Food Diary of a Fashion Model

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.

I 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!

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.

Wow, 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.

Here'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.

Heh, 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
Ross

Jim, you forgot that she had four onion rings with that salad ...

That's insane.

Sounds 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.

The 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...

I would rather see more fitness model types as well. However, the obese would still be offended...

Powerpuffin, 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.

I'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.

Imagine how much Giselle is eaing right now :

"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...

I think the fashion editor's diet is the worst...plus all those vitamins on a practically empty stomach? She must get stomachaches.

linda: Yes I am, in fact. You have to understand though that my BMR alone is about 2200 calories. Adding in cardio and the nutritional drain of breaking down muscle tissue while weight lifting, I eat over double while losing what my fiancee does while maintaining.

The editor's diet is revealing of the type of fanatical mentality at work in the fashion ranks. If the people in charge of the image-carrying magazines are that reluctant to eat than what must they think of the models and the rest of us? Not too highly. In fact, they appear to have a callous and condescending attitude toward the models and don't give a rip when they become ill or die from eating disorders. And quite the double standard that the male model gets to have healthy and creative meals while the female model can only stare at a biscuit.

If I drank as much water as that editor seems to, my new hobby would be peeing.
I have to admit that some days I eat as little as the fashion editor, though. But it all seems to even out because I feel like some days I eat as much as the male model!

How is that fashion editor getting through the day? probably stimulants of some sort that she is not listing. there is a little pill i like to call 'phen' you take one and will not feel hungry all day. infact if you eat your stomach will probably hurt. i lost 40 lbs on it.

If everyone in the fashion world drinks water like that, maybe we will see a new fashion for adult diapers, so that you don't have to waste time for pee breaks durring fashion shows.

I'm a small woman and I eat closer to what the MALE model there eats... Today, for example:

Breakfast: a cup of grape juice, 1/2 cup oats with 1 1/2 cups skim milk, a banana

Snack: 2 eggs

Lunch: about 4oz pork roast (with the excess fat off, but cooked with the fat still in it), 3oz boiled potatoes, 1 cup cucumber, 3 cups lettuce, 1 cup tomatoes

I'm still probably gonna have a mango for a snack, and then either chicken and vegetable soup or more pork roast and vegetables, maybe with a piece of bread, for dinner, then probably a couple plums and a glass of milk before bed.

And today is a "rest" day - I'm doing some yard work later and I took the dog for a walk, but no real exercise. I don't understand how these people can live on so little food.

People who cannot appreciate the pleasure of food can hardly appreciate the finer things in life, and are really pretty boring!

I think that all of you guys r just jealous and out of ur minds the way you eat so much, I'm thin and I eat very little and i'm still healthy so there's sumting for you. Just stop acting jealous and shut up.

Well, interesting reading, however thought I would add my views as professional Model agent... in the commercial modeling arena you need to be strong fit and healthy, to be able to substain the weekly pressures of casting and full day shoots, if you don't eat a healthy balanced 3 meals a day diet, your just no good to me as you'll be too weak to work.... my clients want to advertise their products to real people, so that's what they look for in a commercial model... have a look here and you will see what I mean.... www.freshagents.com

As a model I think that the hype about "too-skinny" models portraying the wrong body image is crap. It is a model's job to be thin, and whether it is healthy or not, the rest of the world has to suck it up. The job has requirements just like any other job. And although normal-sized women walking down the catwalks one day is a nice thought, let's be realistic - the fashion industry likes their models skinny. That's not going to change.

we're so conditioned to eat 3 squares a day, with all the meats and carbs and fats fats recommended in the pyramid & everyones a fat ass in the country.

i eat when im hungry and try to keep the day to day meals plain and heatly. oatmeal, blueberries, raw nuts, kale salad, fish, and lots of water. some may see what i eat on a daily basis and think oh god, how can someone live on eating so little. we dont NEED to eat that much food.

fact is most all of you eat WAY too much, and are using food to compenstate for missing something else in your lives.

ctothtea said:
fact is most all of you eat WAY too much, and are using food to compenstate for missing something else in your lives. [...]

