Thinspiration
March 13th, 2007 by Evil Beet
Olivia Newton John and her daughter, Chloe, talk to Woman’s Day magazine about the battle with anorexia that they both seem to have convinced themselves Chloe is winning. When asked about how she’s doing today, Chloe says, “I’m taking very good care of myself now but I’m not going to be like ‘Oh, I eat pizza every day!’” I assure you this girl hasn’t eaten pizza since sometime in 2003. Get healthy, Chloe!! Those legs are NOT sexy and it is NO FUN to be hungry.
More interview highlights after the jump.
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Chloe, given your mother is so healthy and clear-headed, did it take her long to see the signs?
I think that it’s hard for a parent to notice what their child is going through. Maybe sometimes parents don’t want to notice what’s going on. As a parent, you want to think everything is ok.
How did your mum react when you told her about your anorexia?
There wasn’t really a moment when I told her I had a problem. I was more in denial about it. I think she was the one that had to come to terms with it because everyone was in denial. When you go through things like that it’s a long process of accepting what’s going on.
Chloe, you’re still very slim today. Do you feel you’ve now triumphed over your eating disorder?
I’m taking very good care of myself now but I’m not going to be like ‘Oh, I eat pizza every day!’ And I’m honest about that. It hurts my heart when I think how many girls are going through that [eating disorders], and I’m lucky that I got through it because it’s a fatal thing if you don’t pull through it.
Olivia, what advice would you give to mothers in your situation?
That the parent need look at why their child has developed such a detrimental disease. And look at the issues causing the disorder. Listen to your child. Be supportive. Eating disorders are usually nothing to do with food. Parents need to be with their child to see them through it. All the therapists in the world can’t help if the parents aren’t present, loving and proactive.
Olivia, which of Chloe’s personal qualities are you most proud of?
I love her honesty. I love her purity. She’s a very loving girl. She’s very true in her strength of character. She’s gone through a lot and she’s got such strength. She’s got a great sense of humour. She’s very funny and very intelligent. And, then, obviously her talent.
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hi i’m mark and i really wanna be anorexic
so i would really appreciate if you gacve me some tips.
dude your an idiot, anorexia is not a game you cant just “do it” then stop anytime you like.
you don’t just become one… it’s a disease, either you have it or not… they don’t even know what cause it!
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr i hate thinspirtion
been anorexic is not funny it can serioulsy harm u its not a game and its not good for ur health y would u want to be skinny with ur bones it dose not even look nice so think about ur actions first
I love how titling anything “thinspiration” is a surefire way to drive traffic. You girls should eat. You’ll feel better.
i havnt ate in a while why cant i i want to but i keep saying no??
I’m sorry that you “want” to become anorexic. I’ve been battling anorexia/bulemia for years and my older sister has as well. It’s one of the worst things to get into and the hardest to get out of. I’d suggest healthy dieting and lots of exercise. That’s the only “right” way to lose weight. I understand that you want quick results, I did too. But in the end you only feel like a failure and it’s really easy to fall right back into anorexia again and again after you feel as if you’ve beaten it. Don’t do this. I promise you tht you’ll regret it for teh rest of your life. That sounds overdramatic, but I’m dead serious, you DON’T want this. I know you think you do, but I promise you, you really don’t. Be careful, be smart, and think about this before you spend your whole entire life battling against something that you chose to bring upon yourself. I’m not even sure if I believe that you can “become” anorexic.. I mean, you can choose to starve yourself but anorexia is more like a disease, a disease that can hurt yourself and the people you life.. a very “contagious” disease. A disease tht you dont want to catch. Just think about it..
I WANT IT ASWELL, I HATE BEING FAT AND UGLY.
i really wanna be anorexic too, i wanna be that skinny.
WTF thats so gay…. how the fudge wants to look like that.
she looks like she just got out of the morge.
ewwwwww.
i have battling anorexia and bulimia for 5 1/2 yrs now i wish i would never have started i currently weigh 83 lbs and i am 5 ft 7 i still look at myself in the mirror and see nothing but fat but i know its not true so to you ignorant fools grow a freeking brain and loose the weight the healthy way.PLEASE!!!!!!!!
you people are fucked up
wanting to annorexia
annorexia is one of the worst battles anyone could ever deal with
and bullemia for that matter aswell
you fucked up people who want to be annorexic should take a look at yourselves because its not right
Oh dear.
