So how long can someone like Giuliana Rancic keep going?

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Anonymous wrote:But what about all that stuff about her strict diet? If the weight loss was a concern related to her cancer treatment, she would have been working with a nutritionist to increase calories, not talking about strategies to trick yourself to feel full. BS

I wish some of you could really hear yourselves. A lot of these comments are so cruel they lack any human decency.

My mother lost so much weight during her cancer treatments. I'm glad there was no internet back then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But what about all that stuff about her strict diet? If the weight loss was a concern related to her cancer treatment, she would have been working with a nutritionist to increase calories, not talking about strategies to trick yourself to feel full. BS

I wish some of you could really hear yourselves. A lot of these comments are so cruel they lack any human decency.

My mother lost so much weight during her cancer treatments. I'm glad there was no internet back then.

Long b/f her infertility/cancer issues, Rancic posted herself on a website that basically outlined an eating plan that reflects what people do when they have an eating disorder. Public pressure made her take it down but you can still find the screen shots of it online and probably on this thread.

She still has an unacknowledged eating disorder. You can read the summary of her diet choices here:
http://drgullo.com/diet-resources/celebrity-diet/high-protein-diet/giuliana-rancics-weighty-scrutiny/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But what about all that stuff about her strict diet? If the weight loss was a concern related to her cancer treatment, she would have been working with a nutritionist to increase calories, not talking about strategies to trick yourself to feel full. BS

I wish some of you could really hear yourselves. A lot of these comments are so cruel they lack any human decency.

My mother lost so much weight during her cancer treatments. I'm glad there was no internet back then.

Long b/f her infertility/cancer issues, Rancic posted herself on a website that basically outlined an eating plan that reflects what people do when they have an eating disorder. Public pressure made her take it down but you can still find the screen shots of it online and probably on this thread.

She still has an unacknowledged eating disorder. You can read the summary of her diet choices here:
http://drgullo.com/diet-resources/celebrity-diet/high-protein-diet/giuliana-rancics-weighty-scrutiny/

Does it matter what she said previously? This is her life now as a cancer survivor. Are we all to be held accountable for every belief and practice we had in our past? People change, our views change, our health changes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But what about all that stuff about her strict diet? If the weight loss was a concern related to her cancer treatment, she would have been working with a nutritionist to increase calories, not talking about strategies to trick yourself to feel full. BS

I wish some of you could really hear yourselves. A lot of these comments are so cruel they lack any human decency.

My mother lost so much weight during her cancer treatments. I'm glad there was no internet back then.

Long b/f her infertility/cancer issues, Rancic posted herself on a website that basically outlined an eating plan that reflects what people do when they have an eating disorder. Public pressure made her take it down but you can still find the screen shots of it online and probably on this thread.

She still has an unacknowledged eating disorder. You can read the summary of her diet choices here:
http://drgullo.com/diet-resources/celebrity-diet/high-protein-diet/giuliana-rancics-weighty-scrutiny/

Does it matter what she said previously? This is her life now as a cancer survivor. Are we all to be held accountable for every belief and practice we had in our past? People change, our views change, our health changes.

Yes, it does matter. What she said is indicative of someone who has had major issues with food beyond what is typical of someone who is just watching their figure. She said those things and her appearance reflects what you'd expect of someone who eats that way/does those things. Her cancer was several years back and blaming it on the cancer basically shuts down any criticism or concerns over the image she's putting out there as a public persona who is making money off being in the public eye. She's the one who has a reality TV show, nobody forced her to put her personal life under the microscope.

I've been recovered from an ED for many years now and I know what a sad way to live it is and how many excuses you come up with to normalize and protect it. I wish her the best, but I still won't be surprised if she fesses up to an ED in the future.

[Anonymous]

Every time this posts resurfaces, I click on it on the assumption that she's finally been hospitalized. Very sad.

[Anonymous]

Giuliana publicly wrote about her restrictive and disordered eating habits and "tips" before she had cancer.

She's using her cancer as an excuse.

Ordinarily I'd chalk it up to being her sad private life and say "leave it be" but when she's written public blogs about her disordered habits, people can call her out on it. People have a RESPONSIBILITY to call that unhealthy bullshit out. It's wrong, it's dangerous, and she's not fooling anyone with this "naturally thin" or "it's the cancer" excuse.

When you have kids, you have a responsibility to seek help over your vanity or for the illnesses you struggle with.