You got me. I'm using food to compensate for the energy I burn working 11-13h a day and exercising vigorously for 2 or 2 1/2h a day. That missing energy I get after working and working out leaves me feeling empty inside, and I need food to fill the hole.

I should seek therapy or something to solve this problem. I also have an addiction to water that gets worse the more I exercise.

here is a new hobby for you egotistic anorexic people
www.savedarfur.org

I don't get why do certain individuals, like fashion models and body builders have to undergo those crazy diets. These are very strange eating habits having to dwell on that to maintain appearance, you can blame it to our diet-conscious culture. If I were a fashion editor, I'd stick to a better more usual diet of vegetables, carbohydrates, fruits and some meats and calcium.
Can you consider this as strange?! I can say eating that to maintain an unnatural image is more unnatural with that diet.

Okay, clearly you have a bias. I know you want to reinforce the stereotype that the fashion industry is a skinny and bitchy industry, but The Devil Wears Prada is a poor example.
You took pretty much the smallest meals and pulled them out of context. This was during Fashion Week! Obviously, the model doesn't want to bloat, she wouldn't fit in the samples, or maybe she'd be off balance and walk poorly. The show producers and fashion editors are on very hectic schedules. And the male model eats great! So really, I think it'd be better to tell all the sides of the story, and keep things in context before people jump onto "models are too skinny! editors are horrible bitches! design for real people!" Designers do design for real people, the wealthy and thin kind of actual living breathing real person.

That is what happened to me, whenever I often drink water and then when I feel like I'm urinating, I urinate often right away and I even urinate the very last of that few urine.

I don't consider myself starved and I don't eat much more then they do ( unfortunatly I bet I'm bigger!)
Breakfast: 1/2 plain oatmeal
Lunch: serving yogurt
Snack: 1/4 cup dry-roasted soybeans
Dinner: 4oz poached salmon with tomatos
It doesn't seem unreasonable to me, then again I am an actor/dancer and spend my time around similar people... I don't know. However, the bitch thing isn't tru ;-)

Well i use to eat a lot and never gain.. But now since im older i ony eat about 2 times a day in the moring i have a peace of toast and a glass of milk. Then in the evening i have a whole meal but thats all! No thier not starving thier selfs long as thier happy!!

I'm not jealous. I just get tired of all the you eat too much you eat too little talk. None of you gives a s*** about each other's personal happiness. Go eat your air or your eggs, leave me the hell alone. Who gives an a$$ about the fashion industry, you only see it if you read vogue. Shut the hell up everyone.

Wow, just reading that makes me feel sick. I get by with cereal, snack lots through out the day and then have a big dinner. I really don't think it would be very easy to have a diet like that! Bravo to all the models that can keep it up (Gives them a congratualtory clap.)

I do agree that the Fashion Editors' diet is rediculous, not just because they hardly eat anything, but because alcohol is absorbed so much easier without food. So a simple glass of wine would make them almost drunk!

Well I think I'll stick to my own diet - each to their own I say.

Hey everyone!

I just started this new diet, I read somewhere that you should never go on a diet, you should alter your eating choices and create better, healthier ones for life.

I was told to eat 6 times per day to keep from getting hunger cravings, also eat about every 3 hours.

Example:

Meal 1 (7am)
1 cup of oats w/ water
Anywhere from 3 to 6 egg whites, adding one yolk.

Meal 2 (9am)
Protein Shake or a healthy snack such as a fruit or some veggies.

Meal 3 (12pm)
One to two cups of vegetables, Meat such as fish, turkey, or chicken about 6 to 8 oz.

Meal 4 (3pm)
Same as meal 2

Meal 5 (6pm)
Same as Meal 3

Meal 6 (8pm)
Same as Meals 2 and 4

Keep in mind that you can alter the meals above with healthy foods.

Meal 1 is your breakfast, meals 2,4,and 6 are your healthy snacks to keep your hunger cravings away. Meal 3 is your lunch, and meal 5 is your dinner.

