and fashion shoots would be that one body type is largely dependent on genetics, while the other can be achieved by most if they dedicate themselves to a healthy, fit and balanced lifestyle!
ReplyPowerpuffin, I don't think the concern about models' eating habits and emaciated appearances is about offending the obese. Judging by the discourse on this topic in the media, the concern seems to stem more from a concern about projecting the wrong kind of image to young girls/women, not to mention the health of the women who work as models.
I'm assuming that since I'm about 30 pounds overweight, you likely consider me "obese" and am therefore part of the demographic you so blithely make sweeping, offensive generalizations about. It may come as a surprise to you that those of us carrying extra weight are actually able to think critically about matters like this.
ReplyI'm trying to understand Ryan's diet in the comments...I mean like a dozen eggs a day and a pound of steak? That seems extreme, I'm assuming you're a body builder also?
The model at least seems to eat more than the fashion editor but that's not saying much. I miss the super model days of Linda, Cindy, Christy and Naomi. Now they look super size compared to the lollipops walking around.
ReplyImagine how much Giselle is eaing right now :
Reply"Gisele Bundchen is set to walk in the Dolce & Gabbana show in Milan next week and had to gain 14 pounds to weigh enough to be able to walk in the show."
Eek!
So little...
but the fashion editor is what's really bizzare... is she gulping all those vitamins to be HEALTHY? Because I have an idea or two that will work better...
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