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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Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England on September 26th 1948; her family moved to Australia when she was 5. Her mother was German, daughter of the physicist Max Born, her father was Welsh, a professor of German at Cambridge and Melbourne. Despite the academic background, early on Olivia showed an interest in singing, forming a band called the Sol Four with some schoolfriends, and later on singing at her brother in law’s coffee bar in Australia.
Koala Blue, founded in 1983 by Olivia NewtonJohn.
Chloe was born early 1986, and this marked a hiatus in Olivia’s music. The period 1986 to 1992 was a lean period in her entertainment career, as she dedicated herself to motherhood, and to developing her business venture, the Koala Blue chain of stores.
Olivia transformed her original idea for a Australian speciality store into a fashion chain. This enterprise was established with fellow-Australian and wife of Olivia’s long-time record producer, Pat Farrar, with whom Olivia had started out singing in Britain in the late Sixties and early Seventies. Koala Blue was to be a more family-friendly alternative to an intensive singing career, but it did not last the late ’80s/early ’90s recession. Olivia chose to expand the franchise chain just as consumers were reining in their expenditure on non-essentials, and the company filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy amid some recriminations.
ana wrecks your life.
To all of you out there (including the ana/mia sufferers):
There are severl types of EDs out there.
For those of you who are overweight…you may be already suffering from an ED that is keeping over weight.
ALL EATING DISORDERS DON’T MAKE YOU SKINNY!
People have this assupmtion that if you are overweight it is because of choices that you are consciously making. A binge eater or a food addict has no more control over what they are doing to their body than a sever anorexic or bullemic.
Saying, “just east healthy and exercise” is like saying “just eat a big mac and large fries followed by some ice cream, and then don’t barf it up or exercises until you collapse.”
Take it from someone who has been to both extremes and continues to battle….
Anorexics, I know you suffer, but don’t negate the suffering of someone with food addiction. Nobody on here WANTS to suffer the way an anorexic suffers…they just desperately want to appear thin on the outside. Trust me…to someone with food addiction…an anorexic looks like they have it all together. They look like they have won control over food (as crazy as that may seem) and they small bodies.
We all suffer, and no one ED is worse than any other. (whether it makes your body big or small).
Love who you are, and realize that your body is just the package you come in. The rest will follow!
much love!
well ladies bot my sisters have died s i would stop saying u wanna and im the oldesytm my sisters were 13 and 11 trust me i think its my fault cause im older they looke up to me and i let them down. So think about it caueim gunna die soon too. Atleast if dont stop.
btw some people might be offended if u say u wanna b and if ur joking about it its NOT funny.
i wrote that ^(above this comment)
greaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Anorexia is nothing u become..
I wouldn´t even wisch my worst enemy 2 get it!
take care foaks and stay amay from it! before u loose your friends, your life and part of your family…
//Nikki
she looks SO good on rock the cradle, im glad that she had the strength to pull through it because she looks amazing now, especially when compared to her in that picture. yeah, if you want an eating disorder that’s crazy, you should REALLY try to lose weight the right way because id imagine that eating disorders are a hard battle.
I’m not going to say that anorexia is good, but there are alot of pro anorexia sites where you can talk to other anorexics about your problems with food, and they all understand!
I kind of get what people mean about they wanna b anorexic, coz I do. Even tho it is a mental disorder, it just makes me feel better, because I can get as thin as anorexics and use the same methods without the emotional turmoil.
btw, must it not be a bit of a mental disorder to want to be ana? So don’t diss what you don’t understand.
wo i wouldnt say its a disease ur born with, because i love to eat but i always get stomach aches every time i do. Honestly anyone could be anorexic. i dont wanna be like her skin and bones i want alittle meat because im very conscious of myself and i cant help that. i want to lose weight fast not in 8 months. the first day ur stomach is gurgling and u want food but after tht day u start to ignore the food and not want it. and once i put a picture of a girl with the body i wanted and put it in my pocket so whenever i saw cookies i would take it out and not want food. but i would eat an apple a day or a fruit every other day. “a apple a day keeps the doctor away”. i heard tht from someone wiht anorexia. But honestly i hope i helped. Be Safe.