[Anonymous]

Honestly I didn't think her diet sounded all that awful. She has lean protein, fruit/veggies, complex carbs. And she is eating throughout the day. If she was just drinking hot tea with some spices thrown in and calling that a "meal" that would be one thing. But she is eating food.

She is apparently still taking the meds to prevent cancer recurrence so I also don't see why it's so hard to believe that the meds are affecting her body now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I didn't think her diet sounded all that awful. She has lean protein, fruit/veggies, complex carbs. And she is eating throughout the day. If she was just drinking hot tea with some spices thrown in and calling that a "meal" that would be one thing. But she is eating food.

She is apparently still taking the meds to prevent cancer recurrence so I also don't see why it's so hard to believe that the meds are affecting her body now.

Its hard to believe because even during her chemo treatments she was not this thin! she has progressively lost weight after recovering from cancer. Its backwards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I didn't think her diet sounded all that awful. She has lean protein, fruit/veggies, complex carbs. And she is eating throughout the day. If she was just drinking hot tea with some spices thrown in and calling that a "meal" that would be one thing. But she is eating food.

She is apparently still taking the meds to prevent cancer recurrence so I also don't see why it's so hard to believe that the meds are affecting her body now.

No one with a healthy relationship with food has the kinds of "rules" she has. It's exhausting. If you actually count up the estimated calories, I don't think it gets above 1,000. It's not a matter of eating "real" food, but eating enough food. And not getting so busy with numbers and stats in your head. That's what makes it a physical manifestation of a mental/disordered food issue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I didn't think her diet sounded all that awful. She has lean protein, fruit/veggies, complex carbs. And she is eating throughout the day. If she was just drinking hot tea with some spices thrown in and calling that a "meal" that would be one thing. But she is eating food.

She is apparently still taking the meds to prevent cancer recurrence so I also don't see why it's so hard to believe that the meds are affecting her body now.

Its hard to believe because even during her chemo treatments she was not this thin! she has progressively lost weight after recovering from cancer. Its backwards.

But she is still taking meds to prevent recurrence and I would imagine that some of the damage caused by chemo might take a little while to manifest..

The woman has been through a hell of a lot and I just thing it's wrong for people to say that she is using cancer as an "excuse" for the changes in her body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I didn't think her diet sounded all that awful. She has lean protein, fruit/veggies, complex carbs. And she is eating throughout the day. If she was just drinking hot tea with some spices thrown in and calling that a "meal" that would be one thing. But she is eating food.

She is apparently still taking the meds to prevent cancer recurrence so I also don't see why it's so hard to believe that the meds are affecting her body now.

Its hard to believe because even during her chemo treatments she was not this thin! she has progressively lost weight after recovering from cancer. Its backwards.

But she is still taking meds to prevent recurrence and I would imagine that some of the damage caused by chemo might take a little while to manifest..

The woman has been through a hell of a lot and I just thing it's wrong for people to say that she is using cancer as an "excuse" for the changes in her body.

Again, she went through CHEMO I would expect her to look like skeletor during that but she did not. She now looks worse and has recovered for 2 years or so. She should not look as unhealthy as she does period. She is using it as an excuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I didn't think her diet sounded all that awful. She has lean protein, fruit/veggies, complex carbs. And she is eating throughout the day. If she was just drinking hot tea with some spices thrown in and calling that a "meal" that would be one thing. But she is eating food.

She is apparently still taking the meds to prevent cancer recurrence so I also don't see why it's so hard to believe that the meds are affecting her body now.

Just some quick Googling shows weight loss is not a typical response to breast cancer or breast cancer medications. Obviously, we don't know everything about her medical issues, but she's the one putting it out there as the reason for her obviously low weight.

http://www.breastcancer.org/tips/menopausal/ask_expert/2002_03/question_14:

If you received chemotherapy, then the weight gain could be blamed on the chemo. It is well known that, following the diagnosis of breast cancer, weight gain is relatively common. It is more common in women receiving chemotherapy than in women who do not receive chemotherapy. The question about tamoxifen causing weight gain, in my mind, has been well answered. There are thousands of women who have been randomized to receive either tamoxifen or a placebo in double-blind studies. Not one of those studies, to my knowledge, has demonstrated that the women receiving tamoxifen have more trouble with weight gain or weight loss than those women who receive placebo. The same thing could be said about nausea and vomiting. Some women complain that tamoxifen causes nausea and vomiting. There's no suggestion that it does so more than a placebo.