I’ve been researching anorexia/bulimia (NOT to learn, to understand).
It seems to be a messy cycle. If you have it, you hate it – if you don’t, you want it.
Until you get it.
I don’t think you can intentionally become anorexic, with will you could become obsessive with your weight and food intake. But whatever you do, it’s not the healthy way to lose weight.
EXERCISE.
HEALTHY FOOD.
That’s the only way, kids.
And if that seems too hard, then you’re just being lazy.
As for starvation and purging….
Love your body for what it is. It’s completley unique and doesn’t deserve this kind of treatment.
Best wishes to those affected by anorexia/bulimia.
God Bless.
you know it´s not that cool to be fat… I mean, I´v tried to have anorexia and I coulden´t and now I´m stuck with me and my body and I hate it! I don´t wanna be anorexic, I just wanna be as thin as some anorexic dudes and stuff…
Now I´m throwing up often and I have an addiction for throwing up and nobody knows… I think nobody can help me.
But what I wonder is, why I don´t lose any waight??
Well what the fucking ever I´m gonna be the same fat lazy shit the rest of my fucking life!!DD;!!!
oh sorry about that I forgot to put my name to that…
Do cows have brains cause I don´t think so…:S
I want to be anorexic aswell! Iv just started this week,
any tips/ advice??
You do NOT want to be anorexic. It’s a disease. A mental disease. It WILL ruin your life.
Geez…
Please, don’t try to “get it.”
love-
someone w/ an ED
I just want you lot to realise that an Eating disorder is NOT fun. My twin sister is 19 and is starting to hit the 5 Stones, she is suffering from bullemia and it is ruiing her and my families lives. It is one of the harderst things that i have ever had to deal with and i have a constant ache for her, i feel constantly emoitonally weak, and can cry at anything, because im so deeply upset by what my sister i going through. ED’s are not a fun and effective way to lose weight, they make the person feel like a failure, weak, disgusting and worthless, you people out there attempting to “achieve” an eating disorder make me sick, you have no idea what your talking about, Eating Disoredrs DESTROY lives, u need to grow up- if u wana lose weight, do it the right bloody way, get off ur arses do some exercise and eat good food.
Love and sympathy to the real sufferes of this terrible disease xxxxxx
its a game for a lil while. then u decide ur done, im thin enough.
and the when u say, that was nice im done.. you realize that ur not.
wait.
2months, 3. a week, less… you will stop eating again, becuaes i wont be able to deal with anything else.
u will have no brain power to function or to be happy.
welcome to helly my dearies, please turn the other way. im 17 and have been batteling for 6 years, yes i started in 5th grade. this is a disease.
we are dying.
I hope that none of you get into the ED game…It’s effective at first but there’s a trap. Once you step both feet through the door and it slams behind you and disappears…you’re trapped. Forever…I know …I’ve been in the dark for 17 years. It’s a lonely place full of secrecy and shame. Learn to love yourself as you are…there are no guarantees and life is so short. Hugs to all of you who feel “not good enough”…fat or thin.
You people who want eating disorders, are you stupid? Eating Disorder are not a game you quit when you want. It is a disease, and it ruin lifes.. I got an ED and it’s hard! It is hell. I’m very young too. (I’m under 15, but over 10. ) But now I’v got help. ( Sorry bad English. )
Oh my godness! She is so skinny !
hey, look honestly it’s quite stupid to “want” something that is impossible to get. you can’t choose whether you get aorexia or not. if you get it, you get it. if not, let it go. you dont need it. it ruins lifes. and if you still “want” it, seek help before you try so hard that it works.
Anorexia is beautyful. Dont you guys see that :O. Everybody is talking about Nicole Richie. Thay say that she has Anorexia, but i dont think so. She is just a natural skinny. And it is beautyful. I have and have had an Eating disorder for3: years, and i still think it is beautyful. And people come to me and say that i should stop doing what im doing. But, ther is somting the dont understand. First, i like what im doing, and two i dont whant to stop doing it just becaus someone tell me to stop. When i was like 13 years i did not was that fat. But me and my ” friends2 sarted to compete who could lose the most weight. Just for fun at first. But later we just got more and more serious about it.
Well ii gues i won :P. But i did not stop there. But for one time in my life m more happy then ever. Just that i dont hhave any energi to do something, but that i dont care about.
