Becoming a model, again...

Update!

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:04:00 +0000

So first off I know that it's been forever since I've posted. There hasn't really been much of a reason for it, for some reason I just haven't been getting online as much as I used to.

I finally made it down to 64.7 kgs! And my dietician's office called me last week wondering why I "disappeared" since I hadn't been there in like, 3 weeks. I went last weekend and she said that even though I've lost 5 kgs. considering how much I walk, work out, plus my diet I should be losing way more. She's wondering if the medications I took before really messed up my metabolism or something. So she made an appointment for me with a doctor who specializes in metabolism or hormones or something. He wants me to get a bunch of blood tests and stuff which are gonna be expensive, and since I'm in a foriegn country my insurance is no good here. I gotta figure out a way to scam some extra money so I can get these tests done.

On the plus side, with our pr work right now, we're on our way to getting those two big projects done at that 5-star hotel. I'm meeting again with the hotel tomorrow to get thier specific costs for both events. One is a summer fashion show which we're planning to do next month, so after tomorrow I really need to haul ass on finding the sponsor companies. Basically, we're gonna have a bunch of different brands from differents sectors in the fashion show (like one jeans, one swimsuits, one shoes, one jewely, etc.) but if this goes well I won't have any problems with my family or with money woohoo!

On the modeling side of things, Red is helping organize a big fashion show for some mall at the end of this month. Basically he's arranging the models and the press. And he definately wants me to model! Which means exposure+cash. Another one of my agencies that had booked me a couple of commercials last year also called me to see what my status was, like am I working or what. And I said yes, that I'm working so they told me to come get some new photos taken with them so they could send me out to jobs again. All in all, stuff is really starting to shape up!

It hella hot here and I'm really lucky I get to go to this fancy pool/club in the summer with my gym membership. I go there when it's really hot to swim (exercise) and tan (free) lol. Red came today and I guess he snapped some photos of me in my bikini -- I'm excited to see how they turned out :) Plus I'm noticing that I keep seeing a lot of the same people and everybody's starting to chit-chat and because of the status of this place a lot of them are really potentially good contacts.

By the way, this book just made it's way overseas, and it's totally amazing. For anyone who hasn't read "The Secret", please do because for me it's been like a revelation. I just read it on Saturday and since then I have a totally new outlook on everything I'm doing. I'm realizing that despite everything deep down I know that all my shit is gonna work out exactly the way I want it to and that's why I haven't given up and moved back with my family. I just have to keep focusing on everything I know is going to happen. It may sound cheesy, but for me this has been a great source of motivation and it's really helping me to not get down about stuff. I guess just find what works for you.

Well, I'm sure that there are going to be a lot of good developments this week, so I'll keep you all updated!

The Show is No Go

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:44:00 +0000

So I just had Red call the producer, who was apparently just in a car accident so he couldn't really talk but he said something about the show not happening. So then I had him call the director who finally explained that apparently the producer and the production team at the network started fighting and couldn't work it out so they project is a no-go. Yes I'm sad, but like i mentioned before I really believe that this happened for a reason in that it gave me some hope to get through this time, in which I have still made good developements for work and in myself. And it also motivated me to get back into this business so that's good too.

To be honest, yes of course I'm sad but I'm also relieved. It's much better just to know this instead of constantly being nervous and wondering.

So I got right to work as soon as I found out, I already called the writer I know, and he and I are going to get together sometime in the next few days to talk about what i want to do, where he can get me in, and other projects that might be possible. I also msn'd the booking girl from one of my agencies -- the one who sent me for that show -- and told her how I just had 5kgs to go and that as soon as I dropped the weight (which will hopefully be very soon) I was going to stop by the agency to talk to them again and start going on go-sees regularly. She was just like "come tomorrow!" and I was like, shit no girl lemme drop the last 5 kgs and then i'll come! So I said I would stop by maybe next week or the week after. In fact I don't have to drop all of the 5 kgs. to go see them, the important thing is that I am constantly losing from one week to the next.

