So how long can someone like Giuliana Rancic keep going?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Slightly OT, but I started to wonder the other day - what do anorexics eat to survive? Do they fill up on low/no calorie food like lettuce or just eat a few bites of regular food and go hungry most of the day? If the latter, how do they fight the hunger pain? How do they have the energy to exercise?

Anorexia is varied and wide range. There are people like Guiliana Rancic, who (according to her posted regimen) will eat around 750 calories a day. With extremely strict "rules." A lot of people masquerade their anorexia as "clean eating" or some other kind of dogmatic diet. After a while, your body basically cannibalizes itself - it takes energy from your muscles, shuts down non-essential functions (ceases menstruation, hair loss, etc). When anorexics die, it's not from being too skinny - it's because of some kind of organ failure. The kidneys have no more energy to keep them functioning. Or the liver. Or the heart.

Her posted regiment is more like 1200-1300 a day. I could never do that on a consistent basis but it doesn't seem to be in the malnutrition category either.

If she's working out on top of that, it's a starvation diet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Slightly OT, but I started to wonder the other day - what do anorexics eat to survive? Do they fill up on low/no calorie food like lettuce or just eat a few bites of regular food and go hungry most of the day? If the latter, how do they fight the hunger pain? How do they have the energy to exercise?

Anorexia is varied and wide range. There are people like Guiliana Rancic, who (according to her posted regimen) will eat around 750 calories a day. With extremely strict "rules." A lot of people masquerade their anorexia as "clean eating" or some other kind of dogmatic diet. After a while, your body basically cannibalizes itself - it takes energy from your muscles, shuts down non-essential functions (ceases menstruation, hair loss, etc). When anorexics die, it's not from being too skinny - it's because of some kind of organ failure. The kidneys have no more energy to keep them functioning. Or the liver. Or the heart.

Her posted regiment is more like 1200-1300 a day. I could never do that on a consistent basis but it doesn't seem to be in the malnutrition category either.

No way her posted regimen is 1200-1300 calories - more like 800. Tea doesn't have calories. Neither does cayenne pepper. Lemon juice is negligible.

People who are "naturally skinny" are lean looking, but not gaunt. Giuliana is positively skeletal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Slightly OT, but I started to wonder the other day - what do anorexics eat to survive? Do they fill up on low/no calorie food like lettuce or just eat a few bites of regular food and go hungry most of the day? If the latter, how do they fight the hunger pain? How do they have the energy to exercise?

Anorexia is varied and wide range. There are people like Guiliana Rancic, who (according to her posted regimen) will eat around 750 calories a day. With extremely strict "rules." A lot of people masquerade their anorexia as "clean eating" or some other kind of dogmatic diet. After a while, your body basically cannibalizes itself - it takes energy from your muscles, shuts down non-essential functions (ceases menstruation, hair loss, etc). When anorexics die, it's not from being too skinny - it's because of some kind of organ failure. The kidneys have no more energy to keep them functioning. Or the liver. Or the heart.

Her posted regiment is more like 1200-1300 a day. I could never do that on a consistent basis but it doesn't seem to be in the malnutrition category either.

If she's working out on top of that, it's a starvation diet.

I ate 1200-1300 calories/day and worked out ~5 days/week (running + strength exercises) while I was losing weight. I was not starving; I ate very well, had tons of energy, and felt great. I did do some metabolic damage though; my hair and nails growth slowed way down, and I was freezing cold all the time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Slightly OT, but I started to wonder the other day - what do anorexics eat to survive? Do they fill up on low/no calorie food like lettuce or just eat a few bites of regular food and go hungry most of the day? If the latter, how do they fight the hunger pain? How do they have the energy to exercise?

Anorexia is varied and wide range. There are people like Guiliana Rancic, who (according to her posted regimen) will eat around 750 calories a day. With extremely strict "rules." A lot of people masquerade their anorexia as "clean eating" or some other kind of dogmatic diet. After a while, your body basically cannibalizes itself - it takes energy from your muscles, shuts down non-essential functions (ceases menstruation, hair loss, etc). When anorexics die, it's not from being too skinny - it's because of some kind of organ failure. The kidneys have no more energy to keep them functioning. Or the liver. Or the heart.