..you people who want anorexia”
are crazy and stupid ..
people like you’re called
wannanorexics”
..it’s a disease a mental disorder!!it’s not like saying:
oh” i’m so fat..i want anorexia..and than eventually
stop it..
do you people even KNOW what the word “disease” means??
it started with me..as a diet”
at the 1st few months you dont really GET” it..
but after few months…it’ll start brain-washing you..!!
i lost a lott of weight and recovered and than gained it
back again.. and my life seemed miserable..
and everyone treated me like shit” my mom thinks i’m a trouble-maker i dont have any real-friends and i felt fucked up
and realised…WHY am i stuffing myself and gaining all this fattt??why dont
i have any control over myself anymore..*sighs*
ana hasnt totally gained..it’s power over me..BUT
i’ve lost 5 kgs now…!!i know at the end..i’ll be the one to suffer
and i want to..!!i’m going through a lot of pain
and am often suicidal..arghh!!
hm… people who want to have a disorder, whatever it may be, cannot really mean it…
We all want to be healthy, do we? Or would anyone like to disagree?
So… for all these people who want to loose weight the “easy way” through a serious eating-disorder like anorexia (which can be fatal if not medical or mental treated in therapy) are totally ignorant of the fact, that anorexia is a “very, very hard way” to be a slim person.
Any sensible concept of loosing weight, like having sport on a regular basis or change the way of your eating substances, i. e. a balanced diet are much more “easier” to battle heavy weight than undertake the risky way of “wanting anorexia”, which is, in fact, unfortunatly possible…
You can suggest yourself in having that disease, because it is mainly mental, but the other way arround is not that easy, that means, once you “have” that disorder loosing it again will be very much more difficult (very difficult… people are dying sometimes, in fact).
Being a adoposity person is rarely a choice by the gods or your personal circumstances. It is more a medical case coming from a physiological sequelae of malnutrition but in some cases it IS realy a disposition which can also be treated.
No one, I say, NO ONE have to be stuck with a full figured body nowadays. But you have to have the will to change your life through the help of someone professional.
Friends alone cannot help you enough to solve this problem unless you happen to have the fortunate advantage to call a nutrition science or a medical-scientist with a good physician-patient relationship to you a real friend.
I hope you all have the strength and the luck of a healthy social environment (parents, friends, colleages, etc.) which helps you through the bad times in your life so you can focus on the good ones in that regard.
Best wishes and luck
Morik
There’s worse things than being overweight. At least I eat what and when I want, am more content, warmer, happier, friendlier, and most people don’t even think iI AM overweight, and many still find me attractive, even those much younger than I. I’m no glutton, I just eat normally.
PS: if you are ana and just try to eat again all at once…… it hurts. you feel like shit and often purge to feel better. The thing is, it takes even more will power to get out of then in. It is a dangerous and life threatening battle. You are not happy, because you still never think you’re good enough. So for all of those fighting it, i wish you a safe recovery, and for all of you that want it, you really should be calling a suicide hotline, because that’s what ana is.
i just wanted to agree with the people that are annoyed with the wanna be anorexics. i have anorexia and it sucks struggling with it, and knowing i’ll never eat anything again without thinking about how many exact calories in it sucks. if your over weight you don’t say hey! i wanna be anorexic! thats ignorant and you shouldn’t be saying it, you have no idea what it feels like. and your lucky.
i wanted an ed. i didnt HAVE anorexia, but i followed an extreme anorexic diet. if you do that, it’s just as dangerous. i told myself i would stop if i started feeling unhappy, and i did. i would just lie, on my floor, crying, and i felt like the most worthless, useless, lazy, fatfatfatfatfat, disgusting person alive. so i recognized this and stopped. that was months ago, and now i jsut go through phases of it every now and then, and lately i’ve been throwing up every day. but i’m happy, and no where near deathly.. but i don’t think it counts as having an ed because i don’t wish i didnt have it, and i’m happy. i’m the happiest when i’m not eating
Im sorry that you feel that you have to be anorexic to be happy but you do not. I mean I just started dieting and exercising and already in one day I have lost four pounds. It gives you such a rush to know that you did it the right way. And exercise releases endorphines which make you feel happy. So eat and exercise its a better happy then anorexia. I hope that all of you who are struggling with the disease learn to beat it and overcome this grim reaper. Tell your parents or a councilor. They can truely help. May God bless you all.
I dont want to be anorexic, but I would love to be that thin, Im 5″6 and 116lbs and Im just trying to lose weight the healthy way through a safe calorie controlled diet high in fruit and veg and plenty of exercise! :D
I am currently on the verge of becoming anorexic,im 13,i weigh 105 and have been pushed my entire life to be thin.Im in balett an Jazz and Tapdance,plus I have gymnatics tht i ave to worry about.My moher has noiced my weight gain.I knw im a littl overweight but i truly do want to lose some weight!!!!can somene pleez tell me what i can do?
maybe you guys should lay off her. she’s beautiful and so are her bones. i’m sure she wants to look that way. i think she looks great.
