Louise Redknapp In The Truth About Size Zero
Louise Redknapp discovers first hand the dangers of the current obsession with being stick thin when she undertakes an extreme crash diet and exercise regime in an attempt to drop to a US dress size zero in just 30 days.
In The Truth about Size Zero Louise undergoes a punishing plan to dramatically lose her trademark curves and attempt to drop two dress sizes, this is a TV show that will get engaage all who watch it.
The TV presenter, who was voted FHM’s Sexiest Woman of the Decade, is usually a size eight, but in The Truth About Size Zero she attempts to get down to a UK size four.
After 17 years in the spotlight Louise is all too aware of the pressure to be thin and she agrees to put normal life on hold to find out more about the size zero trend and expose it for what it really is.
“I grew up in the entertainment and music industry,” she says, “I went to stage school and I always wanted to be in entertainment and I have always felt even at a size eight that I have never quite been skinny enough….there was always (the pressure) that if I could have lost half a stone it would have been better.
“It is such a lot of pressure on a young woman and if I was feeling that, I know a lot of other young women were also feeling that.”
In The Truth About Size Zero she finds out what ‘lollypop ladies’ really do to gain their size zero status and at what cost. She undertakes a punishing diet and exercise regime for the month long experiment.
Throughout this process Louise is closely monitored by celebrity nutritionist Dr Adam Carey who warns her of the dangers of crash dieting.
Dr Carey says: “I think the current vogue is macabre. I think it is obscene and it is very unhealthy.”
After her first consultation with Dr Carey, Louise says: “Everything he said shocked me. It’s a shame. If every woman in the country, or every woman in the world, that wants to lose weight and become really skinny, if they could all just have half an hour sat down with a doctor telling them exactly what’s going to happen to them, I think you’d get very few of them that would carry on with it.”
But Louise is convinced that she can only be really qualified to speak out about the tyranny of thin by going through the experience first hand.
To kickstart the regime Louise travels to LA where she enrols with Bootcamp Barry, a military-style fitness and diet guru to stars such as Teri Hatcher, Katie Holmes and Jenny McCarthy.
She takes part in his fitness boot camp and also trawls the boutiques to shop for a size zero dress as her ‘thinspiration’.
She also meets up with old friend Denise Van Outen who tells her about how she was told to lose weight when she first moved to LA.
Bootcamp Barry sets out Louise’s diet and exercise plan for the next 30 days. She has to run three miles a day before completing a further punishing hour of cardio and weights in her home basement gym.
Back in the UK she also talks to Mel C who suffered from anorexia throughout her time as a Spice Girl and was cruelly labelled Sumo Spice when she subsequently resorted to binge eating.
Louise also visits patients at the Rhodes Farm Clinic for eating disorders in North London and is moved to tears when she sees just where the size zero trend hits the hardest.
Just a few days into the plan, Louise begins to struggle with her busy life as a working mother on only 800 calories a day. And the time consuming exercise regime also impacts on family life.
“I completely underestimated how hard this would be,” she says.
Two weeks into the diet, Louise goes for her mid-way appointment with Dr Carey. The diet is taking its toll. She has a cold, can’t sleep, is tired, bored, irritable and hungry. Dr Carey urges her to quit.
Louise also visits her old stage school, the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, to warn the pupils about the true horrors of crash dieting.
The final strait sees Louise returning to LA where she goes on a mad dash tour of weird and wonderful alternative routes to size zero. And it’s back to Barry’s Bootcamp for one last time.
On the last day of the diet, Louise returns to Dr Adam for her final check up. The regime has impacted on her health.
Her 30 day fast is now over and she can fit into the size zero dress.
Two months on, Louise has made a full recovery. She is once again enjoying her food and loving her curves.
ITV1 Network Wednesday 7 March 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM
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March 6th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
louise is such an inspiration to us the no
March 7th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Mmm.. my BMI is 17.5 and i have a perfectly healthy diet and i exercise i wouldn’t really know if i totally comply to size 0 or not, apart from topshop i can’t find many size 4 clothes and even then you’re supposed to be 5″3 for petites (i’m 5″5)! no i don’t think eating disorders should be induced by people wanting to be size 0 but healthy people do get discriminated against!
March 7th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
What you have done is fantastic Loiuse. Thamk you so much for your bravery. I hope that you have suffered no long term damage physically or emotionally. I hope also that it makes a difference – I think it will.
March 7th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
i cant believe you have just let every one know exactly how to lose this amount of weight and have picked a slim size 8 to prove that point!!!yes i can comment about this as i was a size 8 then fell pregnant and went to size 11 then dropped right back down to 7stone 4 after giving birth.i didnt need to try,i didnt need no fitness intructor and i didnt have loads and loads of money.but that is my business as in why i lost loads of weight and was border line anorexia.i feel louise who was actually slim as could be anyways just promoted the fact this is what u can do if you try and it will only take you 30 days!!how sad.wasnt impressed at all with this programme and to me didnt even hit the fact that to be that dangerously underweight isnt healthy at all..even though u have a hair and make up stylist at your side every step of the way.well done for promoting anorexia.
March 7th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
Excellent! I am a 5′8″ Size 12 and I have hated my body for years (as most of us do probably). For the last few years I have told myself that at some point I will ‘become anorexic’ just for a month or so to get my weight down. Up til now I have done nothing about it and it may be argued that I never would and am just in a cycle of self hate. BUT after watching your programme tonight, I know that if I chose to actually do something about losing weight I will try to do it sensibly. Your programme did not glamourise. You showed the difficulties you faced and the health problems you may still face as a result of crash dieting. A sensitive issue REALLY well dealt with. GOOD FOR YOU! P.S. The first thing I did after the programme was go and eat a yoghurt. I hope others have come away feeling the same as me.
March 7th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Having been borderline eating disordered for quite long enough, I am so glad there is finally a program that was honest, open and challenging the very real ideas promoted to young girls. I do so hope Louise isn’t affected after this, I was so worried for her in the program. A few more weeks and she could have fallen into a very hard to get out of pit.
March 7th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
ive never watched something so offending, so triggering in my life
no it didnt raise awareness
it showed millions of e.d suffers TIPS
i cant believe
this was alowed on tv.
March 7th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
I’m a 35 year old mum of six. In the last 8 years, since having my first child, i’ve been aware of my weight increasing & decreasing. My dress size has returned to a size 10 /12 within 8/12 weeks of giving birth. I feel incredibly fortunate that i don’t have to put myself through strict excercise & diet regiemes to get back to my original size, but with my youngest child at my breast,still at 11 months,your programme ha s made me question why i’m still feeding & more worringly “if i stopped feeding now maybe i could diet & be the slimmer mummy in the playground!
March 7th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
i was not quite sure what louise was promoting on the programme, we did not see the tempers just the smiles, and like clare i just beleive you glamorised the whole process and showed how easy dramatic weight loss can be. i know she is a smiley girl but less of the smiles on the programme, especailly when you were in LA losing the final few pounds would have been more appropiate to the whole traumatic process.
March 7th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
I watched the programme tonight and although I see what you have tried to achieve, I dont think it will defer people from trying to reach this ridiculous so called size 0. Searching google I came across posts on promoting the TV show saying it will boast tips and will be a good watch. Coming from girls that are size 4, this is not a good thing. I now know the diet and excersize regime I need to follow should I decide that I want to be a size 0!!! For the record im a 5ft 2in, 9st 7lb and a size 10, I would never dream of putting myself through what you did but for those people who would, they have just been shown how to achieve it.
March 7th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
I would just like to say that men suffer from anorexia, I yet to see anyone take any notice of this. But, after watching this, it has begun to change the way I think about the way that I eat. My family are always trying to get me to eat, but sitting alone watching this has really opened my eyes to what I am doing to myself. I would like to think that I can now try and start to change my life, for the good. Thank you xoxoxox
March 8th, 2007 at 12:08 am
I have been waiting to see this programme since it was first advertised and was really looking forward to it.
I’m a size 12 and don’t like the way I look but I thought this proramme would make me feel better, showing me how miserable I would feel going on such a crash diet but it made me feel the exact opposite.
The fact that Louise is gorgeous and only a size 8 anyway made me feel even worse about myself – I watched this with my boyfriend and I couldn’t help but compare Louise to me and feel self conscious.
From tomorrow, I will be starting a diet, taking some ‘tips’ from Louise, not to get down to a ridiculous size 0 but to get to the apparent ‘normal and curvy’ size 8 as I now feel even fatter than before as I must look bad if Louise is a size 8 and curvy!
March 8th, 2007 at 12:59 am
i was pretty gutted watchin the show as i am naturally thin weighing 7 stone height 5′3 i have had two children and was pretty annoyed that u got someone thats a size 8 to do the test. I am now wondering if i am borderline anorexia, all you hear about is how terrible it is for these size 0 models maybe ppl should get off our backs and worry about all the obese children in the uk, you should do a show about helpin ppl like my self who is at the end of my tether and have been tryin to put weight on for years without any progress or help from my doctors.
March 8th, 2007 at 1:19 am
I am really glad I saw this program – it was fantastic.
I am really amazed at what you did Louise, to make girls (or indeed boys) see how rediculous size zero or crash dieting is. I’m 16 and have been paranoid about my weight for a year or two now and I’ve been convinced by a friend that I might be starting symptoms of anorexia (which I didn’t believe at first, I thought he was talking rubbish, although after serious thought I realised I was unnecessarily worried about being slim).
I used to be 11 stone 3 lbs (UK dress size 12) and, concsious about my wieght as I was (rightly so), I could never diet, and started dispairing of ever being a pretty slim girl.
I then contracted glandular fever, lost 2 stone 3lbs in 2 weeks (I was then UK dress size 8/10), and started feeling like my hope wasn’t lost, and I could actually lose weight and be a “pretty” UK size 6/8.
My mum is sensible and she would never let me lose too much wieght which made it harder for me when I tried to start starving myself, she wouldn’t let me eat too little. I eventually thought that I would starve myself when I moved away from home thinking that it was my decision and I’d have the freedom to do what I pleased about my weight.