Oh well, I've also decided to go stop by my dietician's office tomorrow morning if she's there. I'm sick of being stuck at 65 and I'll see if she has any recommendations or wants to change my diet. I still need to go to the gym today, and I still haven't gone for that bikini wax lol. Every time I plan to go and start walking there something else comes up and I have to wait again.

I didn't get to go to the gym this morning, I was really late getting to bed again last night which is terrible I know. I always read to get to sleep and now I don't have any unread books so I'll have to get another one otherwise i just end up sitting on the couch in front of the tv all night. I wanna go to the gym now but Red said that maybe there is going to be a fashion show tonight so I'm not exactly sure of my plans.

Must stay strong!!!

Update

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:14:00 +0000

So I walked a lot yesterday, and then Red invited me to come stay over at his house so I went over there. I didn't follow my diet 100% yesterday but I didn't binge or anything so it was okay. Today we went to the movies, and the last time I went was at new year's so I let myself have popcorn and a handful of m&m's, and then I had arby's for dinner, which I also can't remember the last time I ate, since I figure that I screwed today up anyway so I would treat myself. But I only had a sandwich and small fries and that was all i ate today so I didn't totally overdo it or anything. In fact I'm thinking that after the fasting last weekend the burst in calories and now going back to my normal diet again (tomorrow) will help charge my metabolism.

I'm in an overall good mood, Red and I are working on doing that summer fashion show which is probably gonna end up being at a 5-star hotel here instead of at the nightclub. It should be better this way, plus I'm working on organizing a Moroccan fashion/cultural festival week thing at the same hotel with miss morocco. These two jobs are really big projects for our agency and hopefully will be really great accomplishments for me. Which also means that things will be much better with my family too. We talk on and off, I spoke to my dad on father's day but I think it's been about a week since I talked to my mom. That does suck but I'm really busting my ass on everything, from these projects to losing this weight asap so I can get back into that business too and have some good news for them that will help smooth things over. I think in thier minds everything is just like "what is she doing there?". Still, I did tell them about the job with the pop-singer and specifically said that they wanted a "model" and that I accepted just to be able to guage my mom's reaction. That night she actually gave a really good reaction and was surprised but overall it was a really good conversation so at least it bought me some more time.

Anyway, I had another surprise yesterday which was that I was able to wear a pair of pants and a pair of diesel jeans that I barely used to be able to pull up over my ass but couldn't even come close to closing. Plus my other really small jeans and pants that I couldn't even pull up over my ass, i can now pull up all the way. Now I just need to working on getting them closed and comfortable :) I don't care though, I've made a lot of improvement and it's giving me a totally positive outlook. I have just 5 tiny kgs to lose so I can go see all my agencies again. Just 5. It's like nothing after having lost 12 kgs., 7 of which I've lost since new year's. I'm back to the diet again tomorrow. I'm gonna call again to see if the pool is finally open, and if not i'll just be hanging out at the gym of course. :)

Red is probably calling the producer to ask for an update tomorrow. We'll see what happens!

I Ate

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:29:00 +0000

I finally finished the fast tonight when I met Red before the fashion show. I didn't eat very much though. And even though I was in a shitty mood from not having lost weight, Red swore a million times over that I look thinner. Oh well I'm in a better mood now especially because I'm proud I was able to exercise that much control. I'm sure that if nothing else it really was a good detox and it must have shocked my metabolism so I'm looking forward to some improvements this week with my workouts and normal diet. I'm sure actually eating something probably improved my mood too, I was a bitch all weekend! lol...

So yeah seeing the models tonight did make me envious as always, but for some reason i didn't get so manically depressed like i normally do. I mean I didn't push back the urge to cry or come home hating myself like i usually do after these things. If anything it almost motivated me even more, like when i was watching i was just like "yeah that's gonna be me real damn soon". I guess that everything happens for a reason, and whether this whole show thing works out or not it really gave me a good kick in the ass and motivated me by showing me that opportunity still exists and maybe it's not so far out of my reach as i made myself believe it was.

