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.
I model in New york, I eat every 2 hours. 4hrs at max. Apples, brown rice, lean lean leannnnn meat. Oatmeal. little snacks here and there too. About 4+ bottles of water a day. Always on the go, so you have to eat or you’ll collapse. Lots of elipticalling and muscle building too
how many days does it take to be fit with that diet?
Angie, if someone’s “fat is hanging over, or showing somewhere [they] don’t want it to, or [their] thighs look too thick, or [their] arms aren’t [working in] a certain sleeve length, etc.” that is the fault of a sucky designer who has a very limited skill set and is ignorant about designing for 90% of the population, not a fault of the person with a healthy, non-emaciated/ultra-thin body. There are designers out there who do make clothes for curvy and non-emaciated women that look fantastic; it’s super pathetic to read designers like yourself complaining about consumers just to cover up your own inadequacies and inability to design clothes properly!
Isn’t hardboilen eggs better for weight loss?
I agree with those who say it’s easier for designers to dress skinny models than it is to dress normal-sized or plus-sized figures. But I do believe that models dying from malnutrition/starvation/e.d. related causes is becoming more common and something should be implemented to help prevent more from dying. Skinny is in now and has been for a while, but hopefully it’s just a sad trend and maybe in the future we can work toward healthy models with realistic bodies that people can strive to achieve without causing self-harm.
As an 18 year old male, I too struggle with my body image. In four months I’ve lost 30lbs. by being more active and becoming a vegetarian. But now that I’m in college, I find myself eating 300-800 calories a day.
Average food intake a day:
Breakfast-usually still sleeping, but sometimes a little thing of nonfat yogurt with strawberries and blueberries/two vitamins
Lunch-small salad with 3 or 4 cherry tomatoes,
Dinner-(same as lunch)
snack- handful of almonds
I drink a little more than 8 glasses of water a day.
I don’t have the opportunity to workout often so i make up for it by eating less. My heaviest weight was: 225lbs. about 4 months ago. I’m a little under 195 now. I’m 6’0″ and my goal weight is about 175lbs. I dont think I’m hurting myself too much by eating what i eat now. It’s all healthy.
I think standing out is always better than just being pretty. Being pretty doesnt mean anything.
WOW ! This is really important post.I really need this nice post.I 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!
I suffer from anorexia, I generally eat about 350-400 calories. At the most I’ll have about 600, the least about 50. Errr so yesterday this is what I ate
Breakfast: black coffee
Lunch: 140g cucumber and a lettuce leaf. More coffee
Dinner: 2 forkfuls of plain beef and salad
This was 350 cals
I don’t get hungry at all anymore, but I loose about 4+lbs a day
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I’ve had an eating disorder for a few years, I eat between 0-800 calories per day. usually around 500 though.
I normally eat:
Breakfast: 2 egg whites, with ketchup. (50cal)
lunch: apple (90cal)
dinner: veggie burger and ketchup (120 cal)
that’s the basic. and i drink a lot of water and tea through out the day.
it’s actually not as bad as you would think, maybe because I am used to it.
I 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!
can anyone know me that for making fashion model what things need and how require health ?
Intereresting how so many of you assume she has an ed, and that none of you would evvvver do that. Yet, still had enough interest to read the article.
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cool id like to try it << just wanna be 2 fitty
so is your daily diet? about how many calories do you eat and excersice. thanks, because i’m trying to model and i’m 5’9 and a half, almost 5’10 and 15 years old,
thats not bad at all i could do it no prob i eat way less then them on the daily basic
11:00 Banana
3:00 koshi bar
6:00 kosher hotdog
My typical diet is as follows:
Morning: 2 eggs without yellow yolk + skim milk.
Lunch: 1 cup of cucumber + 1 apple + 1 cup of tomatoes(if you like).
Dinner: 2 wheat roti(Indians)with sugar or milk/2 slices of grilled chicken/ 2 slices of sandwich with butter.