Mega stupid idea!
Louise, you’ve made me see how outrageously stupid this would’ve been. Your programme really brought the danger and misery of it home, and how completely unnecessary it all is – boys like curves! And women look better with them anyway
I’ve changed my mind after seeing this programme, I’m not going to starve myself, although I do need to lose a few pounds, maybe to 8 or 8 and a half stone – that seems reasonable and healthy.
Thank you sooo much for what you did, I hope, and I think it will change the views of lots of people with wieght anxiety… I, for one, have had a change of heart, and I am indebted to your amazing efforts.
Congratulations! To you, and indeed your wonderful husband and family who put up with your grumpiness
I hope you don’t get any side effects from the diet, you did look really ill
and thank you again! xxxx
March 8th, 2007 at 5:46 am
I am so glad i watched this programme tonight ive been seceretly trying to practicly starve myself since just before christmas and its horrible im 17years old and knew it was crazy but i cant stop myself eating anything makes me feel guilty and then i stop eating for days ive lost over a stone since january im 6″8 and just under 9stone now. watching the programme tonight really opened my eyes and made me realise i have a problem, I dont want to lose anymore weight and im going to stop starving myself as from now so thank you louise you have helped me more than you will ever know.
March 8th, 2007 at 8:28 am
i would firstly like to say i fort the programme was gd i hav bulimia and seeing the effects on sum1 else makes me realise i am destroying myself – i dunt seeit on myself i think louise should be congratulated on doing it however a few things on the programme was disturbing – for instance i dont think it should hav been made explicit about how much and wat she was eating because unfortunately young people may misuse this i know i sat there thinking hmmm mayb i could eat tht and lose a bit more which is scary because i am aiming for recovery. also the comment the fitness instructor made saying that she looked well and fine was this not promoting size 0 he should of said the truth that she did look ill and was unwell
however i think although louise was very brave to put her health at such a risk it has demonstrated how easy it can be to fall in the dreaded trap of eating disorders- maybe people wont be soo quick to judge and just say o its for attention
but refering to size 8 as curvy was this a good idea size 8 is stil tiny surely promoting that as normal n good will want the people who arent as small to want to get down to that mayb the normal person(ie non celeb who was a size 12 to begin with should be aired on terretrial tv )
so this post may be confusin to read, am i in support of the programme or not well im confused myself i think awarenes being made is good but the way it was done not soo good it did shock me to hearing what the doctor said, however people with eating disorders arnt able to just get out of it just because they think its badfor their health its a much longer process
2 all who read this if you are suffering from an eating disorder please keep strong and keep fighting
March 8th, 2007 at 10:05 am
I’m glad i watched this programme. Although it gave me an insight into how awful you’d feel eating such stupidly small portions, i still feel fat and might try a few things i saw on the programme to lose a few pounds!! I’m a size 10/12 and weight 9.5 stone. If Louise thinks that size 8 is ‘curvy’ then there’s no hope for us ‘bigger’ women!! I thought i was a normal size until last night.
I think the only person with the right attitude towards size was Denise Van Outen! Well done Denise for not giving in to media pressure.
March 8th, 2007 at 11:02 am
yes louise did show how to lose that much weight in a short amount of time, but what was highlighted more for me was her suffering and complete health breakdown.
it highlighted the dangers on crash dieting and it worked, for me at least.
yes she reached her goal…but she wasnt happy in the slightest.
i can understand how some people would find the program triggering, and thats unfortunate, but that wasn’t the aim of the program.
March 8th, 2007 at 11:27 am
I am so glad I watched the programme last night, I think Louise’s decision to shrink to a size 0 was brave. She really put the point accross well saying it was not glamorous, it was painful and unhealthy.
I am 17 yeard old and have been feeling the pressure of the media to be thinner since I was 12. I can remember thinking about how to eat less from a young age and looking back at the photos now I don’t know what I was thinking. The twelve year old girl
who was suffering from an eating dissorder was so young but many of my friends and I felt the same pressures when we were that age.
Unfortunatly I don’t think the programme will do anything to stop the huge pressure the media puts on women and girls. The fashion industry needs to be changed dramatically before anything will change. I REALLY hope things will.
March 8th, 2007 at 11:44 am
I watched the TRUTH ABOUT SIZE SERO last night. I am what would be considered obese. I am only 5′1” and I weigh 14stone. People think all I do is eat all day which is not true. In fact, I don’t eat breakfast, rarely eat lunch. I am constnatly got at by my parents telling me I am a disgrace and I need to lose weight, and I have tried and tried and tried. I saw the impact the diet had on someone of Louise’s stature, but watching it has made me want to do it, just to lose the weight. Maybe with me being so big it won’t have the same effect on me as it did Louise. Only time will tell, as I am starting a routine like this on Monday. My life is depressing. I wont leave the house because of the way I look, and so losing weight like that is sure to give me lots more confidence, something that I don’t possess right now.
March 8th, 2007 at 11:49 am
i think that the size zero awareness proggramme was fantastic! it just shows how much of an emotional roller coaster it all is just to get into what some people think is ‘hot’ to get into that dress, i just ask myself why some people do that to themselfs for complete vanity!? i hope that the show has shown girls and women that a curvey size 8 upwards is much more sexy for a man!! no man wants to hug an ironing board??
March 8th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
It is downright ridiculous that some women have posted negative comments about Louise’ experiment. Some have branded the program ‘a guide to annorexia’ having claimed that Louise has promoted eating disorders and provided tips to these women! It’s obvious that she has attempted to do the very opposite. The program was FACTUAL – the doctors featured outlined the dangers loudly enough for us ALL to hear. FACT – Follow an extreme diet and YOU WILL SUFFER DRAMATICALLY, not to mention run this risk of not being able to stop! The suffering a woman would have to put themselves through wasn’t necessarily obvious to people before the program – NOW THEY KNOW or they should do. Anybody who watches the program and foolishly observes that kind of suffering positively has a massive problem ALREADY! Ensuring women with eating disorders are not encouraged by the outside world is IMPOSSIBLE – the very nature of these illnesses is to twist anything and everything so that being ill in that way can be considered positively in their own heads. Louise – as a healthy size 8 woman with no aspirations to starve myself and feel the way you did throughout that month- I APPLAUD YOU!
March 8th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
This was not a programme about the dangers of being size “0″ (4), but simply about the dangers of crash dieting, which is old news. Despite feeling awful at the end of the month because of the radical means by which she lost the weight, Louise clearly didn’t look waif-like or bony at 6 st 13 lbs, because she is short. Short/petite women like me (5 ft 1) can easily carry off a size “0″ figure and low-ish BMI whilst looking and feeling perfectly healthy.
March 8th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
I felt that louise went into this prog with body issues and possibly an eating disorder and this was an excuse to lose weight.Dawn Porter made a very similar prog which was much more critical of the fashion inductry and was much more interesting. Is this going to be the latest thing of celebrities losing weight to tell us how dreadful it is? I read an interview where Louise said she actually quite liked being a zero and the guy at the boot camp giving her praise? What a **** he obvioulsy makes money from anorexis and I expect the sales of his work out dvd will soar after this prog.
March 8th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
I thought the show was reli good. Made me see that size 0 reli is tiny an v.unhealthy, i was on a very srict diet before i watched the show an had been for 3 weeks, i am a size 8 an always have been, but i wanted to lose about 1 stone… now i dont.
Although the show did want me to work out more! as it seemed to reli help with her body shape.
I thought she looked awful in the sizw 0 dress and far too skinny, she’s loads better curvy!
P.S Jamie is gorgggggggggggggggous!
March 8th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Thank you for this step by step guid on how to become anorexic.
Really it was terribly triggering. I know it was my choice to watch it but it shouldn’t have been allowed on air. It glamorized the disease made it look like something you could just have if you want to and made people who are anorexic look like they *want* to go through it. Its a disease, not a lifestyle.
March 8th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
I’d just like to share my thoughts on “The truth about size zero” , for a few months I have had big issues related to weight loss and I could completely empathise with everything you experienced, Louise, the lack of concentration, irritability, extreme lows and I think that these dangers have been conveyed successfully in the documentary.Seeing your decline in health was really upsetting to watch and I was worried about the long term effects of this diet as I know that it can all start off innocent and end up in a full blown eating disorder, like Louise said, when not eating for long periods of time and being used to feeling hungry, the actual thought of being full is scary..
I want to thank you for making me realise that I do have a problem and all that Louise went through I experience, however, it hasn’t encouraged me by any means, I could see just how bad the effects were, she looked so ill and miserable and I definately do not think it was promoting anorexia, the facts were all there that this is dangerous, its a miserable existance (as Mel C said) and that it isn’t glamorous.
March 8th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Does anyone know where i can watch this online? x
March 8th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
If you have an ED please don’t.
March 8th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Its interesting to read some of the messages on here. I watched the programme last night with mixed emotions. I was horrified to see what Louise Redknapp was prepared to do to her body especially after a professional doctor advised the dangers. I was compelled to see what the effects were. I am a keen good-intentions dieter and have tried many different crash diets which promise phenomenol weight loss in short periods of time but being a curvy size 12 I was more intrigued by why anyone would want to lose their curves and risk their health for it. I am a healthy size 12, my boyfriend loves my curves and I am confident in a bikini. At 5′4″ and at 11st I weigh almost double what Louise’s end weight was!!! In papers you read that a size 16 is the average for womens clothes sizes around the country and daily we are hearing of child obesity or overweight expectant mothers putting their unborn child at risk yet one of the fears highlighted last night on this show was that the severe weight loss can cause harm to your fertility and immune system. You cant really win!! I hope eveyone can learn something from these role-models putting themselves in danger and that people who feel the need to get down to such unattractive and dangerous sizes can get through it and make a full recovery. I hope especially that Donna-Marie who messaged here on the 8th of March can find the person in herself that she is happy with. Find who you want to be, not who other people want you to be.
March 8th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
^^So true.
March 8th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
I suffer from an eating disorder. Bulimia… And yes i did find it really triggering.
