Christina Ricci - now and then

[Flaxbee]

Why so thin?

Now:



Cannes, earlier this week:



2003:

[Mutley]

1. I always thought she looked really cute back in the day.

As in the 2003 picture.

Then she lost a lot of weight for Black Snake Moan. Now... holy hell. She looks like crap.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

2. She's always had eating disorder issues.

Take a look at some of her pix from the 90s, as a younger teenager. She's talked fairly openly about her bulimia/anorexia in the past. She has probably hit a bit of trouble lately, or has taken it off for a role she's been cast in. :shrug:

[madinmaryland]

3. IBTL!

:hi:

[Flaxbee]

4. hiya, mad!

did I do something bad? Lockable?

[madinmaryland]

5. Well..

If my daughter (Q) looked like that i'd be really upset.

And she wants to look like that first pic (she hasn't seen it)

:grr:

Just her Dad speaking!

:hi:

[Flaxbee]

6. young girls and food -

and all the twigs like Paris and Nicole Richie don't help at all. Damn Rachel Zoe "stylist" who had all those young stars looking gaunt and skeletal.

In high school, I got really, really thin - I'm 5'7" and was 105, watching what I ate, never finishing any meal, etc.. I'd lost a lot of weight with a really bad case of the flu, and then just worked to keep it off. Never got into the overexercising thing, or purging, or anything - just restricted my intake. My dad is a psychiatrist who treated people with eating disorders (!) and he and my mom (a nurse) were pretty low-key. But then again, I never tipped over into full-on anorexia, and finally decided that being uncomfortable when I sat down b/c my ass was so bony was no fun.

Also had a few friends, and a few guys I was dating, tell me I was too thin. And I listened.

I think a lot of it is just being vigilant, really watching a kid's stress levels, and not pushing (unless it becomes necessary).


:hi: back -- you guys have anything planned for the weekend? We're probably just going to lie low - avoid the roads, maybe go for a few hikes if the weather cooperates.

[madinmaryland]

7. Well

Q is not quite that way. She just does not eat much, except for cheezits!

Anyway we don't have much planned for the weekend. Sonia had a cat moment this evening during Jeopardy. She's had her cat momemts, but it's just REALLY cute when she lets go and becomes a real cat!! BTW, Sonia is the Food Nazi in the morning! The boys are happy to sleep in late in teh morning (me included!!!), but not Sonia! Come 4:30am she's awake and ready to eat!!