But whatt i what to say is that ” You can have control over you body, how muche you weight and stuf like that” and Anorexia and Bulimia is not that bad if you can control it.
I¨ve lost 12 pounds in like 2 month. And im so proud over my self. But i dont think i can go further becaus my body just has stopt losing weight.
It is bad. but i dont care. Im happy with what i¨ve lost. :D
Anorexia for life :D:D:D <3
she looks fantastic, lucky girl
The thing with anorixia is that your morelikley to somehow into the trap rather than put yourself there. Im trapped and i find it soo frustrating that everthing i eat i have to consider whether or not i should eat it. And to be honest, when i look in the mirror, i just see fat and i hate it! I try losing way the normal way but i fail and turn to starving and eating very little!! Right now im 5ft 4,5in, and weight less that 6.5 stones……i dont care about by weight on the scales, its just the image and i hate it. ….Anyway its seems like no matter what i do i just can lose anymore weight…whats happened?
on the other hand i also sympathise with those with an ED, even me. i think im a loser for doing this but like i said, its like a trap which is difficult to get out of!!
Semen will help cure anorexia.
It has be taken pretty regularly, but trust me, it will do the trick.
It also helps with acne.
what the hell are you talking about??????????????? she’s a:”DEAD WOMAN WALKING”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WAKE UP!!!
i hate this! there´s this boy in our school but i don´t think he´s into me…i´m just too fat i guess…-_-
Ok….here is what i think. I think trying to become anorexic is really to the max reatard if you want to become SKINNY please please just do it the right way exercise and eat really healthy food not just eat breakfeast and not eat for the rest of the day eat a healthy breakfeast, lunch, and dinner its good when you eat sometimes but just dont over eat you dont know how much damage you will do to your body if you try and become anorexic i mean look at the first picture of her, her legs are bonny and she has a lot of extra fat about people trying to become anorexic and are starving themselves…ruining there beautifulness…and not excepting the way you are…God brought you to this planet for you to be happy and not be doing crazy things to yourself. If you are a girl and likes this guy thats really skinny and has abs…im not saying its bad to be in love but…if he doesnt like you they way you are then really who is he he probably just wants someone to use. I am a girl im 13 years old i am in 7th grade i weigh 140 and i dont care sometimes its really fun to be fat… because if you become really skinny then it will be hard to find clothes if you are anorexic…trust me…anyways i like this guy he has a hot body abs nothing but muscle..and he has been my friend since kindergarten he is an 8th grader…and he likes me…he doesnt really care how i look but by the way i act…he loves me because i am me…not because of how fat i am…okay another true story i have this friend that is nothing but skin and bone…he is 5′7 and my friend likes him she is like 170 pounds, 7th grader , 13 years old and what i found out is that my friend she is like 115 pounds says a guy if you are skinny he will use you he will do whatever to try and touch your bikini parts so think about it if you wanna become anorexic and then you do become it a guy you like likes you he will do no matter what to try and touch your private parts so being skinny takes risk too. so think before making choices that will hurt u kill u and ruin ur families lifes. Rember the next time you go to the restroom and throw up remember that u will never get skinny…by doing it that way remember eat healthy and exercise! dont be someone you will pretend later…
best wishes to those out there making there lives miserable just by becoming anorexic that God may lead you to the right paths.
fittttttttttttttttttttttttttyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
y cant people just be slim or curvy y look like a painted skeleton?? and y would u want to b no 1 relli finds that attractive
i suffer from anorexia, and im boy…
and dude your a total douche.. its like cancer. its a disease, and let me just say that you really dont want to be going through what me and a lot of other people i know are..all you think about all day long is how much more you can take…
and theres a name we have for people like you, wanarexic’s
thanks to all the ppl who av gave advice on ere im gonna listen so at least uv saved someone!!thanx
Her arms and legs are amazing but she still has a bit of a round belly.