you may have noticed that i haven't been mentioning my dietician or posting new diets for a couple of weeks. the fact is that i got so frustrated being stuck that i didn't wanna talk to dietician and have another weigh-in when i hadn't lost any weight. i know that's really backwards logic since her job is to help me lose weight, but i've been a real futilist for the past couple weeks. oh well, i am gonna go sometime this week, in fact maybe i'll stop in tomorrow for a wiegh-in and to see if she wants to give me a different diet now.

mmm, getting sleepy. but i'm so happy i finally get to have some breakfast tomorrow morning :)

65 Sucks

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:06:00 +0000

Dammit! I've only had juice for the past two days now and I'm still at 65.2! I'd even be happy with a 64.9, I'm just sick of being stuck at 65! I did have some vegetable soup last night (just veggies though, totally fat free) but that's been it other than the juice. And I figured I could afford to eat that considering I walked for 3 hours again yesterday! How is it even possible that I wouldn't lose like, 1/2 a pound or something?!

Still doing just juice today, but I'm probably gonna break the fast tonight because Red is coming over and we're going to a fashion show. Unfortunately, I'll just be in the audience as always. These things always make me depressed. I end up watching the show and getting envious of the models and hating myself for not losing weight and working.

Anyway, I'll take some pics at the show tonight so you can all enjoy :)

Refreshed

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:09:00 +0000

So thankfully I didn't throw up yesterday, eventually I just went to bed. I'm guessing that I was really working some junk out of my system because I woke up this morning actually feeling really good and refreshed. Not only do I feel really well-rested, but like I have a lot of energy too. So I will go out walking soon. I have a meeting today and it's a good hour and a 1/2 walk so there and back will be good exercise. I'm not gonna bother going to gym because there aren't really any classes since it's Sunday and I'm still on the juice so walking will be better than doing actual cardio. I'll see how the fast goes today, I plan on breaking it either tomorrow or Tuesday depending on how I feel. By the way, don't ever break a fast by just eating whatever. You need to break it slowly by drinking vegetable soup broth, and then incorporating softer foods like the vegetables from the soup or other cooked veggies. That should be the first day, then try adding meat like boiled chicken or steamed fish, then move onto the raw fruits and veggies. If you just eat whatever you want right away, it's really hard on your system and you'll make yourself sick. This is if you've actually fasted for two days or more though. If you've barely lasted a day, it won't matter because you'll probably still have food digesting from before.

Feeling Sick

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:59:00 +0000

Yeah, so I totally didn't go out today. I was all dressed and ready to go but I was feeling sick and it just kept getting worse. Like I was gonna throw-up any second. I ended up putting my pj.s on, taking a pillow from the bed and going to the couch, and getting a puke-bucket just in case. I lied down and I fell asleep for a few hours, I'm better now but still a little queazy. I'm not sure if this is from the juice fast, I'm thinking that it's more all the stuff I ate yesterday.

As for the fast, it's going fine I didn't eat anything today and I'm not really hungry, just feeling a little dizzy but that's all. I'm glad that I took it is easy today though.

Crazy

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:39:00 +0000

By the way, I forgot to mention that it was also a small personal success for me on Thursday because aside from being a great job for our pr agency, the people from the press who know me now for doing pr work were really surprised to see me also modelling there. It was the first time in god knows how long I've been in front of everyone with full makeup, miniskirt, tanktop, and heels, and the responses were in fact really good. I guess the reactions could best be described as "pleasant surprise", like some of the guys who actually know me really well didn't even recognize me at first glance and then they were like wow, look at you, so I'm pretty happy I got some attention :)

On the downside, the fact that I didn't lose any weight last week is really making me crazy! I forgot to mention that I taped up a piece of paper on the bathroom wall in front of the scale last week and would jot down my wieght every time I got on the scale. I was just looking at it again, and all the numbers are like 66-something, 65-something, 66-something, 65-something...
Argh! What more can I do?! I hope I see some changes with this juice fast, because if I don't see a 64 by Tuesday, i'm killing myself.

Fasting

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:40:00 +0000

So yesterday I just wanted to rest, I was really tired from the job on Thursday. All the wind and standing for so many hours under the sun really wore me out. Anyway, I totally binged yesterday. I mean really binged, like food was actually air. I was so bloated and in pain last night, and this morning I felt like I was having a food hangover. I just felt totally lethargic and gross.

