Guest guest Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 You sound very centered! I am so glad.  Livingston ________________________________ To: insideoutweightloss Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 12:10 PM Subject: Re: Newbie.  , Not to worry; I know that the modeling industry has outrageous standards and believe me, I've heard the horror stories. I'm lucky enough to have gone to college, gotten an education, and am not quite so easily influenced by the agencies and their ridiculous rules as other girls are. Many of them start out at only 15! I can't even imagine the psychological problems they develop. Actually, when I was first " discovered " (I feel so lame using that word, haha) my agent told me that it should only take me a month to lose three whole inches around my hips! I was a 135 lbs. I lost an inch easily the first month (when I dropped two lbs. of fat by changing my work out and reducing junk food), but now it's considerably slowed down and the past two months have been snailing along. I realized how full of crap my agent was; he's 40 lbs. overweight and unhealthy, and he was telling me how long it was going to take for me lose my hips. I had to check in with myself and ask: Why am I listening to him? He just wants to make money off of me. He has no idea what he's talking about. He was just trying to push me so that he could start making money. If we wants me to be a model, he can get over it and wait until I reach my goal in the healthy way. So, after realizing he wasn't the best person to trust when it came to weight loss, I decided to do my own research into food, focus on being 100 percent healthy, and I found 's podcast. I don't want to be anorexic or bulimic, and if being a 35 inch hip means I can only eat once a week -- then forget it. This is more so an experiment for me: can I get to a 35 and do it in a healthy way? Can I be happy with what I'm eating and not obsess over exercise and the foods I put in my mouth and still be a model? Can I make all healthy choices because it makes me feel good? I think I can -- with the help of and all of you in this group, of course. Thanks for caring, though, . Really. It means a lot. - Krissy > > Krissy, Welcome. Please be careful. You do not have a weight issue. You are not overweight. It is our society that is odd and the modeling business that is crazy. I would hate to see someone basically so healthy and ovbiously beautiful get an eating disorder. Letting your weight fall and engaging in eating disordered behavior (fasting and over exercising) can to developing and eating disorder and at that point you begin to lose a lot of control over your own behaviors - it can be deadly. Please put your health first and your career second. Good Luck to you.  Livingston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hi Krissy: I am so impressed with you! Congratulations on getting this opportunity and having a great attitude about it!! Try changing the word experiment to intend and so how that feels for you. " I INTEND to get to a 35 and do it in a healthy way, " " I INTEND to be happy with what I'm eating and CHOOSE not to obsess over exercise and the foods I put in my mouth as I pursue my modeling career, " etc. My favorite always is to say I INTEND TO RELAX AND HAVE FUN WITH THIS!! YOU ROCK!! Love, > , > > Not to worry; I know that the modeling industry has outrageous > standards and believe me, I've heard the horror stories. I'm lucky > enough to have gone to college, gotten an education, and am not > quite so easily influenced by the agencies and their ridiculous > rules as other girls are. Many of them start out at only 15! I can't > even imagine the psychological problems they develop. > > Actually, when I was first " discovered " (I feel so lame using that > word, haha) my agent told me that it should only take me a month to > lose three whole inches around my hips! I was a 135 lbs. I lost an > inch easily the first month (when I dropped two lbs. of fat by > changing my work out and reducing junk food), but now it's > considerably slowed down and the past two months have been snailing > along. I realized how full of crap my agent was; he's 40 lbs. > overweight and unhealthy, and he was telling me how long it was > going to take for me lose my hips. > > I had to check in with myself and ask: Why am I listening to him? He > just wants to make money off of me. He has no idea what he's talking > about. He was just trying to push me so that he could start making > money. If we wants me to be a model, he can get over it and wait > until I reach my goal in the healthy way. > > So, after realizing he wasn't the best person to trust when it came > to weight loss, I decided to do my own research into food, focus on > being 100 percent healthy, and I found 's podcast. I don't want > to be anorexic or bulimic, and if being a 35 inch hip means I can > only eat once a week -- then forget it. > > This is more so an experiment for me: can I get to a 35 and do it in > a healthy way? Can I be happy with what I'm eating and not obsess > over exercise and the foods I put in my mouth and still be a model? > Can I make all healthy choices because it makes me feel good? > > I think I can -- with the help of and all of you in this > group, of course. > > Thanks for caring, though, . Really. It means a lot. > > - Krissy > > > > > > Krissy, > > Welcome. Please be careful. You do not have a weight issue. > You are not overweight. It is our society that is odd and the > modeling business that is crazy. I would hate to see someone > basically so healthy and ovbiously beautiful get an eating > disorder. Letting your weight fall and engaging in eating > disordered behavior (fasting and over exercising) can to developing > and eating disorder and at that point you begin to lose a lot of > control over your own behaviors - it can be deadly. Please put > your health first and your career second. Good Luck to you. > >  Livingston > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Hi Krissy, There's a huge margin of error when measuring. If you aren't in EXACTLY the same place at EXACTLY the same angle, you can be off by a lot. That's why it's usually not recommended to measure more than once a MONTH. So keep that in mind if you're not seeing the results you expect. I wonder... If this agent thinks you'd be great " if only " , what if you shop around for an agent who thinks you're amazing NOW? You could do this while still working towards that 35, if you want, but it's a way of putting out to the Universe that you know you're already fabulous. Good luck! > > > Lori, > > I know my case isn't particularly conventional; I know I'm not overweight, and I'm glad you didn't stand up and shout at me. ;p > ..... > The first month, I would measure myself every day -- obsessing over the inches. ... > > In the second month of my journey, I decided that I would only look at my body in the mirror and measure myself ONCE every THREE days, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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