Wish all girls looked like that
you do not want anorexia. it ruins your life. it ruined mine. and it also hurt my entire family. and its been 3 years since i started. if i could go back and stop it i would in a heartbeat. also, when your anorexic, you have bad side effects, for example, losing chunks of your hair because you get no nutrients or vitamins. you do not want it. please i beg you don’t do it if your even curious about it
it goes from wanting to loose a few pounds, to an obsession, to a disease. that is extremely hard to overcome. i haven’t overcome it.
i’m 5′4″ and 93 lbs. don’t do it. just don’t its a bad idea. you’ll regret it like you don’t even know…
I use to be anorexic i had a goal weight…
went on many diets then just started eating less and less i got to m weight and wanted more… i use to not eat at all for day’s then peck at something and feel guily i got so skinny. i loved it.
i didnt want to go out i had nightmares about eating food. i lost all my friends everytime they said oh mygod eat something it would make me more obbsessive to loose some more cause it was working.. i would walk for hours to keepmy occupied i would nearly pass out everday it was so hard to get up at night to go pee cause me legs were so weak. i coldnt sit on anything hard cause it hurt like my bones where just pinching my skin against it.i got bruses all over me. and was buying kids cloths. i got over it myself and put on some weight. still well under when i started
its always on my mind and is gradually creeping up on me in loosing weight again but i am eating. i try not to go withouteating smething for a whole day because i dont want to be as bad as i was before. and i know if i skip a whol day without eating i will fall bak into the bad habbit.
its always on your mind and will be with me for the rest of my life its a constant yo yo of eating starving biinging and purging.
i see how guys dont like the way anorexic boney people look… but i dont care about men ijust wanna be thin and different. it is beautiful.. just keep it under a bit of control.
I love her body. <3 love her belly and legs and arms and everythoing, it is sÃ¥…. nice :D
Dude, these people are SO DUMB to say they wanna be anorexic. I cant believe how stupid they must be. It’s one thing to say that u wanna get in shape or lose some fat but to say u wanna be ugly pathetic boney ass person who pukes out every bite or who denies themselves food cuz they dont know hoe else to lose weight.. wow please never procreate.
She looks ugly like an old woman. EWW horrible figure.
‘I tried to have anorexia’ DUMBASS!!!! anorexia isn’t something u try to have… it hits u and then u r fucked or u r just a dumbass thinking anorexia is some cool diet plan. I piss on u.
To all those people trying to have anorexia: please keep up the ‘good’ work cuz i hope u wont have your dumb offspring.
“i hate this! there´s this boy in our school but i don´t think he´s into me…i´m just too fat i guess…-_-”
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1. If he doesn’t like you because of your weight, he’s shallow and not worth your time.
2. Maybe there are OTHER reasons he doesn’t like you. :/ Maybe he doesn’t like your personality, Idk. I’ve hated my friend’s boyfriend’s before, but they love them. Everyone has a different opinion.
I attempted anorexia before, didn’t work. I’m considering attempting bulimia, even though I know how terrible it is. Can anyone email me at toxiiccookiie@yahoo.com with some bulimia horror stories that scare me out of it? D:
oooooooooooo-i wanna be anorexic!!!i’ll start right now.i think i’ll go and puke….oh no thats the other one innit.bulimia.thats right.
bullemia doesnt make you thin. you eat a lot before you purge. the purging gets rid of the low cal stuff like water and fibre that your body doesnt grasp at for sustainance.
anorexia is horrible, you wake up, you watch everyone around you eat and not even think about it, knowing you can’t do that. you never think about anything else, and you can’t help it anymore. you feel depressed, sad and weak. its a disease caused by perfectionism and obsession. you don’t get it by intending to. you do it for control. you think you’re better than other people because they can’t hack the dieting. you can’t stop because you’re scared of living without the rigorous restrictions that keep you grounded. you only have one life. you want to starve throughout and have people pity you? or do you want to have the best life you can achieve? up to you. i continually make the wrong choice but one day it migt change.
get a better hobbie. make yourself happy. make other people happy. set attaineable goals and be satisfied when you reach them. i think that’s what matters. don’t be a control freak, it’ll be alright in the end, whatever the problem is. i hope this helps anyone obsessed with their weight or otherwise. x
The people posting here should concentrate more on learning how to spell than on on ED’s. The spelling here is pathetic–like third-grade level!!
i think that for some of the people leaving these comments on here, to others may be very very offensive….i have dealt with ED for 3 years now, and it is not somehting you “want” or “try to have” becuase in all honesty, it destroys your entire life and everything around you. it becomes who you are and what you do and its really nothing to joke about. so maybe to those out there who try to have eating disorders, think again becuase once you fall down that hole, its a hell of a climb back out