Snacks: 2 or 3 fruit juices without ice and milk.
Snacks should be taken once in between breakfast and lunch and once or twice in between lunch and dinner.
Diet period is 7-10 days. Don’t exceed more than 10 days.You can reduce about 2-4kg in a this period.
Note: If you follow this diet… make a gap of at least 20 days before each diet period.
Eat to live don’t live to eat.
I’m bulimic too…I realized that my dream was killing me and I stopped. For a while and then the monster came back and now it eats me alive…
Augh! These comments are pissing me off if your a model it should not be required for you to risk your life…I know you want to keep your jobs and all but if my job told me I had to look like this that and the other I would quit!I think models should be healthy looking not a tad on the sickly side…Healthy as in I kick ass in the gym…
LOL
I’m a teenager (16) and what I would eat per servings is around the same amount as the 21 year old female model.
Diets are not so great for you. If you go on a diet and then come off it you are more likely to put on more weight then before because of some thing to do with your metabolism rate going down then up.
I would eat per day:
Breakfast: A small bowl of porridge (the sashay one’s) and a cup of tea.
Lunch half a role (because I would eat the other half at recess.)
Afternoon: An apple because I would need that food to do my home work or else I would get really sleepy.
Dinner: A small bowl of paster or some thing like that. Or if it was lamb or something I would have one lamb chop with small rice and salad or whatever.
And another apple or fruit for dessert. I try to have my diet as healthy as possible
EU acredito que sim !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m just starting my modeling job and the only part thats holding me back is food! I’ve been reading a lot on what’s healthy and what’s not. I feel like being skinny has nothing to do with weather its healthy or if your hurting your body. I agree with Elana. I’ve just turned 16 and I would have to say that I eat WAY to much food, healthy and unhealthy. A lot of people say, “starting today im going to eat healthier.” But they don’t so they say that the next day after they finish their ice cream cone. Another thing they say is, “I will lose weight if only i eat healthier” But they don’t put into consideration that just maybe its not ALL of what they stuff into their mouths but how much that might be! Like i said im still struggling with it and it truly is hard! but food is just food. At the end of the day you can either feel guilty from your choices as to what you ate or you can CHOOSE to feel satisfied and good about it. Being a model is a gift that you shouldn’t through away just because you cant manage the food you eat! This has always been a dream of mine, to be a model and it takes sacrifice. Its making me a stronger person and i guess you could say that being a model makes me healthier!
This is a great article on improving the tonality of the body.
I wish i was a model. ihate my body ad have been off and on again bulimic. i want help but have no one toturn too.
it really depends what you’re currently eating / how much you exercise?
my diet:
one salad a day – avocado, olives, lettuce, tomato, carrot, celery with vinegar and sunflower seeds.
+ 3 cups of green tea.
sometimes i’ll have porridge.. or almond butter on toast for breakfast.
umm.
maybe cut down on all that crap??
you wouldn’t be so overweight.
Honestly, everyone needs to calm down…
The editor and the female model had pretty terrible diets, but I’m sure whoever wrote the article chose the most scandalous! entries possible.
They all have low calorie diets, but that’s the industry. I doubt they all eat like this, all the time, or else they would be too unhealthy to be able to build up a career. The ones who eat the least on this are probably eating 800-1200 calories, which is low but not ridiculously low.
I know. I have an eating disorder and doing daily activities is tiring, let alone working on runway. I’m not saying that any of their diets are completely healthy or even long term sustainable, and I definitely don’t promote eating disorders.
Still, it’s not as low as you might think it is. People underestimate the calories in food, especially in other people’s food.
The editor is eating about 725 calories.
The female model is eating about 950 calories.
The male model is eating about 2200 calories.
This is my diet:
breakfast -
1 cup peppermint tea w/ 1 packet Truvia.
lunch -
2 glasses Diet Coke.
dinner -
1 bell pepper w/ salt.
1 glass Diet Coke.
_39.3 calories