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So I just read the book "Hungry" by Crystal Renn, and I have to say that while she had a writer to help her out with it, she comes across as an incredibly mature and intelligent young lady.
I am not genetically programmed to be that curvy, but I got a lot of information on self-acceptance out of reading it.
Her book talks a lot about being healthy mentally as well as physically. I like that. Like loving your body for its functionality and strength, not just how it looks.
I like how she is doing high-fashion modelling, and changing perceptions about how models are supposed to look. There were larger models before, but not really in high-fashion.
If size zero is the norm on the runway, how can that be healthy?
When a two or a four is 'too big', fashion has major problems for me.
She talks about obsession with food and exercise to such a degree that it is all one can think about. Like compulsively wondering if they sneak calories into sugar-free gum, and getting distraught about it.
I can relate to that rigidity, and somehow equating sticking to a diet = being a good person.
I started dieting when I was ten, not because I was fat, but because I wanted to be a "better person", not an out of control slob (hey that's how I thought).
I think I can stick to what I am learning here on EF diet and training-wise, and still be healthy, I just wanted to share that I thought her book was a really good read.
Two thumbs up.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/27/crystal-renn-plussize-mod_n_270718.html
I am not genetically programmed to be that curvy, but I got a lot of information on self-acceptance out of reading it.
Her book talks a lot about being healthy mentally as well as physically. I like that. Like loving your body for its functionality and strength, not just how it looks.
I like how she is doing high-fashion modelling, and changing perceptions about how models are supposed to look. There were larger models before, but not really in high-fashion.
If size zero is the norm on the runway, how can that be healthy?
When a two or a four is 'too big', fashion has major problems for me.
She talks about obsession with food and exercise to such a degree that it is all one can think about. Like compulsively wondering if they sneak calories into sugar-free gum, and getting distraught about it.
I can relate to that rigidity, and somehow equating sticking to a diet = being a good person.
I started dieting when I was ten, not because I was fat, but because I wanted to be a "better person", not an out of control slob (hey that's how I thought).
I think I can stick to what I am learning here on EF diet and training-wise, and still be healthy, I just wanted to share that I thought her book was a really good read.
Two thumbs up.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/27/crystal-renn-plussize-mod_n_270718.html