Anyway, since despite all of my dieting and working out (with the exception of yesterday) I didn't lost ANY weight this week :( I've decided to do the juice fast. But this time I'm seriously going to do it for 3 days. I started today, so far it's been good. I'm gonna go out in about an hour and I'll be doing a lot of walking but I decided not to go work out today. That on top of the walking on top of the fact that I already feel sick plus the juice fast sounds like it might be too much. I don't wanna make the same mistake I did last time, so I'll just stick with the walking for now. Maybe I'll work out tomorrow though.

By the way, the job on Thursday went really well. All of the press was there so the company was really happy. I didn't really get to talk to the popstar, just said hello, but it was a fun event and I got paid which was awesome :)

RIP Bunny, I love you

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:20:00 +0000

This morning bunny died :( I'm devestated. I don't know why, he would get into absolutely everything, and I think he ate some wax from a candle and it poisoned him. He was fine, then all of a sudden he got really quiet and wierd. And then he got almost paralyzed like he was just limp, and then i had him in my hands and he started spasming (by this time i was freaking out getting ready to run out the door to go to the vet) and then he just died. It was soooo sad. Of course I cried uncontrollably, Red came over and buried him for me. I really miss him. The house seems so quiet and lonely now without him.

I also didn't get to work out today as a result, but it's okay I really didn't have much to eat either. On a positive note, we were asked to do the press invites for a publicity event tomorrow. It's for a new ad campaign with a famous pop singer in it and they called back again saying that they needed two girls to welcome the guests and pass out the vip gifts etc, and since there's some extra cash in it too Red said I should be one of the girls. Which also means I get to meet the singer!! I'm so excited, I just wish I was 5 kgs. thinner. Of course then I would be doing even better actual modelling jobs but I'm hating the fact that the other girl is a model and thinner than me and I have to be in front of everyone and meeting the singer looking like this. I kept telling Red that I'm only doing it cause I could use the money but that he shouldn't use me because I'm his girlfriend but to make and honest decision about whether i'm decent enough to do the job or not. He seems to think I am, I don't feel the same way but oh well. Anyway, I'm excited so I guess I'll go to the gym tomorrow morning, tan, come home a do my hair. I'll just pack my clothes and makeup cause it'll be better to get ready there.

Wish me luck!!

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:51:00 +0000

I've been a good girl again, I actually went to the yoga and bosu classes. I didn't do the hour of cardio because it was already getting late and I still had to walk back home. So the walk was about 45 minutes (I went fast today), the yoga was an hour and 15, the bosu was an hour, so I got about 3 hours in again today. I just had some plain salad, no meat or carbs or anything, when I can home and I think I'll have some fruit and a piece of cheese now.

By the way, I notice that this happens a lot when people start working out a lot; while normally we're supposed to be on a diet and exercising, the working out makes us think "oh, I guess I can eat that too, I've earned it," but this is totally wrong. Don't let yourselves cheat by making excuses. Just the opposite, I always try to think "man, i just busted my ass for 3 hours, I don't want it to have all been for nothing. I'll just cancel it out and it will have been a waste if i eat this now". When you work out that much and then eat what you want, you'll only break even. So you may not gain weight, but you won't lost it either.

Anyway, another ex-boyfriend called again today. Also wanting to take me away for a weekend. I told him I have a boyfriend. He said to just not tell my boyfriend about it, and that he promised he wouldn't be bad. Liar :) Don't worry, I would never do that.

I was actually planning on writing more, but it's too late now and I'm sleepy. Goodnight...

ARrgh

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:01:00 +0000

I can't believe this! I'm working my ass off and still wieghing in over 65. Oh well, just gotta keep working at it I guess. Seriously, if I don't see any change within the next couple days i really am gonna go back on that juice fast. I've also been thinking about trying the master cleanse, but maple syrup is really hard to find here so I don't know if I can.