I’ve battled obesity all my life. I’ve dieted many times (the healthy,right way) but have never been able to keep the weight off. I lack something anorexics have; control, discipline,drive,focus..etc. Call it what you will, if having extreme control & discipline is a disease I want it!! Being overweight can kill me. I’m depressed & extremely uncomfortable all the time. I do exercise and watch what I eat but it does’nt help. I want to be anorexic, at least long enough to lose 100lbs or so..what’t wrong with that? I’ll give you tips on how to put on weight, you teach me how to lose it and keep it off. Sounds like a fair deal to me.
If you don’t want hear the (real and painfull) advices, so you really deserve the hell that you looking for.
Do you are willing to mistreat your familiy , who really cares for you…?Lose weight is not a problem…but the way how you want do it.Visit a anorexic child and talk with her parents…and say to them that you thing it’s cool…
It is a just fool’s gold. Sometimes we want just be normal. Anorexic people aren’t normal. It is an extreme as bad as the other, the loss is the same. If not worse. Famous people be anorexic, aren’t a glory, but shame, just reflects an unhealthy and mad world.
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Unfortunatelly soft words don’t work , only the own hard experiences,I now.
The smart learns with another’s mistakes…
For who are fighting against this disease, God are bless you and good luck!
It’s hard but keep trying convince these strong head fools…it’s your holy task =).
However, God bless and help all in this weird world.
ki è??? è una bella donna vero???
Is there a difference between a hunger strike and a restictive anorectic?
I suffered from an eating disorder a few years ago. I was 14, 5′7″, and weighed only 84 pounds. It was the lowest point of my life. I would look in the mirror and tell myself that I had to be thinner. I was surrounded by friends who were all thin people, but healthy, and I always thought of myself as “the fat one in the group”. It started with me just eating healthier and excercising, trying to lose weight in a healthy way. (By the way, I was only 115 pounds so I wasn’t even fat to begin with.) But then I wasn’t seeing results, instead, I would tell myself that because I excercised, or because I ate healthy, I could go off and eat ice cream and cookies and Doritos. So during that time, I was actually gaining weight. I felt terrible about my body. I knew I was fat, even though if you would have looked at me it wouldn’t have seemed so. Slowly, I started to eat less and less, and if my mother asked why I wasn’t eating, I would just say that I wasn’t feeling well. Soon, I was so thin that she knew that I wasn’t ill. She took me to a clinic where I was diagnosed with anorexia and ever since I have been getting help. Now, I weigh a healthy and beautiful 110 pounds. Anorexia is the worst thing that has happened to me. It was a huge battle to overcome, and I missed out on so many things during my treatment. After I was taken out of rehab, I couldn’t participate in Phy Ed, had to quit soccer, and was watched all the time to make sure I eat. I had no privacy, and no life. You don’t want to be anorexic. You may think you do, but once you get it, it ruins your life. And you never recover from the emotional scars it leaves behind.
you people who are posting on this page saying “i want to become anorexic” are a bunch of idiots–either that or you have a death wish. i knew a girl, luckily we were not close friends, who died from anorexia two years ago. she still went to college during the last weeks of her life, before she was put into the hospital, and she looked grotesque. her upper arm was skinnier than her lower, and her neck was thicker than her thighs. is that how you want to end up. yes it is fool’s gold, as someone else posted on here. you don’t want to be too thin; you certainly don’t want to become too fat. but don’t say that you want to be anorexic! think before you speak–or, in this case, type. be careful what you wish for–it just might come true.
No. You DO NOT want to be anorexic. You may think you do, but your wrong. It hurts mentally and physically, it keeps you up at night. Your hair falls out, your nails turn blue, and your skin gets hairy. No matter how thin you are when you look in the mirror you see fat and disgust. Your life becomes all about the disease rather than the ones you love and yourself. You can’t go out because there is food at most events and you become uncomfortable. You get all sorts of infections, you’re always cold, and you get dizzy. When you want to eat you can’t keep it down because you haven’t in so long. I am a recovering anorexic. Trust me buddy, it’s not fun, or good, or beautiful, or amazing, or thrilling. It’s just plain horrible.
April how did get out of the trap of your ED thinking?
I hate the internet and what it seems to be doing to help people “Become Anorexic”.
I was Bulimic for 10 years and ruined relationships, career moves, my health and the confidence that my parents and loved ones had in me.
It’s not a diet. It’s a disease and an addiction and incredibly damaging.