Drink at least 8 cups of ice water, ice water burns calories, average of 40 ?

And also, if you like teas, drink it! Its good for you! Green tea is my favorite. Drink tea instead of coffee? I like both though! So I don't if I want to eliminate my coffee.

Also exercise!

push-ups, jumping rope, jumping jacks, crunches, running, cardio exercises are great in my opinion, but do what you can. Don't stress your muscles.

My problem is I hate waiting to see the results, were not going to transform our bodies overnight, but that would be nice. But working for it is even better! ABOUT 3 MONTHS later you will see MAJOR results!

Build lean muscle and lose fat following a healthy, nutritional lifestyle.

My moms is always wanting to lose weight so I told her about this but she didn't seem like she wanted to change her eating habits. She said she eats very healthy and can't lose weight, BUT then I pointed out to her that she ate apple pie the day before and drinks lots of beer! Oh and hardly drinks any water! If you want to get in shape, you have to WANT IT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Hope this helps someone out there,

Anthony

Wow those models really don't eat anything! There all annerexic & unhealthy looking I could't last a day being a model even if i tried!

try this one on for size..

8:00 A.M. Scrambled Egg Whites w/ ham pepper spinach and mushroom *NO SALT
Along with Organic low fat yogurt w/ granola (watch
the sugar levels on any low fat food)
*I will then take multivitamins, fish oil,
flaxseed oil, vitamin e, and c.

8 OZ WATER

9:00 A.M. Half of a low fat/sodium turkey
sandwich (includes lettuce, tomatoes, very light honey mustard dressing, a handful of crushed croûtons and almonds.

8 OZ WATER

9:30 A.M. The other half of the sandwich.

8 OZ WATER

10:00 A.M. A smoothie w/protein powder.

WATER

11:00 A.M. Yogurt

11:30 A.M. Granola Bar (Nature Valley's are GREAT!)
If you want to wash it down with Green Tea that's fine. I buy the one's that I think Lipton has out, it has a nice Citrus flavor to it, no weird aftertaste or nothing, and its better served chilled.

12:00 P.M. Grilled Chicken Breast w/ spinach and grilled vegetables, if you absolutely need carbs, a potato roll will be good. (This should be a nice
hearty meal!)

1:00 P.M.
***GYM TIME***
(normally I'll work out for about 2 hrs.)

during breaks I'll have a fruit ex. apple, orange, tangerine etc..

nothing too heavy and easy to digest, preferably sweet because the sugar will fuel your workout.

3:00 P.M. Workout is over. PROTEIN SHAKE!

4:00 P.M. Light dinner.
Ex. Grilled Fish w/ Organic Carrots and any other choice of vegetables (Salmon tends to have very high levels of Sodium; which makes you retain water and makes you look bloated and lets the scale add on a couple of pounds (water weight usually is VERY easy to lose)

5:00 P.M. Snack.
Fruit, Yogurt, Yogurt smoothie.. Etc.

6:00 P.M. Start calling it a day around this time.
A VERY small meal, sandwich, fruit salad, etc..

After this, you will have eaten enough food throughout the day to sustain you until the next day.

It speeds up your metabolism, which let's you drop weight and if you're working out vigorously you'll see even more results.

TIPS: Allow yourself any kind of vegetables. They're basically a very good snack, you can have it with any meal. Organic foods are actually best.
The rule is the closer you get to the ground source (meaning food that has not been processed as much)
is generally better for you and your body and tends to have the actual nutrients and minerals that your body needs.

Any time before eating you should try drinking water, people sometimes mistake thirst for hunger and they eat rather than drink water, it also detoxifies your body and makes your skin look a lot better.
juices are always good, make sure it's REAL juice not like Hawaiian Punch etc..

The trick is to be able to have the time to eat and to hide all this food during the workdays.
As well the money to go grocery shopping. ;-)

Good Dieting! =-D

Why is the fashion editor drinking all that wine and then barely eating anything? Wine has a lot of calories..why doesn't she just EAT something instead of drinking that wine...??