I am aware that she has helped some people and has kindof raised awareness of it. BUT it was also really triggering to many people with eating disorders. It encouraged quite a few people to hlose this weight. Yes they saw the sideeffects but if they allready have an eating disorder this would be looked at as “Thinspiration”.
What i dont understand is that why is the edia giving so much attention to the size 0 debate? I agree underweight peopel do need help, and eating disorders are a serious illness. BUT obesity is a much bigger nad widespread problem. You would all be suprised how many anorexia and bulimia suferers were infact overweight before there ED began. Bulimia sufferers CAN be overweight and quite rarely underweight.
Programs make it seem like anorexia and bulimia sufferers are allways underweight. Infact this is not true.
March 8th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
i wish id of watched it grr! What was her weight at size 0? I recon she would have weighed less than my 12 yr old sister
March 8th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
she weighed 6st 13lbs at the end with a 24inch waist
March 8th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
missed programme, does anyone know when it is repeated?
March 8th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Well, all I can say is congratulations for a fantastic program, and opening peoples eyes to the reality and glomour(less) reality of the size zero lifestyle…
I only hope that the influential people, namely youngsters and adoolescents watched and got the message that it isn’t all it is cracked up to be, and I also hope that the door will stay open for people to familiarise themselfs with ED’s.
I currently have an ED and am so happy someone is shedding some light onto this, as once the threshold has been crossed, it is so hard to return to ‘normality’
Well done louise and ITV!!!
March 8th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
i have anorexia your show encouraged me to continue…its fine for the people who dont…they can see it from a different perspective.its a delicate issue and i worry the show may trigger something in less strong people than the regular joe soap.
March 8th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
Does anybody know if this programme is to be repeated at any time. I’ve read all the magazine articles about it, but my recorder did not tape it last night and I’m so disappointed.
March 8th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
all i can say is that i hope people actually realised how awful it is to try to do something like this. media is so out there in our faces these days that we al feel the odd one out if we’re not size 0. personally, i want to be a fashion designer when im older. i was so disappointed when the manager of london fashion week refused to ban size 0. what image does it betray us?!
March 8th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
can anyone tell me when this will be repeated please
March 8th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Perhaps Louise thought it was time to get back in the spotlight. Desperate times.
March 8th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
What was shown was good, bt not true… i have been an anorexia for about three years, christmas dinner disturbed me, when i seen how much weight i had put on. I began 2 limit my carb intake, reduce my fats and restict my dairy. I eventually cut out a lot of vital food groups. I began at 5′9, and 123lbs, and i am nw 102lbs, my lowest was 97lbs. I was scared of what i lukd like, so i tried to raise my weight. I am nw 102lbs and i am happy with what i look like. anorexia is not a condition, it is a lifestyle choice!!
People potray anorexic as secrective, communities who go underground. I do belong to blog rings and ana and mia sites, but they are only underground, because when they where opened people posted nasty messages beside pictures and comments, it is all about freedom of speech. They are doing nothing wrong by posting such comments, but we who provide and belong to these networks are posioning the minds of others!!! talk aout hypocritical… if you don’t want to see the images, don’t enter the sites.
I watched the show, hoping that if there was something wrong with what i am doing, this would be the thing to show me, but instead it just showed me how what i amn doing is a choice that i am happy with. She looked fantastic in that dress, and as bootcamp barry said she looked great. She didn’t feel it because she was doing it over a shorter period, 30 days is a very short amount of time!!! Also she took no supplements!! Any ana or mia, who cared about there body would take precautions!!
I applaude Ms Redknapp for entering this challange, but she must accept that for many people anorexia is not about image or weight it is about control and health. There is to many fat and obese people in this world, we are not a statistic! We have control over our bodies, and our mind. We have trained our mind not to feel hunger, food is not a necessity, it is something that makes life that bit easier!
Lola xxx
Stay strong all those who have made their personal choice, and for those who do not agree, do not persecute because my opinions do not comply with your own.
March 8th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
lola how can u say its a lifestyle choice – wat sort of lifestyle is it wer u r makin urself ill and damaging urself the whole point of the programme was to show it wasnt a lifestyle nor was it to b follwed as being one
i have an eating disorder and i can say i didnt choose to suffer it was something that took over
yes ok its ur opinion but expressin it after the programme aimed to stop tht isnt that a bit out of line young children may read this and get confused arnt we to encourage them not to fal in to the trap of eating disorders surely urs causes u pain and suffering she may not hav looked as emaciated as some anorexics but its still not a healthy thing to do i dont understand if u suffer for so long how u can promote it sorry if i hav offended but im shocked to b honest
March 9th, 2007 at 11:54 am
What was really interesting about the show was the problems that occurs when people are about to indulge into the world of want to be ‘models’. Louise evidently showed the horrors that how the body of abuse can effect the individual on a mental, physical and psychological level.
Younger girls really are not ware of the dangers they are doing, they are picturing and comparing themselves to models who they want to be and I really feel that the media plays apart in this.
March 9th, 2007 at 11:56 am
Thank you Lockr and Keenley, this is exactly what my friend and myself thought. Was not convinced by Louise’s tears, moans and protests, I think she was wanted to get to a size 0 and was paid for doing it in the bargain! Being a size 8 isn’t an average size to begin with, that said I would bet anyone that she isn’t back to her original weight, so this whole thing is self indulgent garbage. I’m not convinced that she did all of the exercise either. I think there should be a sequel called ‘The Truth About Obesity’ where Louise puts on 4 stone and tells us of her experiences about that. What do you think Louise, or isn’t it glamorous enough?
March 9th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
I watched this programme with fascination. I can appreciate louise’s motives were in the right place for making this piece of film and do believe that she felt strongly about this issue. However I think that many vunerable young women watching may just think “hey look she can still work out and when it was all over she went out drinking and for a meal with her friends.” I feel, like many others that what she in fact did was give tips on how to loose wieght quickly . Most young girls would probably feel that being a bit grumpy and tired would be more than worth it to be thin. I myself am a naturally thin person with 2 little girls and worry about this size zero phenomenon. I emailed asda when they started selling size 4 clothes but never received a reply. I dont know what the answer to this problem is but this programme was no where near hard hitting enough to make a difference im afraid.
March 9th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
I have a size 4 top from asda and it isnt that small at all! Im only 5′2″. Its really difficult finding small clothes especially that arnt designer/really expensive. I think its good that asda have started selling size 4 because small people can get normal clothes.
March 9th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
i think its remarkable what Louis has put herself through, and i also think that if a celebrity is stick thin then they shouldn’t be photographed and put in magazines and newspapers and on TV because its people like me (i’m 13) that think they’re 25 or what ever we should be thinner than them or wow don’t they look really thin and perfect but then again i think fat people are bad aswell so you lose both ways don’t you but like i said i watched the documentry on ‘THE TRUTH ABOUT SIZE ZERO’ and thought wow shes got guts so well done Louise i’m proud someones finaly spoke out about this sort of thing and that designers are getting rid of the stick thin models so well done!!!!
March 10th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
i am anorexic and my bmi is 17.6 at the moment i have had anorexia since about 9 and in ip (inpatient treatment) when i was 14
i weigh 7.1 or 99lb and i am 5′2 1/2”i am allowed out of hospital at this weigh so there cant be anything wrong with it can it?
March 10th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
i cant believe this show was aired – its ridiculous. anorexia is an illness u cannot just choose to be anorexic for a month as one person commented further down. anorexics choose to lose weight and end up critically ill and im speaking from experience.its only becuase of a project at skl about anorexia that it stopped me from slipping into an obsessive food and exercise hell. this programme is so wrong and just taught me how i can lose weight.ive had a problem with the way i look since i was 11 and im 8 stone 5ft6 with a bmi of 18.4 aslo a size 8.chosing someone as small as louise was a big mistake coz thats supposed to be small. thats like saying size 8 is the new 12 and size 0 is the new 8. i hope the ppl that thought about doing this show realised what they have done. the only person i thin that was in it for the right reaosns was louise herself. she wanted to do it ti prove how stupid it is and yet the tv company edit out most of the bad stuff. they almost put her through that for nothing.
March 10th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
hi i’m harriot age 11. I would like to say that i watched this programe and felt that i might be underweight seeing as everyone is always saying how skinny i am. My mum watched it to and i have resently been admitted to a clinic to gain weight. So now i feel i may become a true anorexic as i have begun to starve myself to keep the weight off.
Thank you so much! (not)
March 10th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
i would just like to add that my offical size at the momment is an age 6 for thoses who care.
March 11th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Reading through your comments and posts i agreee with some but yet eating disorders come from pressure and self hatred. i am a dancer and have been for roughly about ten years and still being in my teenage years everyday i experience criticism from peers and bullies about my weight and indeed it does get you questioning your weight. however its not just girls that suffer from things like bolemia and anorexia my bestfreinds cousin just died of anorexia this christmas. all i am pointing out is you cant put down the people with anorexia as disgusting because this only makes them want to carry on it is a pyscological thing that you need to make aware to more people including boys. bare this in mind.
March 11th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
damn! I missed it!!!!! anyone got a copy?
March 11th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Im 15 years old, size 10 and about 5ft 5. ive always thought i was fat, even though my friends say im not and that im normal size for my height. because of the programme it stoped from wanting to become a size 0. thanks! xx
March 12th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
see both negatives and positives in this film. It is clear that the intentions of ms redknapp and the makers were good, but i think they lacked real understanding of eating disorders etc. It is possible as some ppl may have found it ‘inspiring’ as I’d guess that most ppl eith an ED would prob have watched this, from experience with friends i know that programmes/magazine articles about weight are compulsive viewing/reading. I don’t think she looked anorexic at the end, but she certainly didnt look well. But the warnings from the doctors about the health issues are irrelevant, many people with an ED know their actions are harming them, but the desire to be thin far outweighs any ill effects on health.
I think calling her a curvy size 8 is a very poor message. Yes, she did have boobs but for anyone bigger than an 8 it was a bit demeaning, even if she is petite. for those who already have issues with their weight/ eating – if a size 8 is healthy/ curvy then this would just reinforce for them that they need to be way smaller than this. Again from experience, to anyone with anorexia, a healthy or normal weight may as well be calling them fat!