I run and eat a well rounded vegetarian diet now. I am very conscious of what I eat and that is the only way to keep myself in a range that I won’t freak out about. I’m still dealing with food as a conflict issue and will do so for the rest of my life. It was a really difficult thing to walk away from as it became a security blanket for dealing with things and it is NOT GLAMOROUS.
Your nails get weak, your body chemistry changes, your hair looks dull… I could go on. Only models with teams of makeup artists devoted to hiding their black circled eyes and sallow skin make starving yourself look shiny and fashionable. The rest of you will endure isolation and constant shame for taking up this habit. Get off your lazy butt and exercise, eat good food (it’s much more readily available nowadays so there are no excuses) – Go to Trader Joes! Eat vegetables! You’ll have many more friends and lovers if you stop loathing yourself and taking the ‘easy’ way out. It’s not easy. It’s hell.
you should be ashamed of yourself if you’re ignoring the warnings from people who post battled or are still battling anorexia and complain how fat you are. truth is: nobody cares whos fat or whos not anymore. the hot and skinny girls still get called sluts and skanks. i had to watch presentations of bulimia and annorexia, trust me its not pretty. i dont care if you’re fat. if you wanna lose weight, do it the healthy way. do something challenging so that when you do lose weight, all the patience and hard work would make you feel proud of yourself. being annorexic is just really disgusting. your bones stick out and shit and when guys plan to fuck you, they’d decide not to cause they’d be too scared that they’ll break you and get charged for murder. plus nobody would want to kiss you if you’re bulimic cause sooner or later your teeth will get all fucked up due to the stomach acid that you’ve been vomiting out.
The only I want to say is that the ones that say they want to be anorexic are such stupid persons
it isn’t funny to see like that, they are so skiny, I think they look horrible.
please only see the legs or the arms of that girl, it’s so ugly, it not bad to be a little be fat, it is best than be skiny and not healt, it is stupid
please think is not good to be anorexic
bye love
HAHAHAHHA,
“I want to have anorexia”
“I tried anorexia but wasn’t very good at it”
“problems problems me me me”
oh my GOD.
you guys suck. xD
it’s like the parade of the fucking Wanarexic’s in here, such trash!
aren’t you ashamed?
in comparison to people with actual eating disorders, you guys are like piles of lard sitting on your asses, whining about being too fat.
If you skip that ice cream, does that make you anorexic?
…sure. if it makes you feel better, yeah doll, you’re anorexic.
you’ll be turning heads in no time.
pshh
grow some spine, stop whining, stop pretending and go get yourself a goddamn GRAMMAR BOOK.
anorexia makes you look like an old bony lady
Amen Zoe! You all are so childish its ridiculous. You cant try to be anorexic. you cant be good or bad at it. This is going to sound redunudant but this is a disease. you cant be a good or bad at being depressed or suicidal. Grow up and take responsibility for yourself. If you feel like youre too fat then exercise and eat healthy. if you want to be anorexic you want a death wish. and for the girl who loved her anorexia, wow you need to grow up and understand the difference between your selfish attempts to get attention and those really suffering. And who said spunk helps cure anorexia and acne?!! wow youre dumb
i am anorexic/bulimic, have been for 7yrs.
and i always fall back.
and i never move forward
i am engaged and its the worst thing for my fiancee to see me cry over somehthing i brought pon myself.
i wish it was gone~!!!!!!!!!!!!
Being fat SUCKS and anorexia is a serious disease from which you can DIE. You can be both slender and healthy without going to the extreme. Change your lifestyle. Eat more fruits, veggies, drink lots of water, walk an hour a day. You will get to a healthy weight. It worked for me.
How’s that for some thinspiration?
Anorexia.
Is.
A .
Disease.
You people who want to ‘get it’ fucking make me sick.
It’s practically the same as saying you want to get cancer so you can go through chemo and lose weight.
Cutting back on what you eat doesn’t make you anorexic.
Dieting doesn’t make you anorexic.
Eating next to nothing DOESN’T MAKE YOU ANOREXIC.
It’s in your head, all the time, every day. Everywhere you go, everything you do. It literally takes over your life.
And the pathetic thing is, you’ll read this and still want to be ‘anorexic’ so you can lose a few fucking lbs for prom.
Grow up, get a life, appreciate what you’ve got, because you know what? Once you lose it, you can’t get it back.
I have been clinically considered anorexic for about two years. For all you who say you cannot ‘get it’ by wanting it, you are dead wrong. I wanted to be anorexic when I was younger, but it was because I wanted my mother to like me more. Sick, right? I got what I wanted, and now I would give anything to look in the mirror and be happy with what I see.
