How Do Those TV People Get So Freaking Skinny?

They get so 'freaking skinny' because their job depends highly on their image. If you're getting paid millions of dollars to look good, then you should be.

Plus, they take good care of their diet and work out regularly. Don't think they can indulge in too much of fatty food.. but that's the price to pay to stay thin. I am very calorie-conscious too, but it's only because I don't want to be fat and I don't wanna imagine myself being anything like that - too vain to let myself go!

Lala is exactly right in every word she says. Health and slim body are a Hollywood priority. Would you eat fast food and processed food if paying your mortgage meant you had to stay slim? There is no secret to weight loss, it's eating real, natural food and getting some exercise. My personal trainer gave me a meal plan for losing weight, happy to share it with anyone, just write me an email. Its working for me. Linda

I don't think he adjective "freaky" to describe skinny is very usefull. Those kids on TV and in the Ads look like the majority of Japanese kids I see everyday.

I went to a movie close to the US base and saw some dependents and their children and their "size" seemed freaky next to the Japanese customers. They werent any taller just a whole lot "thicker".

It was a wake up call for me - now I know how the Japanese view me when they see me in the grocery store etc.

I once saw Diane Sawyer's sister being interviewed for a biography type tv program on Diane. She said that Diane ate a diet of 1000 calories a day.

That shocked me because I have never seen a healthy (non crash) weightloss plan that had fewer than 1200 calories per day.

Many of those people on TV are eating 1200 calories a day & less, smoking & more to look like that. I think a see so many more of these young "celebrities" smoking when they are caught off guard. They use it as a tool to not eat & supposedly lose weight & keep it down.. or so they say. I think the pressure of the media adds to it as well since every entertainment show & entertainment mags comment on how thin they are or how great they look or god forbid, if they have a little weight on them are they pregnant when maybe they are just bloated. It is craziness!

While there are certainly plenty of stars who use unhealthy methods to be "skinny" (probably skinny-fat), it should be pointed out that there are those who actually maintain a healthy body using sane methods. Unfortunately, sane methods aren't sexy and not quick, so people ignore it.

On another note, people need to get off the "too much fat" wagon. It's not the end of the world if you eat a moderate amount of fat as long as you're getting it from healthy sources and not eating too many calories. People tend to ignore the fact that most of the fatty foods we're not supposed to eat are also full of sugar. There's a huge difference between eating a juicy marbled grass fed steak and carnival elephant ears.

There are ways to be healthy and thin, but some people will never be extremely thin without unhealthy methods like starvation and drug use. People whose careers depend on it will use any method needed.

the stars have private chefs, personal trainers, and eating disorders!

I'll tell you how the people on TV get so "freakin' skinny"...they get paid to. They go to the gym for 2+ hours a day and work with personal trainers and they all have personal chefs to make their 1200 calorie-a-day diets. Plus, they probably smoke to suppress their appetites and some of them may even use cocaine and Ritalin to give them energy and make them not want to eat. That being said, I don't think most skinny TV celebs have eating disorders...they just make eating right and working out a huge priority because their careers depend on it.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if a significant percentage of actresses develop eating disorders at some point during their careers. Because their careers depend so much on how they look, many no doubt focus obsessively on their bodies. The same thing happens in certain sports where weight or body image can contribute to success (e.g. gymnastics, figure skating, horse jockeying) or certain other careers (ballet, modeling). It's an occupational hazard.

perhaps those thin people just don't eat grains (lectins, phytic acid), dairy (pus) and fruts (fructose makes you fat!) - - - that's why they are thin...

i found www.desidieter.com to be a good support site. for a very good price they provide customized diets as well as live online and phone support. they actually also have a weight loss guarantee.

Some Hollywood types take care of themselves but quite honestly, many of them are SCARY SKINNY. When you see them in real life they look jacked. They have the time to be obsessively vain and the money to pay a plastic surgeon to modify their bodies.

Also I must add that my parents raised me, not TV and magazine ads. Even as a child I knew McDonalds was "junk food." The images we see on TV, etc. certainly play their part, but we as individuals have to take more responsibility for ourselves & what we teach kids about health & fitness.

It annoys me when celebrities deny how little they actually eat - like Kate Moss years ago when she said she eats lots of food. I respect Cindy Crawford when she said she eats very little and never eats fried food. Or even Liz Hurley when she said she 'pigs out' on 5 raisins! I think that's much more realistic.