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  • Size Zero Envy, Anorexia and Thinspiration

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    Links and quotes around the Size Zero phenomenon, jeans and beauty, thinspiration and anorexia as a lifestyle, peace to Ana Carolina Reston.

    Gisele Bündchen: Fashion's credo less is more -- the road to anorexia --

    The majority of women will look on in amusement, exasperated perhaps that the fashion industry still worships the thin physique so stridently but savvy to the fact that this elite clique has little to do with our reality.

    However, for an increasingly vocal few, this warped aesthetic is affirmation that their pursuit of thinness is positive and life changing. The Pro-ana movement seeks to redefine our understanding of eating disorders through an affiliation of websites that embrace anorexia as a lifestyle choice.

    Size Zero! --

    Remember when women aspired to be a perfect size 10? Well, forget that notion because these days a size 10 is seen as positively obese -- at least in Hollywood.

    A disturbing new phenomenon is heading across the Atlantic that deems the new ideal size an astonishing size zero -- that's a teensy UK size 4.

    [...]

    Yet spurred on by a growing legion of super-skinny celebs including reality show star Nicole Richie, Superman actress Kate Bosworth and our own "skinny icon" Victoria Beckham, size 0 is now touted not only as an attainable, but a must-get goal by dedicated followers of fashion.

    The trend is being forged in Los Angeles, where "thin" has long equalled happy but where "size-zero envy" is the new buzz-phrase on people's lips.

    "Negative" Sizing: The Size Zero Debate --

    But how many of us know anyone with a waist smaller than 23 inches or a bust that is no larger than 31 inches? Apparently, anyone who shops at Marc Jacobs is a likely candidate.

    They call them the Size 0 Girls and most weigh not much more --

    The upscale meat packing district of lower Manhattan is where the beautiful people gather after dark. Tottering in their high heels over cobblestones come wave after wave of immaculately groomed young women, their tummies concave, their legs like toothpicks, and with waists so teeny-tiny they're optical illusions.

    Holding up a Pair of Size Zero jeans...

    ... seemed to bring home to these women how hard and unhappy life must be as a female celebrity.

    The Mindset: Anorexia and Thinspiration

    Fat Independence: Be Perfect... Be Beautiful... Be You

    Anorexia may be a harmful activity. We do not encourage this activity.

    Here is a Pro Ana Webring with motivation and advice --

    Make an ANA scrapbook with pics of skinny models. Write down all the reasons you want to lose weight. Keep track of everything you eat. Look at it daily for thinspiration.

    • The only freedom left is the freedom to starve.
    • Giving in to food shows weakness, be strong and you will be better than everyone else.
    • You aren't defeated when you lose, you're only defeated when you quit!
    • Do not give up on what you want most for what you want at the moment.
    • Nothing matters when I'm thin.
    • An imperfect body reflects an imperfect person.
    • Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
    • I'm not starving myself. I'm perfecting my emptiness.
    • It's not deprivation, it's liberation.
    • Craving is only a feeling.
    • Thin is a skill.
    • What's in your fingers today is on your hips tomorrow.
    • Quod me nutrit, me destruit (What nourishes me also destroys me.)
    • What the scale says is the most important thing.
    • Being thin and not eating are signs of true willpower and success.

    With Inspirational Art in many thin shapes and forms, the goals are set.

    Cravings: Satisfy or Resist?

    Give in to cravings or employ all the willpower it takes to suppress and eventually defeat the longing? Is it about indulging in the forbidden fruit or about replenishing the desperately needed fuel?

    Desperately needed fuel.

    Just in case... there are some healthy ways to lose the last pound of fat --

    10 Diet Tips for Successful, Sustainable Fatloss and Long-Term Health Benefits

    General dieting principles based on common -- yet often ignored -- sense.

    The Secret Connection between Loosing Fat and Eating Healthily

    Resolve to become more healthy and drop the fat automatically.

    You may even want to try something like the Get Shredded Diet. Here is (almost) all it takes --

    Your body weight in lbs x 10kcal

    Here are two more and promising ways to become a size zero --

    Try this one to firm and flatten your abs. Quickly shrink your waistline, lose body fat, eliminate low back pain and develop great abs. If this doesn't bring the results, Fat loss 4 idiots surely will.

    Well, I am sure the discipline and initial willpower is yours already...

    Pro-Ana

    A 21-year-old Brazilian model died of anorexia...

    ... one day before she was scheduled to fly to Paris for a photo shoot, local media reported Wednesday.

    Ana Carolina Reston was 1.74 meters (5.6 feet) tall and weighed 40 kilos (88 pounds) when she died on Tuesday.

    Here is a picture: Luto! Ana Carolina Reston. Check out Carolina at Elite: The Elite Model Brasil 2005

    Rest in peace, Carolina.

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  • WOW: Your Health, Your Happiness and Your Beauty

    Resolve to improve.

    Eat one apple as soon as possible and ideally eat it instead of something unhealthy. Too hard? Eat it in addition.

    You not only make the first step but you improve your health in a practical way that you can build upon. Every little thing, every decision in favor of good health is great. You don't need to change any habit -- at least not for now -- eat exactly what you always eat but add that apple and you will end up healthier than ever before.

    The idea is, of course, to raise your awareness but you don't need an elaborate diet plan or starvation routines or a mean workout program to get that beautiful life started.

    WOW features regular, original, and always fresh content. It takes care of health and fitness as well as on general life issues. Hacking life from the inside. Make sure to check it out. There is something for everyone.

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