Her posted regiment is more like 1200-1300 a day. I could never do that on a consistent basis but it doesn't seem to be in the malnutrition category either.

If she's working out on top of that, it's a starvation diet.

I ate 1200-1300 calories/day and worked out ~5 days/week (running + strength exercises) while I was losing weight. I was not starving; I ate very well, had tons of energy, and felt great. I did do some metabolic damage though; my hair and nails growth slowed way down, and I was freezing cold all the time.

That's great for you, and I say that in all seriousness. But are you looking at her photos?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Slightly OT, but I started to wonder the other day - what do anorexics eat to survive? Do they fill up on low/no calorie food like lettuce or just eat a few bites of regular food and go hungry most of the day? If the latter, how do they fight the hunger pain? How do they have the energy to exercise?

Anorexia is varied and wide range. There are people like Guiliana Rancic, who (according to her posted regimen) will eat around 750 calories a day. With extremely strict "rules." A lot of people masquerade their anorexia as "clean eating" or some other kind of dogmatic diet. After a while, your body basically cannibalizes itself - it takes energy from your muscles, shuts down non-essential functions (ceases menstruation, hair loss, etc). When anorexics die, it's not from being too skinny - it's because of some kind of organ failure. The kidneys have no more energy to keep them functioning. Or the liver. Or the heart.

Her posted regiment is more like 1200-1300 a day. I could never do that on a consistent basis but it doesn't seem to be in the malnutrition category either.

No way her posted regimen is 1200-1300 calories - more like 800. Tea doesn't have calories. Neither does cayenne pepper. Lemon juice is negligible.

People who are "naturally skinny" are lean looking, but not gaunt. Giuliana is positively skeletal.


This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Slightly OT, but I started to wonder the other day - what do anorexics eat to survive? Do they fill up on low/no calorie food like lettuce or just eat a few bites of regular food and go hungry most of the day? If the latter, how do they fight the hunger pain? How do they have the energy to exercise?

Anorexia is varied and wide range. There are people like Guiliana Rancic, who (according to her posted regimen) will eat around 750 calories a day. With extremely strict "rules." A lot of people masquerade their anorexia as "clean eating" or some other kind of dogmatic diet. After a while, your body basically cannibalizes itself - it takes energy from your muscles, shuts down non-essential functions (ceases menstruation, hair loss, etc). When anorexics die, it's not from being too skinny - it's because of some kind of organ failure. The kidneys have no more energy to keep them functioning. Or the liver. Or the heart.

Her posted regiment is more like 1200-1300 a day. I could never do that on a consistent basis but it doesn't seem to be in the malnutrition category either.

No way her posted regimen is 1200-1300 calories - more like 800. Tea doesn't have calories. Neither does cayenne pepper. Lemon juice is negligible.

People who are "naturally skinny" are lean looking, but not gaunt. Giuliana is positively skeletal.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Slightly OT, but I started to wonder the other day - what do anorexics eat to survive? Do they fill up on low/no calorie food like lettuce or just eat a few bites of regular food and go hungry most of the day? If the latter, how do they fight the hunger pain? How do they have the energy to exercise?

Anorexia is varied and wide range. There are people like Guiliana Rancic, who (according to her posted regimen) will eat around 750 calories a day. With extremely strict "rules." A lot of people masquerade their anorexia as "clean eating" or some other kind of dogmatic diet. After a while, your body basically cannibalizes itself - it takes energy from your muscles, shuts down non-essential functions (ceases menstruation, hair loss, etc). When anorexics die, it's not from being too skinny - it's because of some kind of organ failure. The kidneys have no more energy to keep them functioning. Or the liver. Or the heart.

Her posted regiment is more like 1200-1300 a day. I could never do that on a consistent basis but it doesn't seem to be in the malnutrition category either.