Wow, some of this stuff is heavy (pardon the pun). As a teacher who recently heard some grade 5 girls discussing their weight i’m horrified to think that young girls are so concerned by their weight that they make a conscious effort to morph into stick figures. I’m currently trying to lose weight, i am not overweight but a slight case of OCD means that i feel the need to weigh a specific amount. I wish a safe recovery (or perhaps more accurately a remission, can one ever truly be cured?) to everyone suffering an eating disorder and i hope that everyone who ‘wants to be anorexic’ can see the merit of healthy ways to lose weight or accept their current size and shape
Okay, people? It’s ANOREXIA and BULIMIA. Not annorexia and bullemia, or any of the other gross misspellings happening here. If you have a disorder, it might be a good idea to learn to spell it. Carry on.
Okay ii Tiink She Looks Reellii Bad Tbh Her Legs R Jus Disgustiin,
She Has No Boob/Bum &+ Dats Wha Boy’s Lyk,
Few Weeks Ago ii Became Vegtariian. . . Jus Ta Help Meh Lose A Biit,
Buh Den ii Only Started Eatiin Veg &+ Fruiit &+ Stiill Am,
Las Nyt ii Had Apple Crumble ii Now Feel Soo Badd Dat ii Ate iit ii Keep Gettiin Siick Cum Up iin My Throat,
&+ ii Stiill Aiint Hardly Ne Thiinner,
Today ii Wont Eat Cos Of Dat Apple Crumble &+ Also Wher iits A Friiday Nyt ii’ll Jus Driink,
iim Only 16 &+ iim 5″3 Buh Stiill Weiigh Jus Unda 9 Stone Soo ii Dnt Tiink iit’s Workiin,
Tbh ii Neva Planned Diis iit Jus Kiinda Happend,
You Cant Plan Annorexiia!,
ii Had iit Diis Tym Las Year Too Wen iit Was On Hollyoaks,
iit Made Meh Feel Great As ii Had New Bf Soo Stopped Eatiing,
iit Does Make You Feell Gurd Buh You Cant Make Your Self Ave iit No Matta Hu Se’s Dey Diid You Jus Get iit,
iit’s A Mentle Diisease Dat iincrease’s iin Your Miind Threw Tha Amount Of Friiends/Famiily Hu Ave iit Alot Of My Famiily Ave iit Lyk My Mum &+ My Cusiin Hu’s Only 13 Buh 2 Stone!,
Also My Ova Cusiin iis Bulliimiic,
ii Cant Say Anerexiia iis A Bad Tiing Tho Buh Dats Cos ii Always Can Stop My Self Lyk ii Diid Las Year,
&+ Tha Star’s Are All Annorexiic Buh Der Beautiiful,
Buhh ii Wud Neva Go As Low As Her!
Chantelle xo.
I think she´s really beautiful :)
Its crazy how anorexia has become such a public thing that people are now desiring and pining over it. It used to be taboo. Like alcoholism. Honestly, it makes no sense. Its like its popular to appear tortured, so people chase down others’ demons because their own aren’t adequate. Its about attention. That’s it. Are people going to start drinking on purpose until they become alcoholics and have to check themselves into rehab? Its ridiculous.
Its like desiring cancer, but a form that has no known cause and no known cure.
PS – This is not a strike on those with the disease. I believe it exists, I believe its an intricate hell you can’t imagine until you taste it, and I believe its something that needs to be battled daily. And I completely respect those who are trying their damndest to beat it.
Thats’s so sadd:( I’ll pray for her.
I would advice all of you who want to have this disease to seek therapy. Trust me you CAN come out of it, you dont have to live this way. If you’re thinking about it, explore those feelings with a therapist, I am one, this disease is associated with other psychological issues that need to be taken care of before it further ruins your lives. Seek therapy, find what makes you happy, take control of your life in a healthy manner.
i been through ed and was hospitalized and i was the worst year of my life
Can I just add in to the people that want to have anorexia just to lose weight or get attention that I wouldn’t wish this sort of thing upon anyone. I am 18 and have suffered anorexia/bulimia since I was 15 years old. Its been the hardest time of my life and it puts so much pressure on your family and friends. Your a mess and so hard to be around. So firstly think of your friends and family, and then think of the joy of being in hospital because you see through this awful thing you have adopted. Come on guys, its not a fashion, its a disease and it destroys our bodies.
all you lot that want to be anorexic are absolutely pathetic. Its because your too fuckin lazy to get off your asses and actually do some exercise!
ppl that have this disease are dying because of it!! They never chose it and you lot that “want” it are making a mockery of these ill people.
Disgusting and attention seeking.
get a grip of yourselves and stop upsetting people like me!