Anyway, I woke up late again this morning. Actually I woke up early but fell asleep again. So I've been hanging out at home, I'm gonna have a late lunch now and then get to the gym again. Normally I was supposed to meet a friend tonight, so i was gonna have a couple hours of walking to get there, and I was gonna stop for a bikini wax on the way, but our plans got cancelled so I've decided to hit the gym for the evening classes. I've got a yoga class and a bosu class, plus I figure I'll do an hour of cardio as usual. Plus the walk there and back.

So Red and I are okay, although there are things that piss me off. He just seems so goddamn lazy all the time. It's like, I'm trying to be all active and stuff and he justs sits around. I know that part of it is money though, we're both struggling right now and every time we go out it means we're spending even more. The worst part is that for some reason a bunch of guys who I used to date or used to know have all been calling me lately to go out, and I have to politely refuse all of them saying that i have a boyfriend. Seriously, it's way more difficult being a girl I think. Because it's always the girls who are getting called. I don't think there's a bunch of girls calling my boyfriend all the time (except there is this one model skank who keeps calling him over saying she needs him to take photos of her for her book, i'm gonna kill that bitch). But seriously, it's like they call me to invite me to nice clubs and have me picked up with a chauffeur or go away with them for the weekend. Do you know how difficult it is to refuse that?! Shit, I wanna have fun too. But I really love Red, and there's no way I would cheat on him. If we were in a better position financially he would take me to all those places too, it's not like he doesn't want to. And he gives me a lot more emotionally than anybody else would. I was just really pissed because he was gonna come over yesterday and i told him i was working out and to bring the tennis rackets and come to the club so we could play and he didn't want to because he's a lazy ass.

I also called the producer yesterday in a fit of anger after arguing with Red, and I was just like "hey, be straight, what is the deal here?!" I was like, the dates keep getting pushed back, i keep waiting to hear from you but I never do, so wtf? And he told me, in all sincerity that they really have been working hard and that everything they're discussing is with the network. So then I was like "are you guys still wanting to work with me or not?" and he said that they were but that there are so many technical things still that they haven't been able to get to that stage yet. I was like "you know, I turned down 2 job offers because this was supposed to happen" and he was just like, look I'm really stressed too but believe me we're working on it and i promise i will call you the moment that something developes. So basically i'm satisfied because I can't really ask for a more honest answer than that.

The truth is that I don't just wanna keep waiting for this show, I actually wanna start exploring other opportunities too. I mean, if there's another show or something or more modeling work I won't just sit around. But the fact is that I will need new pics and to go back to my old agencies again and even though I've improved I still shouldn't go looking like this, just like 5 more kg's and then I can start making the rounds. When I drop down to 60 I'll start working again, 55 will be ideal, and my ultimate goal is 52.

Proud

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:54:00 +0000

Damn I'm so proud of myself! I went to the gym (duh) and I was late to the core class, but it's okay I did 20 min. on the treadmill then went into the abs class. I was talking to the trainer after so I was too late for the hips abs thighs class, so I did 15 min on the stairmaster then ate my banana then went into Core Pilates -- they do it on a core board and it's freakin hard -- then i finished with the elliptical machine, bike, and rowing. Plus it took me close to an hour to walk there and back. So total, I did about 3 1/2 hours of exercise today. :)

I have yet to see if my weight's gonna drop this week (by the way, you will usually wiegh-in heavier after a workout) but i've really tightened up which is awesome. And I think all the walking I did the past few weeks really increased my endurance because I can get through all of this pretty well.

On a downside, Red is pissing me off. I'm gonna write him an email now, we'll see what happens.

Woke Up

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:32:00 +0000

Yes! I actually managed to wake up this morning! Granted I'm running a little late, I just finished breakfast and I'm ready to go out the door. I'm missing the stretching class but that's okay I'll still be able to make it to all the others. I'm so proud of myself!!!

Gym Fugitive

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:24:00 +0000

Yeah, so I accidentaly fell asleep instead of going out today. I did order my groceries online so I have food now but obviously I didn't get any exercise. Oh well, I'm counting this as a free day since it's Sunday anyway and too late to do anything now - there weren't even classes at the gym this afternoon. I'm still in pain, and I probably look really funny when i try to stand up and walk after sitting for a while :P

I'm going through the schedule for the week and writing down exactly which class I'm taking and at what time. Tomorrow looks good (assuming I can wake my lazy ass up) -- I'm doing Streching (at 8:30 in the morning! lol) which I really need considering how tight my muscles feel, then Express Core, Express Abs, Hips Abs & Thighs, Core Pilates, and an aerobics class. The only thing that freaks me out whenever I get into these workout obsessed modes is that the trainers will notice and think I'm a crazy freak.