When i was a teenager, anyone who was a size 8 was very slender. I think its scary that this is considered curvy, size 10 or 12 are almost considered big now in comparison to current trends.
Any girlies who really are naturally these sizes are suffering beczuse they are getting mixed up with girls who are
unnaturally keeping themselves a size 8 or smaller. All in all the programme fuelled the debate so i’d say this one is likely to run and run.
P.S was there not something similar on BBC3 a month or two ago? the presenter did the same thing I think but was a 12 to start with, Didnt c it but remember seeing her talking about it on gmtv with lorraine kelly!
March 12th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
A MATHEMATICAL VIEW
It seems to me that the issue of HEIGHT is being overlooked.
At the beginning of the programme Louise’s weight, Dress size and Body Mass Index were given but no mention of height (incidentally this would be 5ft 3in working back from the BMI)
If she was the height of a “normal” model and in the same proportions she would be a size 12; e.g. two sizes larger. (Hence the “Curvy” tag)
Alternatively if you shrunk a 5ft 9in size 8 model down to 5ft 3in, again keeping the proportions, her vital statistics would be 29, 22.5, 31 i.e two sizes smaller (Imagine what the equivalent would be for a size zero model of this height)
In other words – “Keep a Sense of Proportion”
(My calculations used a simple percentage increase/decrease on height applied to the other statistics)
March 12th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Like many of the comments already made, I feel that the size zero program broadcasted on Wednesday, only served to enlighten the nation over the mystery of it all. I am a uk size 10 and would consider myself to be very body conscious and admitedly find myself from time to time resorting to crash diets in order to lose weight. The program only made me look at myself in comparrison to tiny louise. It has fueled my unhappiness with my body when I look in the mirror. I agree with the comments already made about the show, only showing people like myself that it isn’t actually that hard to become a size zero and has shown everyone exactly what to do in order to become a size zero.
March 13th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
I loved the programme. How can people put all that stress on the body to be tiny also cutting out dairy is dangerous if you don’t have any other supplements. Saying that its put perspective on my diet as i am overweight and need to lose weight. I will think more healthily with my diet and start running, but i don’t want to be a size 8 let alone a 0.
March 14th, 2007 at 12:31 am
I was alarmed at the danger the doctor stated in the programme and about how there could be long term damage. At the end it said it took Louise 2 months to get better. I have suddenly lost weight from stress and illness which takes me from a size 8 to size zero exactly where Louise was! I desperately want to gain weight but know that because I have had such a sudden drop like the doctor said it can be dangerous to just eat loads or eat in the same way as before as you have lost muscle tissue which is dangerous when u want to put weight back on.
Please does anyone one know what regime/diet Louise used after the weight loss to go back to normal weight??
March 14th, 2007 at 2:09 am
WE’RE ALL FAT!THATS ALL THERE IS TO IT!
and we’ll still be believing it when we’re a size 0.
so why put urself through that tourture during the best years of your lifes.and yeah it may not feel like the best years of your life,but it bloody is.so we can either waste them away crying,dieting,obbsessng and calorie counting..or… we could do the hardest thing ever,accept who we are and move on and start living.
i know some of us feel if we dont look a certain way then we’ll never meet are true prince charming (or live life to the full),but believe me,there’s some1 for eveyone. and no matter how thin or pretty you are,no guy will ever truely love you,untill ,you love urself.i know it sounds corny but the sexiest thing any women ,could ever have,is confidence! so get out there ,make the most of your favourite features ,and u flaunt it! whether u think u have it or not.put it this way,its marketing. like a product sells itself,with pretty packaging and glamous adverts it makes u beleieve its a great product to buy.when in truth whats inside could be really crap.but people will still buy it,cos its being sold well. and by us getting confident ,getting out there and flaunting it,we’re marketing ourselfs. and we’ll become so much more desirable and attractive and much more importantly ,happy. so ditch the diet and use that wasted will-power to start learning to love you,cos ur worth loving. love kirsty x
March 14th, 2007 at 10:24 am
I found it very interesting, i’m a male with AN for over a year now, and i think more than anything that Harvey St Doc scared me the most. That Yanky trainer just got annoying.
I would also like to know what Lou’s re-feeding prog was like, as the most scary thing that doctor said was that most when returning to normal diet will just get fat, leading to that yo-yo skinny-fat.
March 14th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
I watched this programme, and it made me feel fat compared to her. i’m not much lighter than she was at the start and i’m 14 and she’s like 20/30 something !!
This programme has made me feel that i must lose weight because now i feel fat and when i look in the mirror i’m disgusted at what i see. At least now i know how to lose the weight so that much was helpful. i don’t think she looked that bad at the end of it. yeah she felt bad but she didn’t look too bad and if people are that determined to lose the weight they wont care about the emotional journey because as the saying goes ‘no pain no gain’.Surely they shouldv’e given it more thought before putting it on T.V. Everyone i have spoken to about it share the same opinion as me,that they felt fat and felt that they needed to lose weight.
March 14th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
I thought the programme was excellent, I cannot beleive that the diet Louise followed would really inspire anyone to follow the same , you could see her ribs and spine sticking out when she tried on the Size 4 dress, her face looked terrible aswell, even with make up. The worst thing for me would be to lose my boobs and it really hit home as she was a D cup like myself and went down to an A ! That is shocking.
I am 5ft 4in , 8 st 10lb – I am a size 10 , sometimes even a 12 in some clothes. My BMI is 21 or something, but dont forget that up to a BMI of 25 you are considered NORMAL WEIGHT range. Which means in theory I could be 10 st 7lb and still be “healthy”. However I know that at that weight I would be a Size 14 at least and although not obese I have to admit that there would be panic stations setting in.
It is sad that a so called “healthy” weight by medical terms seems to go out of the window because of what we as women are expected to conform to. Magazines constantly refer to celebs as being a “curvy” size 8 or 10 which is a load of rubbish. To me Curvy is anything between 12-16. 8-10 is SLIM, end of. But I even have a Size 6 friend who is 5ft and gets away with is because she is naturally that way and Im sure she has a normal BMI because she is petite.
Basically if your BMI is under 18 it is not normal and nobody should aspire to be this way, fine – aim for the lower end of your weight range but for goodness sake STOP THERE.
March 14th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
erm.idnt no wt 2 say.i ddnt believe in size 0 models but i have to write a debate claiming that size 0 models should not be banned.:(so now im confuzzled.very.can any1 help me???its 2morow lol.xxx
March 15th, 2007 at 3:00 am
I have read most these comments and for the girl who said anorexia is a lifestyle choice……that is the most stupidest thing I have ever read. That is an insult to those who suffer from this. You have an illness love, you are convincing yourself its a lifestyle choice. Its an illness that unfortunately affects many people and greatly damages your body. You think you are in control, but in reality you are not as you are not allowing you body to repair/process/fight diseases/produce enough hormones etc. People don’t choose to be anorexic. Its not their fault!!
And for the young girl who said she feels fat as Louise is 20/30 years old. Its not about your age. Its your weight compared to your height. Louise is petite. She is small, it would be dangerous for her to weigh alot more. So don’t go thinking you’re fat! Don’t be silly!!
Also, for those with anorexia who said this program encouraged them/promoted it, I very much doubt it did; you didn’t expect the program to cure you did you?? So it hasn’t encouraged you, you are just still ill. Its so daft what you have all said. How did she give you tips? By eating an ommelette??? lol. She ate very little, which Im 100% sure you all did anyway. And secondly, in order to lose the weight quick she exercised a HELL of alot. You guys go exercisin for that long, that intensely. You’d faint after a minute! How stupid do people get. Sorry guys, Im being blunt because its needed. I know you suffer from the illness, but it really has not promoted it. You guys are ill already and were eating next to nothing before she came on the tele to do this! Im sure you guys picked up more “tips” from other sources.
And Louise set out to make awareness of the dangers, and for those who disagree with the program……well she’s obviously acheived what she wanted to do….she has everyone talking about it! So there you go! Its disgusting being a size 0. Its not feminine or glamourous and theres more to life than watching your food. All you need to do is eat healthy and exercise regularly. And that last bit wasn’t aimed at those ill, I mean that for those considering it.
Finally, I really enjoyed watching the program in the end. It was very interesting and she did look awful. Her skin was haggard, her body had no shape and she was snappy and tired. She was much better when her BMI was in the normal range. And to be honest, those who complain she is a size 8 so wasn’t much of a dress size decrease…..id think dropping from a size 12 to 8 was difficult, or 14 to 10! She has stayed out the limelight for years on purpose. It wasn’t to come back in the spotlight.
So there, you go. She set out to raise awareness and show the dangers and she’s done exactly that. So good on her!!!!!!
March 15th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
one thing i have to say is i am 14 years old and have watched this programme it is riddiculous i weigh 8 stones and am 1.65 tall. This is all very alright for me because i am a size 8 and very athletic and boy i can eat.But girls in my class dont particularly feel this way one dont eat anything for more than 9 hours and after a month still is a ff size fourteen
exercise ladies and girls coz i ran 5 km every two weeks and play footie plus tennis and if u think i am being tomboyish than that is you dont starve yourself to death but eat and exercise
ps:i havent touched a sweeet for 2 months and the last time i had fast food was nearly a year ago
xxx.. me
March 16th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
i’m a 16 year old student who cries at night because of her body image. this 16 year old girl envies all the catwalk models and wishes she was 6ft tall and ultra slim. but unfortunately this girl is a pathetic 5ft2 with fat blubbery thighs, bulging stomach, chunky arms and puffy cheeks. this girl weighs 48kg and has tried so many times to acheive her goal of being skinny and looking good. unfortunately this girl was not gifted by any means in the beauty department, so the only thing she can change to make herself happier is to drastically change her body weight.this girl makes herself sick after each meals but is not bulimic. she wishes that she had the perseverence of being able to starve herself but she doesn’t. she lives for food so the only thing she can do to loose weight is to constantly shove her two fingers down her throat.it’s a sad life, all she does is goes shopping for calorifique foods, gives herself 1 hour to indulge in as much as possible and then goes off to bring it all back up. she then sits against her bedroom wardrobe crying. but this girl is not bulimic, she’s just desperate to look good and feel confident in a little black dress at party’s. this girl is me, Roxy.
