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my sister
My big sister lives in New York by herself (my family is from Texas) and she used to be a dancer and now she does high fashion runway modeling. She was just down here visiting and she was talking to me about her eating habits and how she stays thin because I've always wondered how she's a size zero in pants (she's 5'7 or 8). She said that all she eats during the day is a good breakfast and a sandwich or a salad during the day and thats it. I was wondering if this is healthy or not. I mean she isn't anorexic because she eats just not as much.
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That really does not sound healthy. Everything I have read indicates that the healthiest way to live is to eat many small meals throughout the day.
In my opinion she is depriving her body of the nutrients that it requires. What she is doing is not exactly starvation (though somewhat close to it), so its difficult to say what long term effects it might have- since I am not a medical practitioner or anything like that. All I can say is that its generally not healthy and it might be possible that she is exposing herself to some of the same health risks as anorexics.
One thing I can say on this topic is that when you eat too little and/or too rarely your body switches to famine mode. It thinks food is scarce and that it must conserve resources (to keep you alive). This slows down your metabolism (which from a weight loss perspective is counter productive). This means that it is far more likely to burn muscle rather than fat, it is more likely to store excess calories as fat, and it leaves you with much less energy than you would otherwise have.
Almost worst of all is that this is totally uneccessary. One can easily eat more often during the day without risking gaining weight, and while being much kinder to your body's long term health. Look at bodybuilders for example. They are amongst the most nutrition conscious bunch out there, and they have a bodyfat percentage lower than pretty much any athlete. Yet they eat some serious amounts, and they eat usually every three hours. Of course they expose themselves to hard routines etc, but the point is that their metabolism is working like a blast furnace.
Anyway, hope this was of some help to you. I might suggest running this past mikecft (who is our local fitness expert here on advicenators) and I am sure he can add/ correct my little rant here :)
Good luck
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