Alanis Morisette’s Weight Story
November 2, 2009 in Then and Now by Versus
You might remember that 35 year-old Alanis Morisette lost weight last year – People Magazine has a detailed story about it:
Morissette is proud of her new, fit body – because, for the first time, she achieved it in a healthy manner. In addition to her workout regiment, Morissette, 35, follows a mostly vegan diet inspired by Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s book Eat to Live. “I’m eating like an adult rather than like a 7-year-old at a candy store,” she says. “Now, around food, I can be trusted.”
The star’s eating issues began in her early teens, when the budding singer was told by a music exec that she had to lose weight if she wanted to succeed. She quickly took the criticism to an extreme, turning to anorexia and bulimia. “I’d go up and down at least 20 lbs. fast – sometimes in two weeks,” says Morissette, who became “covert, lonely and isolated.” After years of feeling helpless, she reached a turning point at age 17 when a friend “followed me to the bathroom,” she says. “I just started sobbing. She held me, and that was the beginning of the end. I took myself to therapy.”
But Morissette insists there was no heavy emotional issue behind her weight gain last year – not even her highly publicized 2007 split from fiance Ryan Reynolds… “Any breakup I’ve been through, the weeks following are fragile,” she admits. “But when I go through emotional shifts in life, I actually don’t eat as much.” So what was the cause behind the curves? Simply having fun on the road. “I was eating Italian food at two in the morning, drinking wine and margaritas,” says Morissette, who dubbed this period her “Indulgence Tour.” “It was the most fun I’ve ever had! But I didn’t want to stay there…”
[Inset information] The Book. Morrissette’s “redefining moment” came when she discovered Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s diet, which stresses nutrient-dense foods such as cucumbers and collards. “It was a big lifestyle change for me.”
Her Meals. The singer starts out with a spinach banana smoothie and then digs into a kale salad for lunch. For a snack, she’ll have her favorite grapefruit.
Mini indulgences. “If I’m PMSing and I really need chocolate, I’ll eat the chocolate.”
See a before & after after the jump!
It looks more than 20 pounds to me, around 35-40, maybe.
i hate that the celebrities even though they r lying they promote diets like written by doctors.The answer is liposuction massage and lots of beauty salon with fat dissolving acid injections,and of course a diet but not as restrictive as they say…money can do anything…
I don’t know, I believe her. One of the things we were taught in IP was about doing raw and vegan diets which is believed to get rid the anxiety and stress associated with food.
You were hospitalized for an eating disorder and they ENCOURAGED to do raw and vegan diets? Or were they saying that a lot of people use them to try and restrict “bad for you” (aka calorically-dense) foods from their diets?
ya thats bs… if your ip they definitely would be completely against that.. thats total ed behavior right there
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The many reasons that in ED clinics they introduce vegetarian/vegan diets are:
1) It’s the easiest thing to re-introduce to someone’s body after starvation – these types of foods take the least amount of work to break down other than pureed food
2) Its much easier to convince a calorie counter to eat something like raw broccoli which they can consider “safe” food, which will start to *as the above poster mentioned* alleviate some of the tension surrounding the anxiety of eating. Over time, eating a plate of vegetables becomes the norm and new things can be introduced just the same way raw veggies were.
3) Many of these girls are missing essentials vitamins and nutrients – which foods are the most dense in nutiriton? Fruits and vegetables.
And what else woud you suggest they do, put McDonalds infront of these girls and go “Haha, you’re in here now?”
Really?