March 17th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Hi
I am an aspiring model – of the lingerie variety – so image is everything in my career.
What I will say is men like curves. Men like the hourglass, as jamie showed. Some men yes, do like skin and bones – but variety is the spice of life.
I have been trying to loose a little weight.
I am a healty 34E-27-36 which makes me a UK size 12. And i feel as though i could loose a little weight. This programme showed me how to loose a little – then i have a way of maintenance of the weightloss too.
For those wanting a quick fix – this was ideal.
Wht I will say is as great a message as she put across – looking sallow, grey, tired – people will in fact still strive to achieve their ‘ideal’. There are messages on cigarette packets about smoking and its harm, people still smoke.
The programme was a tad unreal to me in the fact that louise was already so small. Yes naturally, and yes eating what she wanted. I think a far bigger impact would have been made by someone who has the UK average size of 12-14.
The dietry ‘tips’ given – were always going to be seen as ‘tips’ by existing eating disorder sufferers.
It makes you start thinking….what exactly ELSE can we do to stop this madness other than try and dilute the magazines, tv shows etc with women of a real, natural and definately beautiful size.
I will be back to check on more as some replies iv seen on here i find incredibly disturbing
x
March 17th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
i feel scared for the girl who is age 11 and a age 6 size in clothing. I feel that someone needs to help this little girl before she gets to the bitter end? can someone give her advice.
March 18th, 2007 at 12:07 am
I’m 27 and currently a size 6. I was 9 1/2 stone when I went through a difficult time in my personal life 3 years ago and stopped eating. I lost 3 1/2 stone in 3 months and was anoresic. I hadn’t set out to lose weight, I was happy as I was, but it just escalated without me reaslising it. I had to replace my whole wardrobe for clothes that fit me. As my circumstances improved, my eating didn’t. As much as I hated how thin my arsm were and the fact I could never find any bottom half clothing to fit me, I was scared to eat in fear of putting on weight and actually looking fat because I’d gotten used to how thin I was. Then somehow, and I still don’t know how, I turned to bingeing instead of eating and now nearly 4 years on I’m bulimic. I don’t eat food at all and keep it down. I’m terrified of what I’ve done to myself long term and I’ve never told a soul. I’m so good at lying and covering my tracks it’s frightening. All I do is work and eat and be sick. My life revolves around it and I’ve become obsessed. It’s all I think about. I cried when I watched the tv programme Louise Redknapp did. My boyfriend came in to the room part way through and when Jamie was describing Louise’s moodswings and snappiness etc, he looked at me and said “sound familiar” and he was right. I hate the person I’ve become. And Mel C’s description of shutting herself away and avoiding social situations – it was so how my life is and has been before. But how do I get out of it. I’m too ashamed to tell anyone. I can’t eat any food without having to get rid of it. All I can keep down is cereal and fruit. If I didn’t drink so much sugary drinks, I’d suffer with shakes and probably not have enough energy to get up and go to work everyday. The whole programme was like watching my life. If it changed anyone’s mind about doing a diet like that, like I did although mine was unintentional, then it’s done some good. I have no muscles in my legs or arms, my hair has thinned, I have my coxic bone poking out and can’t lie flat on the floor or in the bath without pain, my skin is horrid, I don’t sleep and I feel my life is worth nothing because I don’t live, I exist and my periods stopped properly over a year ago. I can’t let myself think what I’ve done to myself long-term. I want to stop but I can’t. Please, don’t ever try to diet this way, because you think in your in control and then suddenly, your so not and it’s too late.
March 18th, 2007 at 12:21 am
Also, does anyone know what diet plan Louise followed when she gained weight, as I have been warned many times by my doctor that to gain weight I must do it supervised to avoid great weight gain since I’ve lost all my muscle mass etc.
March 18th, 2007 at 3:29 am
I’m afraid to acknowledge that even though programs like this will discourage a good few people, it feeds more minds in the process. This program is literally telling you how to drop 2 dress sizes in 30 days and I hate to be one of them but I won’t deny I will aim to do it. It’s a blessing for us, free diet advice?! wAS A BAD IDEA FROM THE ONSET!!, But as I said, hopefully has put more people off doing so than it has encouraged.
March 18th, 2007 at 10:10 am
to roxy, this aint normal hun y do u say ur not bulimic – it sounds lyk ur tryin2 convince urself ur not
obvioulsly only a doc can diagnose it but i suffer from bulimia n makin urself sik after bingin is a sign and as u say u feel bad about ur body but hun u say ur height nwat u weigh tht sounds very normal if not on the lower scale of healthy mayb u shuld go c a doc or sum1 dunt suffer in silence they may b able to help u
makin urself illl wnt make u feel betta please get help weva u want to believ ur bulimic or not doin wat u do is very damagin take care u r beautiful the way u r aspire to b u n only u those models if u asked them pron h8 ther lives its NOT ALL GLAMOR 1 fing louise redknapp did show
March 18th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
I know the whole point of the show was to put people off extreame dieting, but it just motivated me to lose more weight. I am a size eight and after watching the programme i saw how easy it is to become a size zero and personally i thought she looked better.
This show didn’t put me off becoming a size zero it just made me realize how much i want to be size zero.
Also did she honestly expect people with EDs to be put off by dieting, just by her eating less and excercising.
March 18th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Why choose a size 8, petit, ridiculously gorgeous lady to do this? Anyone with a past history of eating disorders would have seen the flaw in this from the beginning. Of course it would provide thinspiration. Stupid and naive programme that will cause more damage than good.
March 18th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
I just want to know one thing… Why are we all so obseesed with the size 0 thing? Like i said in my previous post, yhe most popular eating disorder is binge eating disorder! Yet its like this eating disorder doesnt even exist!
It does provide thinspiration for so many people out there! Its sad.
And whoever said anorexia was a lifestyle choice.. why would anyone make that choice? Why would nayone inflict the pain, hurt and misery that is caused by an eating disorder?!
March 18th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
I am a recovered anorexic, I am 5 ft 2 and two years ago I weighed in at 6.5 stone. You cant sleep on your side, lying on bones is uncomfotable. You sleep all the time and your sex drive vanishes. THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN BEING THIS THIN. My breats consisted of nothin more than nipples. Your bottom looks awful in trousers, even the smallest pair. You are faced with guilt even when thinking about food. I lived on one apple and a bowl of special k every day. I am now a size 8, like louise but am petite so im not particularly ’scrawny’. I now weigh 8 stone and have a healthy attitude to food, my boyfriend loves my chubby bits and even suggests me putting on more weight. He found it a turn off when I was so thin.
Louise was not a good example, she was obviously paid, im sure it done her profile no harm either. Ive personally had enough of the whole ‘celebrity’ thing anyway, bring back good t.v!
Why didn’t they use a normal, less attractive woman, people will aspire to look like the lovely louise. Using celebrities is a dangerous game.
March 19th, 2007 at 10:11 am
I am 20 years old & a dancer. I have always been pressured to feel slim especially in the last few years as I am getting older. Last year i managed to lose a stone in weight but from christmas I have put most of that back on which has made me feel so depressed. My weight has become something I think about constantly. After watching the truth about size 0, I began to think of how I could lose weight again. I already dance for 9 -10 hours a week & go to the gym atleast 3 times a week yet the weight still won’t shift. I feel sometimes that seriously cutting down on my food intake may be the only way forward. I hope its not! In the meantime i will contine you battle with the treadmill!!
March 19th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
can anyone tell me when this show will be repeated as i missed it and as every1 keeps commenting on how louise shows just how easy it is to become that size i want to watch it and see for myself as im a size 12 and absolutely hate my body it knocks me sick so hey if this works bein ill is well worth it
March 20th, 2007 at 9:26 am
just out of curiosity did anyone happen to tape this programme cos if they did and no longer require the tape i will glady pay for the video and postage and packaging at a suitable price.
March 21st, 2007 at 8:59 am
After having watched the programme myself, all I could think afterwards was that it had basically shown many girls/women how to crash diet….and how MUCH of a result could be achieved within a matter of weeks. For those of us who are more concerned about losing the weight, than some of the effects Louise experienced, like moodiness towards her husband….I felt this programme showed you how. Even my sister who worked for many years with girls suffering from eating disorders said exactly the same. All I could think at the end of the programme, was “…you have just shown me how to do it”….and I couldnt believe it! Louise even said towards the end that she was starting to fear ‘feeling full’ again. How dangerous for those women wanting to lose weight, copying what they saw Louise do, but with no doctor,support system, film crew to keep a close eye on them…..what happens to them when they too start to experience this fear of feeling full? This programme may have set out with the best of intentions, but I believe it did more harm than good
March 21st, 2007 at 1:15 pm
thnx louise i do a lot of sport and thought that i was fat but after watching this i feel better i dont care what other people say about my weight oh my god every one that thinks this programme has showed girls how to crash diet is wrong this is shown you the dangers of it, i rekon that size 0 models should be banned they are causing dangers to them selves and they are giving out the wronmg impression on young girls and even woman and rember muscle ways more than fat. xxxxx
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:30 am
louise i would not take a blind bit of notice to all these people saying your programme was a disgrace, you showed the nation how sick and horribly thin looking you went i thought you looked extremly well at the begging and think you have a lovley figure as au are now if what you did and listening to the doctor didnt scare people i dont no what will i think you were very brave what you done and you got you’r point across very well.x
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:20 am
What an excellent programme. A big thank you to Louise Redknapp, she as made a big impression on my daughter who is at a vunerable age. Emily as just turned 12 years old. She is now doing a project at school on size zero after watching the programme. She couldn’t believe how girls of similiar age were battling with there weight and how poorly it was making Louise feel…
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Does anyone know where can I get on hold with Dr. Carey private consultancy telephone number? I suffer from PCOS and overwight. I know that he is an expert in this matter. Thank you
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Hello, I am Amandas daughter and I am age 12. I thought the programme was brilliant. I thought Louise was very confident on doing what she did it was very brave and made me aware of how ill people can become just to be a size zero. Emily..