In fact I was thinking about this yesterday too. Did you ever notice how sometimes there are like the really atheltic crazy muscular women who probably only ever wear workout clothes and have serious man issues, and they always know absolutely every trainer and they are always front and center in all the classes, and they basically do ALL the classes and they are always chugging protien shakes?? And like, they're thin but not really because everything has sort of reversed and started pushing itself back out and they've gone past being thin and into being bodybuilders, and for some reason they're usually over 40 (or look it anyway). Anyway, nobody ever says anything about these women, like i said they're like bff with any and all gym personel.

But I know that as soon as I start doing more than a couple classes all of a sudden the trainers will "take notice". I even got really paranoid about that yesterday because something really wierd happened. I met the trainer in my first class, the dance aerobics. Anyway, when we got out I actually wanted to go into yoga class after, but he had seen me doing cardio before his class too and then i still wanted to do the pilates later and since he was standing by the studio I decided not to draw too much attention to myself the first day and skipped the yoga. I went to the info desk to ask the girl if the pool was open and she told me to talk to the membership people.

When I came back from talking to them, the trainer was talking to the girl at the info desk and left when he saw me, then she asked me if they helped (all they did was tell me it wasn't open yet) and then -- here's where it gets weird -- she was like "lemme write down your name, what was it again?" and i was all "oh that's okay they helped" and she insisted and said she would pass it on to thier supervisor or something. WTF?!?! She's going to "pass on" that I was wondering if the pool is open?!?!?! So she actually wrote down my name (of course I gave it to her, i didn't want her to really think i'm insane). But i'm pretty sure it actually had something to do with the trainer.

I doubt he recognized me from anywhere and even if he did it wouldn't matter people much more important than me are all members to that gym. And I'm really sure he wasn't interested in me sexually because i'm pretty sure he's gay and that's no way to pick someone up anyway. Why wouldn't he just ask me my last name? Plus I have my trainer, who sees how much cardio I do from my program sheet plus she teaches some of the classes too. So I'm totally paranoid now that they're keeping watch on me or something. Oh well, what will they do gimme an intervention? I paid for my membership goddammit! I'm gonna make it worth every penny! Lol...

All I'm saying is that I feel like right now I'm all suspicious because I'm like a fat girl working out. I'm a prime target for the words "we think she has a problem". But if I was all skinny hell i could sleep there and stick my finger down my throat while running on the treadmill and they still wouldn't say anything.

So yeah it's so great I have this gym to fill my days instead of working lol. Hopefully we can get this fashion show thing so that I can actually make some money instead of just spending it. in fact it's probably better for me economically that i'm insecure about my body right now because i hate shopping for clothes (so i don't) and my decreased social life means i go out less too. I just keep dreaming about the day when I'l be thin and have money :)

Sooo Tired

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:41:00 +0000

Dammit! Weighed in today at 65.2, still not to 64 :( I woke up at 1, which is guess is kinda normal considering how totally wiped out I was last night. I'm sooo freakin tired today, my whole body hurts even when I don't move. I don't care I'm happy I worked out so much. The only probably is I'm finding it hard to actually move my ass and get out of the house today. Oh well, another hour and then I'll go back to the gym, stop at the store for some groceries, since now I basically have just juice. That's about it for now, nothing new to tell.

