But as for not being able to stick to diets and exercise regimes: Oprah’s got a whole bunch of personal people like a chef and a trainer, so if she’s gainging again, this could perhaps be because her body isn’t supposed to be as thin as it was? (And really, the woman is fiftythree years old for crying out loud, she doesn’t have to look thirteen!)

I just hope she will get off the psychological bla bla shows she’s into right now and perhaps adress this “issue”. All of us normal people could benefit from this, I think.

As I am writing this there is a news bit being shown on TV of Heidi Klum’s recent photos is an English magazine. The voiceover just said “She is a mother of three, 34 years old and looks THIS amazing! Well, it is strenuous running after three kids and keeping up with her modeling career; that seems to keep her fit.”
Riiiight.

I am sick and tired of us women being told that if we just get our shit together and get our priorities straight then we can look just like [insert celebrity here]. Heidi Klum has stated in interviews that she follows a strict diet and exercise regime; furthermore, she has a nanny who takes care of her children while she works out for two (or more) hours a day. Which normal (working) woman has that?

But I also wonder if there isn’t some little bit of what we nerdy types like to call selection bias at play here. That is to say, maybe it’s the actors and actresses who find it relatively easier to lose or maintain weights (or, the ones who are willing to go to extremes that most of humanity wouldn’t be) who end up staying in Hollywood, and all the rest of them who struggle with their weight, even in a “normal” way, end up leaving. I can’t count the number of times I’ve read some celebrity interview where so-and-so Famous Person says that they’re “naturally thin” or have “good metabolism.” I certainly know plenty of people in real life who are like that; I wouldn’t be surprised at all to find out those types are over-represented in the entertainment industry.

Oh, blue foods: Concord grapes are blue, aren’t they?

Those big bleu grapes with the seeds, arguably.

Blue cornflower preserve, if you want to get real esoteric.

But that being said we’re back on the topic of demand feeding – currently I have this thing for green food (hmmm, avocados!), but don’t want orange food (carrots, squash) at all. *shrugs* So this method of color variety doesn’t work for everybody.

As and addition to blue food: How about prunes, plums, blue grapes and red cabbage (which is called “Blaukraut” – “blue cabbage” in German)?

And then there’s the ever-popular Cocaine Diet which I understand is very popualr with the Hollywood crowd.