March 25th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Anyone thinking about doing a diet like Louise, think first about whether or not you want to have children later in life, because believe me, you will seriously damage yourself. I know only too well. It’s simply not worth it. There are other ways to lose weight and in a far safer way. You may hate the way you look now, but imagine having no muscles and barely being able to walk a flight of stairs without feeling utterly exhausted. If I could turn back time…. I don’t have that chance to put things right. It’s simply too late. The damage has been done for me. It’s not too late for you. I have a diet which guarantees to shed you pounds and it’s written by a doctor. I will happily give it to anyone who wants to try it. Leave a message on here and I’ll send it to you. Please, do not follow the diet Louise did. It has unreversible consequences.
March 26th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Ohhhhhhhh Melanie C
you make me smile
and you make me laugh
you fat cow
March 26th, 2007 at 10:55 am
SUCK ME BEAUTIFUL
March 27th, 2007 at 10:24 am
Hi. I watched this documentary and felt very sad. I am really really fat and i hate the way i look. I want to be a size zero but i know it will take me forever to get down to such a small size. I eat and eat every single day, every single afternoon and every single evening. I even wake up in the middle of the night and eat loads of shit. I hate the way that this makes me feel. I have so many health problems, and i don’t know what to do anymore. I can’t take it to be honest. I can’t fit into nice and pretty clothes from the local high stores. I have to make my own clothes, [size 34], and i just hate the way people look at me when i am in town. I can’t even fit behind my steering wheel in my car. Imagine how that makes me feel? I want to do something to make me lose weight, but i just don’t know anymore. I need help. Please help me. Before this gets to far.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:55 am
I watched this programme the other week and although I kept telling myself it didn’t affect me in any way, I was wrong. Last night I made myself throw up for the first time. Today I feel sort of numb. I’m not proud of what I did and would hate for any of my family to know what I did, but there was undeniably a feeling of happiness watching all that I’d stuffed down my throat come back up. I wouldn’t say I was over weight by a long way, I’m 5ft 3″ and weigh 8st. Since watching the programme I made a conscious effort to watch what I eat and I have lost about 5lb.
But now I fear becoming fat. My family are all overweight and I fear becoming like them. I would consider myself quite a sensible person and eat healthily and excersise regularly but last night I was home on my own and my food cravings took over. After scoffing on a large pack of crisps, baked potato & curry, orange and then to top it off a chocolate muffin I was ashamed that all the hard work I’d put in over the last 3 weeks had just been wasted.
I’ve attempted to make myself sick before but have never succeeded, I’ve always got to the gagging stage and stopped myself. Last night all I had to do was visualise Louise and her figure and I just kept going. I know the effects this can have on my body, and do feel that I’m becoming a bit obsessed. I lack confidence and feel like I have to make up for it by looking good. I think I’m strong enough not to let this get out of hand but isn’t this what they all say? I’m affraid of this becoming a regular thing. I have such an urge to talk to someone about the way I feel but feel trapped, who do I turn to?
If anyone feels the same I’d love to hear from you, it’d be nice to know I’m not alone in my feelings, and am a total fruit cake!
Beth 29/3
March 29th, 2007 at 9:55 am
Hi Melanie, you sound as tho your self-esteem is at an all time low. I have suffered in past years with similar confidence lows and have really needed a kick up the backside to get myself motivated. You obviously know you have a bit of work to do and all I can say is follow a plan or get involved where other people are in similar positions. I joined Weight Watchers which I found very difficult to follow but Slimming World was my aid. I lost four stone in a year and even tho it was hard it was well worth it in the end, I have got the biggest appetite ever and I didnt go hungry at all!!! Sometimes you have to take control and realise that the person you want to be isnt an impossible task its just a matter of a bit of hard work. Dont aim for unrealistic and unattractive tiny sizes. First aim for say three dress sizes smaller in the space of two months. Now is the perfect time, just think you’re a size 34 now, by Summer you could be a 30 or even 28. By Christmas you could be down closer to a 20!!! Think how that would boost your confidence. If I can do it you certainly can!!! I hope you find a more confident you soon, your wasting your years like I did, I just wish I had done it earlier.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:03 am
Hi Beth, its really sad reading your entry here. To me you sound like you have the perfect weight, I am the same height as you and weigh almost three stone more!! It always disturbs me when people know they are doing wrong but cant stop. I dread being sick naturally and could never ever force it on myself. If you do what you say you and exercise regularly and have generally a healthy lifestyle maybe you just need a confidence boost rather than to lose weight, you need to have more to think about other than this. Maybe join a group or a class. Kickboxing is fantastic or join a clubbing group where you meet lots of poeple like yourself who just meet up to go and party somewhere! This will give you so much more confidence to meet new people and hopefully improveyour self-image, you dont sound like you have anything wrong with you to me!!! You are what I am meant to be!!!
March 29th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Thanks very much mate.
Bom chicka wah wahhhh!!
big it up for south downs college
March 30th, 2007 at 1:39 am
I am exactly the same as Beth, only 3 years on and much worse and in a terrible, dangerous state of health. I understand how you feel and binge on far more than you have described and do it constantly throughout the day and evening, even when not alone I have to be on my own to feed my habit. I can’t stop it and it’s been going on for years. I have kept this secret to myself for almost 3 1/2 years and have nobody to talk to because I’m too ashamed to dare tell anyone. But I am in a very poor state of health. I have never stuck my fingers down my throat, but I can be sick by just leaning on the toilet and making myself sick that way. I am completely obsessed and it’s totally taken over my life. Please talk to someone, anyone, just don’t let yourself get to the state I’m in. I don’t know what to do to stop myself. I’ve tried so hard, so many times, but just can’t. It seems it’s all I have in my life which is I why I can’t cope if I can’t do it. I am just under 7 stone and the same height as you and have many side effects, most of all am no doubt facing infertility. Please get help from someone, before it goes too far. I know mine comes down to self-esteem and control because I am so unhappy generally. I do understand what you’re going through, but you need to stop it before it escalates. I wouldn’t wish how I live my life on anyone. I am 28.
March 30th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
well done to louise for her bravery. i am currantly trying to lose wait and now i no that the crash diet is not the way so i am going to do it the long and prober way. she has been such an espiration to everyone. i would not have liked to put myself or my body in that place of mind or even emmptemt of being a size zero. thank you louise for your help.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:33 am
Random quotes to keep me motivated:
. the best things in life are (fat) free
. Kylie and skinny went to bed, kylie rolled over and skinny was dead
. fridge pickers wear BIG knickers
.I’ve come to far to take orders from a cookie
The greasy fry, it cannot lie, it’s truth is written on my thigh
. i am not afraid of heights- afraid of widths
. food is like art, only to be looked at
. eat it once, taste it twice
.digestion, what’s that??
. the truth is you could slit my throat and with my last gasping breath, i’d apologise for bleeding on your shirt
April 1st, 2007 at 4:33 pm
I’m 15 years old, 5ft 4 inches and i weigh 130lbs. I feel really fat! My mates tell me i’m not fat and i can normally fit into clothes size 10/12 but i still feel really overweight! Am I?? xx
April 1st, 2007 at 7:40 pm
roxy – to keep u motivated – y not fink of the pain n damage u r doin – if u seriously feel this way then mayb u shuld get help cus it aintnormal hun
i suffer from a eating disorder – it isnt something i have chosen to do its a mental illness
dus it not bover u the pain u r causin not only u but others around and leavin so called motivational posts sayin stuf lyk tht on a site tht is about a program tht was supose to preventppl wantin 2 reach a size 0 – i agree it wasnt the best way to show it but jst fink of the yung impresionable girls ( and boys) tht may read ur comment n take note of it its one fing u wantin it but its anuva u promotin it 2 others im sorry if i sound bang out writin this bk 2 u but im worried for not only u but others tht will read it
plz plz plz take note n mayb fink of gettin help – do u want to damge urself further – kill urself slowly ? thts wat it wil do u may feel thts the only way u can b happy but thts becus u r probably ill
take care
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:24 pm
i have the same problem as becca! i’m a girl, 15 years old (16 in 4 months) 5 ft 4 inches and weighing 134lbs! I feel so overweight!! is this a normal weight?? please someone tell me
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:53 pm
becky n leanne ur bmi is normal u arnt fat so dunt fink it ok u r fine the way u r its normal dunt let anyone tel u different – tryin 2 lose weight for u would b unhealthy becky ur frends r tellin the truth trust them im sure they would tell ya if ya wernt ( ppl seem to b cruel lyk tht n point out inperfections) but hun u r fine at tht weight ur bmi is the normal range aslong as u eat healthy ( the ryt amount of calories) n do sum exercsie thers no need to worry ( the rite amount of cals is 2000 btw even mor if u do alot of exercise n u can get away wid half an hour walk n b healthy so dunt worry
April 4th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
To Becca and Leanne:
In all honesty, you guys have absolutely NOTHING to worry about!!!! your weights are totally fine and those who say that you are fat, well they’re just jealous!! Accepting who you really are is important but i know how difficult it can be because i can’t seem to be able to. Can i just say to Becca that size 10/12 is the norm (even a bit under). Did you know that Marilyn Monroe was a size 12? and she looked fab!
lots of love
April 11th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Have you lot got nothing better to think about than this??? It all seems so shallow!!! At least your all bloody healthy and should be grateful you havent got real problems.
