Jezebel: Crash Diets

Kirstie Alley's Crash Quasi-Diet For DWTS

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:40:00 EDT

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Kirstie Alley took two spills, during a rehearsal segment that was aired on last night's DWTS, and complained about feeling dizzy before admitting to the cameras that she had only consumed 150 calories. Later she told her partner Maks that she was on a 1400 calorie diet, which he told her was "not enough." When asked about the incident on the live show, Kristie said, "I wasn't intentionally not eating—I forgot." To which her partner Maks replied, "For like seven weeks." More »

Pageant Mom Puts 8-Year-Old Daughter On Crash Diet

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:00:00 EDT

On last night's Toddlers & Tiaras, one woman was upset that her 8-year-old daughter no longer fit into her $1,200 custom-made dress, so she put her on a strict, all-fruit diet for the week leading up to the pageant. More »

Crash Diets More Effective Than Thought, But Still Unpleasant

Anna North — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:00:00 EDT

A new study reported in the Times of London says "sensible" crash diets may work better, even in the long term, than "slower" ones. More »

Guys With Body Issues Can Be A Little Annoying

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT

Listen, I understand that there are men out there with body image issues and eating disorders, and that it's a real problem. But for some reason, I don't have much patience for it. I think maybe I'm bitter because I had an ex-BF who was always freaking out about the way he looked and he would say stuff like, "I'm not comfortable in my own body. You wouldn't understand." And I'd be like, "What!? I'm a woman. You couldn't understand!" When MTV aired True Life: I Can't Stay Thin, about yo-yo dieters who always put the weight back on, I really related to the topic. But the story of Adam — a young man who was formerly obese, then quit his job, quit school, and moved away from the people he knew so he could focus on his disordered eating — annoyed me all over again. I don't know, maybe I just feel a little ownership over this stuff, since women are usually the ones with impossible expectations to live up to. Clip above. More »