If she's working out on top of that, it's a starvation diet.

I ate 1200-1300 calories/day and worked out ~5 days/week (running + strength exercises) while I was losing weight. I was not starving; I ate very well, had tons of energy, and felt great. I did do some metabolic damage though; my hair and nails growth slowed way down, and I was freezing cold all the time.

Ok- but Guiliana looks like a skeleton and is starving herself by working out and eating barely enough to keep losing weight (and she needs to gain weight- not lose weight).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This shows a photo from three years ago and a recent photo. She looks radically different.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2442699/Giuliana-Rancic-hits-cyber-bullies-weight-criticism.html

photoshopped

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This shows a photo from three years ago and a recent photo. She looks radically different.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2442699/Giuliana-Rancic-hits-cyber-bullies-weight-criticism.html

photoshopped

OK, but the photo in the same article that she posted on her instagram account looks the same (I don't know how to post photos or I would).

[Anonymous]

The photos of her in the orange dress are not Photoshopped. They were sent from camera to online within minutes, during Grammy arrivals.

[Anonymous]

All this back and forth reminds me of a friend in college. Because I'd recovered from a decade of an eating disorder, it was pretty easy to spot other ED'd people. This friend was clearly very, very sick. Other friends insisted she was just naturally very skinny and thought my concerns were silly. Sure enough, she had to leave school to be hospitalized. It's very easy to tell who is naturally very skinny and people who are forcing it on their body.

[Anonymous]

She definitely looks too thin, but she ALSO looks naturally thin. That really small rib cage is genetic - not something you can get through anorexia.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Slightly OT, but I started to wonder the other day - what do anorexics eat to survive? Do they fill up on low/no calorie food like lettuce or just eat a few bites of regular food and go hungry most of the day? If the latter, how do they fight the hunger pain? How do they have the energy to exercise?

Anorexia is varied and wide range. There are people like Guiliana Rancic, who (according to her posted regimen) will eat around 750 calories a day. With extremely strict "rules." A lot of people masquerade their anorexia as "clean eating" or some other kind of dogmatic diet. After a while, your body basically cannibalizes itself - it takes energy from your muscles, shuts down non-essential functions (ceases menstruation, hair loss, etc). When anorexics die, it's not from being too skinny - it's because of some kind of organ failure. The kidneys have no more energy to keep them functioning. Or the liver. Or the heart.

Her posted regiment is more like 1200-1300 a day. I could never do that on a consistent basis but it doesn't seem to be in the malnutrition category either.

If she's working out on top of that, it's a starvation diet.

I ate 1200-1300 calories/day and worked out ~5 days/week (running + strength exercises) while I was losing weight. I was not starving; I ate very well, had tons of energy, and felt great. I did do some metabolic damage though; my hair and nails growth slowed way down, and I was freezing cold all the time.

That's great for you, and I say that in all seriousness. But are you looking at her photos?

I've only looked at a few pages in the thread, and don't normally pay attention to her - so no, not really. And I don't mean for my post to indicate that a 1200-1300 cal/day diet plus moderate exercise would be healthy for almost anyone long-term, unless maybe you're a woman under 5 feet tall. My point was really just that 12000-1300 cals/day isn't necessarily a starvation diet. I ate a lot of food (truly) on 1200-1300/day; I just chose it very, very carefully. If Rancic's intake is more like 800 cals/day, as another poster suggested, that's really severe restriction and I can't believe it could be healthy for anyone for ANY length of time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This shows a photo from three years ago and a recent photo. She looks radically different.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2442699/Giuliana-Rancic-hits-cyber-bullies-weight-criticism.html

photoshopped

You sure? If this was photoshopped, you'd think they'd edit more on her legs.

Compared to other unedited photos, her waist looks similarly skeletal.

[Anonymous]

Here is the photo from her instagram account that caused all the buzz:

http://instagram.com/p/evzu4bQiy0/

(Someday I'll learn how to insert photos not links!)