Great Success

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:14:00 +0000

Oh my god I can't believe what I did today. So I packed my stuff and left the house at like, a quarter to 10. I walked to the gym, which is a pretty steep uphill 20 minute walk, plus I was carrying all my stuff including my other shoes, clothes, shampoo/lotion etc. and 2 1.5liter bottles full of juice. So I was already sweating by the time i got to the gym. I did 30 minutes of cardio on the machines, then I did an hour dance aerobics class. After that, I chilled for about 2 hours at the cafe (having only my juice), and then I did 30 minutes more of cardio. After that I did an hour of pilates, which hella hurt after all that other stuff. So basically, it was like 4 when I was done working out. then my sports-journalist friend called me to come hang out, and I said okay. So i did 20 minutes in the sauna, then showered and changed and walked an hour and a half to meet him (still carrying a bunch of stuff, btw.)

So what you see here, is that if you total the classes, the cardio, and the straight walking i totalled about 5 hours of exercise today!!! Plus I was on a juice fast. By the time it was 8 I was pretty much completely dizzy and feeling totally drunk and he wanted to take me to dinner and I said no that I was on a juice fast and when he found out about that with the exercise (he called when I was at the gym, and he knew I walked to meet him) he basically wouldn't take no for an answer. We ended up going to an italian restaraunt and I had some pasta with cheese/cream sauce and salmon. But I only ate half of the plate, which was small to begin with.

So I did last all day and finally messed up the diet at night, but seriously I felt so funky. I can't even describe it. I wasn't hungry at all, I'm still not and I got full really fast at dinner, but I think that a juice fast on top of all that exercise was stupid on my part. In fact I hear you're supposed to take it easy physically on the days that you fast so that you will be less likely to need to eat something.

Oh well, I'm more focused now on the working out, since I've actually been losing weight with my regular diet anyway but i need to exercise and walk more to get really toned and actually burn fat. I just weighed-in when I got home, and even though it's night-time and I'm swollen from all that exercise and I just ate, I still weighed-in at 65.9, so that's some indication that I'll probably be under 65 tomorrow (i hope i hope i hope). I'll see how the next few days go with major working-out and my normal diet. If I feel like I've really hit a block, then I'll try again with the fasting, only not so much over-doing the physical stuff too next time!

By the way, I should mention how I am in SO MUCH PAIN right now. I just nibbled on the end of a protien bar to at least help my muscles rebuild overnight. Every part of my body hurts, especially from carrying around my stuff too. Every time I move i hear something different pop :P I need sleep!!!

Gym and Juice

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:48:00 +0000

yeah, so i've just been surfing the net, I didn't get any sleep. I checked the class schedule at the gym for today, and I'm gonna go to Hips, Abs, &Thighs at 10, Dance Aerobics at 11, and Yoga Fit at 12. Afterward I'll probably be out walking from one place to another. I'll double-check about the pool. I wanna lay-out dammit! If that fails, maybe I'll go to the modern art musem, i've been talking about it a lot but haven't gone yet. Still, I'd hate to be indoors all day when the weather looks like it's gonna be nice.

I mixed 3-liters of juice for my juice fast today. I mixed apple, grape, sour cherry, and pomegranate, plus diluted it with a little water. I used apple the least (it can cause gas, and pomegranate the most since it's the best for detox. By the way, my dietician didn't write this up or anything, I've heard a lot about juice fasts and wanted to try it on my own. I'm anxious to see if I can actually survive today, let alone 3! That's why it would be so great to go to the pool, if I'm swimming and laying out all day with some magazines, I'll probably be thinking less about food and won't be so tempted to eat. That's also why I think the museum would be a good idea.

Okay, better pack some stuff and walking to the gym. I wanna have time to warm-up before class...

Still Awake

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:00:00 +0000

I can't believe it's 6am and I'm still awake. Oh well, I had something to keep me busy through my insomia. I finally put all my old magazines to use and made my huge fashion/model collage on my closet doors. I have just the top and bottom to fill on the second panel, but my original plan was to do just one so I can't believe I almost covered both! I'm so happy I did this, I think it looks totally awesome, and what better motivation when I wake up or go to my closet? Lol, I wonder what Red will think, he'll probably see it as being totally artistic or that I've completely lost my mind (most like he'll pick the second option.) Oh well, I love it.