Most of you have got bigger issues with your spelling and grammar than with your weight.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
I posted a comment a while back as I would like to know how to put weight back on. I’m not a person who has lost weight out of dieting or anything like that but just stress, not living properly and looking after myself. I am worried by what you said Nikki, about being 7 stone and facing infertility. I am 27 and have lost a whole stone and half in 3 months, am now 6 stone! I don’t want to be this weight. I am 5′2 so am naturally petite like Louise, but she looked ill. I feel ill and I have not exercised properly in about 7/8 years. I would really like a contact or some information from someone (maybe louise herself) about what programme she followed to put on the weight again. As it is very dangerous for example to eat processed food and eat what you normally eat. I find small portions fill me up, and I can’t seem to have a healthy apetite and I think the doctor mentioned she must exercise when she goes back to her normalish diet to turn all that food into muscle rather than fat.. which can make you ill. I think someone called Natalie in a post also asked about this diet and training programme Louise used for after the show to ‘get back to normal’. I have tried searching on the net but only get stupid crash dieting the other way (to lose weight!). I want to know how to gain weight in a healthy way so I can reverse this horrible weightloss which makes you feel so ill.
please does anyone know what diet and fitness programme Louise used to get back to normal weight??? or does anyone know a contact/site or how to contact her or the doc to find out about it?
April 18th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
I am appalled by the program I have just sat down to watch… Did she not realise that now all young girls who do not weigh in at 7 stone 10 ib like she does, will now think they are fat. Not only has she given girls tips on how to lose weight but made them realise they can achive this within a month. Louise you really should have thought about what affect this has on young girls, before you get on TV & flaunt you “CURVEY” size 8… Pathetic!
Shame!
April 18th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
well this was aired in AUS last night.
I am 29y/o and have been suffering with anorexia since I was about 13y/o. I have been hospitalised many times but have been at a stable weight for the past 2yrs although my eating is far from ‘normal’ I am the most stable i have been in a long time.
now this program triggered the hell out of me, but that is my stuff.
I found it sad that she and her husband were calling herself ‘curvy’ at her starting weight and she had a bmi of under 20 (healthy bmi is between 20-25). WTF!!! she is under the healthy bmi and saying she is curvy – hmmmm!!!! I would think someone with a bmi of 23 to 25 would be curvy not someone who is underweight!!
anyways that is just my opinion.
I do think that it was important to show what ‘dieting/starving’ and over-exercise does to your mind and body but i am not sure it would stop anyone from going down this path. I know for me (someone who has struggled most of their life with an eating disorder) it just made me want to lose weight again, remembering how easy it is, how much control i had, how i loved the emptiness.
It did saddened me when she was talking to the young girls in the hospital cause it bought up so many memories of when i was in hospital and really struggling with anorexia but in a scary way I miss it sooo much
April 19th, 2007 at 11:49 am
Hey.
This show was an inspiration for me…a bad one at that. It made me think even more about my weight…she was not curvy at the beginning..she was waaaay skinnier than i have ever been..and when we was finished the 4 weeks..she didn’t even look too skinny. this made me think how easy it is to loose that weight! i’m trying to overcome and eating disorder and this didn’t help. i’m back on the wrong track once again. Thanks for the inspiration though! Bad for the young ones and everyone else watching though..it shouldn’t be an inspiration to anyone
April 19th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
I would love to be a size eight instead of my current size 12. but this really isnt the way forward. Obviously it is effective starvation, extreme in itself and encompasses extreme health risks:
– most importantly brain function- the brain uses glucose for energy. if you dont have any it uses ketones, which yes are broken down from fat, but this isnt effective. its unhealthy! it leads to acidosis, COMPRIMISED BRAIN FUNCTION and a whole load of other undesirable things.
Does this not bother any of you?
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:56 am
hiya i am 15 years old and watching this programme opened my eyes i am overweight. ppl say that a size 12-16 is bad but if you was my size then you would complain i am not writening this to get sympahy. well done louise!!!!
you have helped me i wanted to loose at least 7st but then i would be under-weight. it does my head in when skinny people say ” i am fat ” i know some ppl acctualy think they are but the ppl that just say it does my head in coz if they were my size then they would have something to moan about . good luck louise in your life xxx
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:42 am
I love melanie cox
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:46 pm
I have to agree with Ellie. At 5ft 3 and 7 stone I qualify as a size zero, BUT I have never dieted, and if anything eat more than my curvier friends. I have always been small, and probably always will be, and I find it extremely unfair that women like myself are continually labelled as unhealthy, “disgusting” and mentally unstable, while larger women receive the support and confirmation that we too deserve. Of course I agree that women should be discouraged from using unnatural diets and regimes to achieve a smaller size, yet just as we find it important to bear in mind when discussing obesity that some women are naturally larger, when discussing anorexia, natural “size zeroes” must also be taken into consideration and not insulted. I for one am sick of being told that I am “disgusting”, “not feminine” and essentially can never achieve any modicum of beauty. Our self-images matter too.
April 30th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
I have suffered from anorexia since I was 15 im now 27 and recovered. The truth about size 0 was a great program, it certainly showed the down sides of extreme slimming, and it was great to see some one not glamorizing that skinny is the best way to be. The media have far to much infuence over us now a days.
Its a shame though that Louise had to put her body through that just to show us that its not all its cracked up to be.
Claire
May 6th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
I wrote on here earlier and am so desperate to get help. Does anyone know what I can do to talk to someone? I’m just under 7 stone, severely bulimic and very desperate. I can’t take much more…….. Somebody please help me. I’m desperate for my periods to start again. They stopped over a year ago. Can anyone please help me? Please?
May 10th, 2007 at 6:59 am
nikki u must get help
mayb go to ur gp or a nurse then they can advise the best help for u and keep checks on how u r doin
r also suffer from bulimia and goin and gettin help was the first step to freedom from it its scary to go and get that help but they wont judge you they will be understanding and hopefull help towards finding the solution maybe if you dont feel you could talk to them you could ring the b-eat helpline not sure if you know about this website if u type edauk in google it should come up its a great site where you can talk to others with eating disorders and get supprt as well as use the helplines and talk to someone there who has understanding under 7 stone sounds like ur prob underweight (obv dependin on ur height n build – u deserv to be happy n hav a normal relationship with food take care keep strong and i hope u get the help u need and deserve
June 8th, 2007 at 9:47 am
i think you are stuid
June 15th, 2007 at 10:27 am
This program has provided tips no matter how much the doctor warns against “health risks”. Size 0 is beautiful, but more importantly, it makes you feel beautiful everytime you look in the mirror. Going through a centimeter or more of fat to get to bone is not attractive. The lifestyle is empowering and the so-called health risks are worth it. I know people out there will think I’m anonrexic and depraved, but really, the body can survive on 1200-1500 calories a day which is all I need to eat to stay a size 0. I like the androgynous not, not the “curvy” look, but that’s just me.
July 10th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
To Fifi, good concept but tall people aren’t just scaled up versions of short people. Yes, tall people generally have larger body frames than shorter people (although not always), but they are generally smaller in relation to their height compared to shorter people. This is why you often here how very tall people have bone problems, because their bones are proportionate to their height and this puts a lot of pressure on their joints.
Size/weight should be proportionate to both height AND build (more so build with regards to size). The measurements 29-22.5-31 would be quite underweight fo someone of 5ft3 and these are measurement of an 8-10 year old girl! The measurements that Louise ended up with were 32-24-32 and this already made her underweight for her height.
I’m 5ft2 with a wide pelvic structure, so without looking bony my hips could be a minimum of 36 inches around the widest part (this is a size 10). So for me being a less than a size 10 on my hips would not be curvy or healthy regardless of my height.
July 17th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
I’m a 14 year old normal teenage girl. I exercise regularyl, and eat the odd treat but i’m healthy.
i’m a 12 on bottom, 10 on top and i’m 5ft 10”.
before all the programs like these, i thought i was slimmer than most and lucky, which i suppose i still am. but because of all this hype, all my friends want to be size zero, discuss sizes and weight, and it makes me feel fat.
i’m sick now of going into places like zara (which are small sizing) and finding that even though i havn’t grown or put on weight, the size twelves that had room in a year ago are now v fitted verging on too tight.
and i gett reall insecure about it, and come home in tears.
i’m not alone here am i?
sizes are getting smaller aren’t they??
someone reply, i need reassurance!
July 17th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
and also, it’s annoying me that everyones making out that size 12 is curvy, when on a tall person it actually isn’t, or even a short onie for that matter!
and people are writing in sayin they are size 12 n want to lose a bit, when i don’t want to lose any at all.
actually, thinking about it, my body is toned and if i lost ay i would look lanky.
so im gonna stop being all wrapped up in my image and enjoy life now!
and i think you all should too.
July 27th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
I saw a similar program recently where they were making people aware of the whole size zero issue and think it is something that people really do need to take notice of as children younger and younger are thinking it’s good to be a size zero!! when I was looking into it (thats how I stumbled across this discussion) I noticed that Chico from the X Factor is bringing out a new single called Coca Cola Bottle Body that is all about how he thinks “size zero’s gotta go” he has done a really good interview about it here –> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LS7ieK-Lkb4 I think it’s brilliant that celebs are addressing this kinda thing now and for that I take my hat off to him and for that I gave him my support and text in to download the song.
I think if other celebs could get on this as well they could save lives!
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August 14th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
To Sam Pittman,
It doesn’t matter what height you are, if your BMI is too low this is unhealthy unless you are very small framed in relation to your height. Just because a woman is short, doesn’t make a low BMI or size 0 acceptable.
The only women that can carry off a size 0 have to be BOTH short AND small boned….not just one or the other. I know because I’m 5ft2 and when I was under 7 stone, I was a UK size 4 (US size 00) and I only had 12% body fat which was so low my periods stopped altogether! I was not just flat chested, but my colar bone and ribs were very prominent, my hips bones stuck out so much that it hurt to lay on my side. And I’m not exactly large framed, just average in build (but I’m quite athletic). So how that hell is that healthy huh?
I’m sick of hearing how it’s okay to be short and a size 0….it’s not unless you are naturally built that way!!
rant over > : O
August 16th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
this programme was really goood
August 30th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Shut up the lot of you! All self obsessed OH MY DAYS!!!!!!!!!!
Where did size 0 come from????? I had never even heard of it until a few years ago haha
You all buy into this size 0 crap by reading those stupid magazines slagging off thin people on one page then telling you to diet on the next. WAKE UP THE LOT OF YOU
September 12th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
i think that this is a stupid idea….