Jennifer Griggs, M.D., M.P.H. Weight gain after breast cancer treatment is one of the most upsetting side effects in women who experience this side effect. It can be hard for women to hear that it's not the tamoxifen. I think they sometimes feel that their doctors don't believe they're gaining weight.

http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/breast-cancer-and-weight-changes

Women with breast cancer often complain of weight gain as an undesirable side effect of their treatment. Premenopausal women who receive chemotherapy are at higher risk for weight changes after completing therapy.

Many women who have chemotherapy for breast cancer have reported an average weight gain of about 5 to 8 pounds over a year. Some have reported gaining less, while others have gained as much as 25 pounds.

People with eating disorders do eat food. They don't not eat anything; they just eat "safe" foods.

This seems to be an actual copy of Giuliana's post about her diet and looks like a lot of "safe" food stuff going on (egg white omelettes, no oils at all, very very low fat, water with cayenne, etc): http://stek.org/nutrition-supplements/diets/celebrity-diets-giuliana-rancics-diet-plan/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I didn't think her diet sounded all that awful. She has lean protein, fruit/veggies, complex carbs. And she is eating throughout the day. If she was just drinking hot tea with some spices thrown in and calling that a "meal" that would be one thing. But she is eating food.

She is apparently still taking the meds to prevent cancer recurrence so I also don't see why it's so hard to believe that the meds are affecting her body now.

Its hard to believe because even during her chemo treatments she was not this thin! she has progressively lost weight after recovering from cancer. Its backwards.

But she is still taking meds to prevent recurrence and I would imagine that some of the damage caused by chemo might take a little while to manifest..

The woman has been through a hell of a lot and I just thing it's wrong for people to say that she is using cancer as an "excuse" for the changes in her body.

Again, she went through CHEMO I would expect her to look like skeletor during that but she did not. She now looks worse and has recovered for 2 years or so. She should not look as unhealthy as she does period. She is using it as an excuse.

It can take a while for the affects of CHEMO to show up on your body. She may have lost a little during the actual course of her treatment but she may have continued to lose after that because the CHEMO changed something in her body. We don't know. I hope she'll be o.k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But what about all that stuff about her strict diet? If the weight loss was a concern related to her cancer treatment, she would have been working with a nutritionist to increase calories, not talking about strategies to trick yourself to feel full. BS

I wish some of you could really hear yourselves. A lot of these comments are so cruel they lack any human decency.

My mother lost so much weight during her cancer treatments. I'm glad there was no internet back then.

Long b/f her infertility/cancer issues, Rancic posted herself on a website that basically outlined an eating plan that reflects what people do when they have an eating disorder. Public pressure made her take it down but you can still find the screen shots of it online and probably on this thread.

She still has an unacknowledged eating disorder. You can read the summary of her diet choices here:
http://drgullo.com/diet-resources/celebrity-diet/high-protein-diet/giuliana-rancics-weighty-scrutiny/

Does it matter what she said previously? This is her life now as a cancer survivor. Are we all to be held accountable for every belief and practice we had in our past? People change, our views change, our health changes.

Yes, it does matter. What she said is indicative of someone who has had major issues with food beyond what is typical of someone who is just watching their figure. She said those things and her appearance reflects what you'd expect of someone who eats that way/does those things. Her cancer was several years back and blaming it on the cancer basically shuts down any criticism or concerns over the image she's putting out there as a public persona who is making money off being in the public eye. She's the one who has a reality TV show, nobody forced her to put her personal life under the microscope.

I've been recovered from an ED for many years now and I know what a sad way to live it is and how many excuses you come up with to normalize and protect it. I wish her the best, but I still won't be surprised if she fesses up to an ED in the future.

I agree. I think she realizes that you can garner sympathy for things that happen "to you" like breast cancer or infertility. You necessarily have control over these things. She doesn't want to acknowledge or give up the addiction to food and exercise which are the things she controls. Her reality shows are for her to control her narrative and it's dishonest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The surrogate is from Bethesda and a friend of a friend. From what I understand, after the loss, the ransics blamed the surrogate and got really weird with her (angry weird) surrogate was happy to be done with them because of poor treatment. Really sad.

The surrogate is from Denver. What sad people you are. Get a life.