September 21st, 2007 at 10:16 am
OMG! how can some1 do tht to their body sizezero models are so skinny curvy models r the best!!
October 10th, 2007 at 10:23 am
I was not just flat chested, but my colar bone and ribs were very prominent, my hips bones stuck out so much that it hurt to lay on my side. And I’m not exactly large framed, just average in build (but I’m quite athletic). So how that hell is that healthy huh?
October 10th, 2007 at 10:30 am
This will give you so much more confidence to meet new people and hopefully improveyour self-image, you dont sound like you have anything wrong with you to me!!! You are what I am meant to be!!!
November 14th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
I Think The Whole Size Zero Thing Is Ridiculous!!!
I’m naturally a size 8/10… I do exercise, I eat balanced meals and I have my days when I completely pig out!!! It’s Normal!
I’ve actually sometimes wished I was a bit curvier. Ever gone into a shop and tried something on but couldn’t buy it because you didn’t have the curves or the boobs to hold it up nicely? I have! Yeh slim curves can make an outfit look hot, but so can curvier girls!!! But skeletal girls??? They just look ill. What boy in their right mind would fancy a girl with a body mass index the same size as their 8 year old little sister? That’s just wrong!!!
It Also Annoys Me When magazines highlight Celebrities “cellulite” or “flabby bits” because this just makes girls (and boys) of the same size or bigger feel fat and horrible! In My eyes, there’s no such thing as fat. There’s simply a body weight that is healthy and that people feel happy in!
All modelling agencies should only hire a model after a thorough health check has been done to ensure that the size they are at is their natural size!
Amber… x
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December 10th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
how can u actually kno if u r clunically underweight??? at school im constantly being told im too thin but i eat. i only skip breakfast and lunch unless i feel really ill/hungry. i eat at dinner.
but i do know its horrible to be anoerxic because i was for a while and had 2 keep it a secret from my parents, and if they hadn’t made me eat dinner, then i would have lost more than 3kg in 3/4 months!!
its all very well making a program about it, but what is actually being done??!!!! more well known help lines/support sites need to be promoted properly. anorexia isnt a small problem any more, it cant just keep being brushed under the carpet over and over again.
December 17th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
I believe this whole documentary is make-belief. She never zipped up the dress a the end of the documentary. And I know what kind of dramatic looks you can create with make-up to make the face seem smaller, the cheekbones more pronounced. A good photographer can make you look smaller and if you shoot film from slightly different angles everyone can look slim. Okay you’d have to be slim to start with, but if you have that, you can make up everything from getting fatter to an anorexic woman.
December 28th, 2007 at 11:27 am
just goes to show what a bunch of naffs the poms can be, particularly this barbie doll, good luck Louise cos looks don’t last
January 16th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
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January 16th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
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January 16th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Hmm what was Louise promoting and highlighting here?………..
Very probably nothing more than LOUISE!
But yeah, thanks for all the tips on how to kick start that eating disorder
February 1st, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I really am glad that this program was aired.
It shows that that industry think a size 8 is curvy when it is not
being naturally thin myself I now feel the urge to go from my normal weight of 7.0 stone to around the 6.6 mark then I might look at myself in a different light
x
May 19th, 2008 at 8:10 am
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June 2nd, 2008 at 11:54 am
I Think The Whole Size Zero Thing Is Ridiculous!!!
I’m naturally a size 8/10… I do exercise, I eat balanced meals and I have my days when I completely pig out!!! It’s Normal!
I’ve actually sometimes wished I was a bit curvier. Ever gone into a shop and tried something on but couldn’t buy it because you didn’t have the curves or the boobs to hold it up nicely? I have! Yeh slim curves can make an outfit look hot, but so can curvier girls!!! But skeletal girls??? They just look ill. What boy in their right mind would fancy a girl with a body mass index the same size as their 8 year old little sister? That’s just wrong!!!
It Also Annoys Me When magazines highlight Celebrities “cellulite” or “flabby bits” because this just makes girls (and boys) of the same size or bigger feel fat and horrible! In My eyes, there’s no such thing as fat. There’s simply a body weight that is healthy and that people feel happy in!
All modelling agencies should only hire a model after a thorough health check has been done to ensure that the size they are at is their natural size!
xx lucy xx
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October 3rd, 2008 at 5:43 pm
I am currently doing an investigation into how advertising effects us, anorexia is the top problem which keeps arrising due to young girls feeling under presure, and self conscious about their looks.
I think this was a very brave thing for you to do, but also it kind of just shows young girls how to get THAT skinny in just 30 days. These secret TIPS, on how to do so, should not have been on tv.
November 19th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I was bought a sewing machine recently as a wedding present as for the last 4 or more years i have struggled to find clothes that fit. I tend to wear size 8 clothes from shops as even though the are a little big for my waist its the the only size i can fit my natural 32F breasts into to. My hips are a standard size 8.
However, the problems ive had with finding clothes to fit and generally looking good in any clothes has reduced my confidence to zero. I am 5′4″ and eat whatever i like but recently i have wondered why i dont look good. The simple fact is that even if i was a size zero id still look wrong in half the clothes out there because my proportions are so strange and the shops dont cater to my size. I wouold much rather wear a size 14 and alter it to fit my waist then look like a sack of potatoes in a bulging/sagging size 6 top!
I measured myself the other day to see how i fitted into the shops standard ’sizing’ chart. According to them im a size 18 chest, size 10 waist and a size 0 hips!! Which is infact crazy as my hips are the only part of me that IS normal on me and i know for a FACT theyre a size 8. It confused me so much i re-took my measurements and even explored the sizing guides from other shops- which were all different!! So how the hell can us women figure out what size we’re supposed to wear??? How the hell can we look good when half of us are in clothes too tight or too baggy??? Being size 0 would make no difference to how i’d look in clothes. Being 6 stone (as i have been before) just left me cold at the bus stop, moody and incredibly weak.
I dont think the problem is with wanting to be skinny, the problem is with not being able to find clothes that actually fit us and make us look sexy. Ignore sizing girls and just wear what fits. Then when you look in the mirror you wont have things pulling, tugging and squeezing fat allover the place (muffin top anyone?) When you wear something that fits you automatically look slimmer and more comfortable. Fact.
December 21st, 2008 at 1:33 am
This made me want to try it. Not really what it intended to do I don’t think!
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:23 am
I really thought that this program was great. I think it was a very good idea showing just what someone goes through when trying to be so small(too small). Bravo. I am going to have my daughter who is 16 years old watch this, I hope she too learns from your experience.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:10 pm
…x…x…x…x…x…Louise is an inspiratiokn to all of us!!!
She Very pretty and she went skinny to do this show and i think she was not as pretty wen she was her normal size!!
…x…x…x…x…x…
February 7th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
I’m 14 years old and since last year have been on heavy steroids sue to my Chronic ashtma, I was a size 10 at 8 stone but am now size 16 at 11 stone I am so so unhappy with my body and cry every night. This programme has helped me to start losing weight but am finding it very hard.
February 7th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
I think louise was doing a great thing i am 7stone 2ibs but want to be 6 stone not size 2 but i love thin fat peolple come across normal aswell i used to be so thin wen i was young but i was to young to notice and apreashate it i think wieght and size doesnt matter as long as u like the way u look and u feel happy and healthy !!!x
February 7th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
hi louise,just finished watching your size o programe on itv 3.You have got some guts to go through with that stupid diet and execise routin knowing it was doing your body no good but it was a eye opener for me to see the differance it made to your body sharpe and condition.I can not see how that fitness guy barry can justifier a training routine like that for some one who was obiversely already in what i would say was an ideal sharpe to go through in order to become dangerously close to a life or death situation.As for that photographer to say you looked better from behind the lence was just what every up and coming model and agent wanted to hear to justifer thier arguement for size 0.I,m gald to read you are back to your former self and really healthly again.I do hope you are going to use your new noledge to help more mis-guilded young models to fight the size 0 mentalty of modeling agency bosses.
February 7th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Do you not think Louise was targeted for the show as she is small already???? And the ‘experiment’ lasted 30days as she didnt have that much to lose?? if they had a more ‘normal’ sized woman who wasnt small it wouldve taken a lot longer to get to AMERICAN SIZE ZERO remember thats a UK SIZE 4 if she had to get to a uk size zero she wouldve had to lose at least 1 more stone it sounds more shoking to place the size in american terms
To the man that stated there wasnt anything mentioned about male eating disorders there was ment to be a show called ’starved’ which focused on 3 men and 1 woman who had eating disorders but they stopped it but its still on youtube
To the lady that thought the sizes are getting smaller in shops….. yes they really are! and most shops are actually sizeist and make the sizes intentionaly smaller to provoke you to lose weight and feel bad about yourselves but dont cause if we all looked like the models they have in the windows of shops we wouldnt be able to function as normal women! if we were all ment to be the same size we all would be the same size!
dont beat yourself up about it, be original and live your life and enjoy going out for dinner and pigging out once in a while, lifes for living not for stuffing your head down a toilet to throw up after every meal!
we can change the way the world works by choosing to ignore the skinny stick like ‘models’ and the magazines that make us feel bad about ourselves
JUST DONT BUY THEM!! them they will go away and leave us to live our normal lives without judging ourselves and crying over our diets- if you eat healthy you wont cry about it and you will be healthy
February 8th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Hi all,
I saw this prog last night it was repeated on itv2.
I can see why Louise did it to outline the severe health problems to crash dieting but I have to say that I agree with most people on here she was 7 stone when she started so someone who is 7 stone wouldn’t need to crash diet they should have got someone who was bigger and un happy with their weight in the first place. I am 5 foot 5 inch’s and weigh 8 and a half stone, like all girls I feel I am fat and need to loose weight even though people tell me all the time how skinny I am I was hoping that watching the prog last night would make me want to stop hating my weight and accept I am normal but instead watching Louise, made me feel even fatter and I was comparing myself with her through out the prog and feeling fat as she was only 7 stone they should have got someone NORMAL to do this prog.
February 24th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
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