Anyway, I had to do something to improve my mood. I was getting all depressed and wanting to cry again, because as I was flipping through the tv channels I kept seeing girls I know on different shows. That gets me in a bad mood pretty fast. Seriously, it sucks that I know these people, I've actually sat and talked and hung out and ate dinner and gone to clubs and show with them and they all get to work and do fun stuff like be on tv while I sit here :(

So I ordered mexican last night, but I couldn't finish it all. I'm so happy that the urge to not overeat is stronger than my cravings, it's a good sign :) I did call the producer last night, I was just like, yeah Red told me that you guys talked a couple days ago? (lol he doesn't know that Red's my boyfriend) and I guess you guys were supposed to let me know about some tapings? His response was just like "yeah, I'm told Red I'd call him with the info". Um, hello, why did he not have the info already? Weren't they supposed to discuss all that on Thursday?! Crap, I hate everything being totally up in the air like this!

Oh well, I'm gonna start my juice fast today. I'm not sure I'll even go to bed after this hour. I think if anything I'll just lay on the couch with the tv on. The sun's up already, so I'm not really feeling like going to bed. I called to ask if the pool was open and they said that my gym was still "negotiating the terms" and that they would send info to everyone when the pool was available for our use. Shit, is absolutely everything that I want in the process of being "negotiated"?? WTF?!?!

I'm Back

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:42:00 +0000

I went to the store. Twice. The first time I bought everything (or so I thought), then I got home and realized I forgot to buy a phone card so I had to haul my ass back. Oh well, it was extra exercise and I'm really sweating now.

I did decide I'll start a juice fast tomorrow. They didn't have a juicer so I bought normal juice (from concentrate but it doesn't have any added sugar or anything). I read that you're not supposed to drink orange or tomato juices when you do a juice fast by the way. I bought a lot of grape and pomegranate though, because they're really good for detox. I heard it's also a good idea to water down the juices just a bit when you're doing a fast.

So I am gonna have mexican tonight. Mexican and the OC woohoo!!! I'm still weighing in at under 66kgs and with the fasting, I think I can afford one free meal tonight.

I still haven't called the producers. I'm gonna do that now, if I can get up the courage...

Still Home

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:15:00 +0000

Hey, so I haven't managed to leave the house yet. I got totally involved in cutting out pics from my magazines to make a huge model/fashion collage on my closet. I just started taping them up when I ran out of tape :( Then I decided to eat lunch (since breakfast was at 1) and I'm debating what to do now.

I'm definately gonna have to go to the supermarket no matter what since now I need tape, but that's only like a ten minute walk each way. Tonight's OC night (they're on the last season here, I still don't know how it ends!) and it starts at 8, but I can catch the re-run at like 1 or 2 I think. So do I go to the gym or not? Hmmm, a twenty minute walk there and back, plus an hour of cardio, and maybe a class?? Shit I dunno, and I fucking forgot to call and ask if the pool is open yet. I hope it is because I will spend all weekend swimming and tanning, yea! :)

I wonder if Red is dead?? He was supposed to call me last night after a fashion show, and he didn't. He hasn't been online at all today or called, I should probably call him and make sure he's alive.

Awww! I must be psychic, he just called! Poor thing, woke up at 3 today haha, guess his computer crashed and he was up all night last night fixing it. Anyway, he said I should call the producer and see what's up. Okay, I should get dressed and go to the store, and I'm gonna see if I can find a juicer somewhere, if I can I think I'll go on a 3-day juice fast tomorrow. Otherwise I'll just buy a bunch of organic juices.

I also haven't been able to smoke at all for the past two days. I'll finally get some cigarettes now, yea! :)

Sleepyhead

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:29:00 +0000

Oh my gosh, I woke up sooo late today! It's like, past noon and I just got my ass up. And supposedly I had my alarm clock set for 7am. Oh well, it's friday anyway, I guess I'll take it easy. It was raining all day yesterday so I didn't really do anything except get online a lot, clean a bit, and Red came over to discuss work stuff.

Oh well, today it's better so I should have breakfast now and the definately get walking again! I've been meaning to go to classes at my gym too, like I was gonna go for bosu pilates this morning but as you know I'm a dumbass and chose sleep instead :P There are some classes in the evening too, but like if a class is at 8 or 9 that mean it'll be after 10 when i leave, close to 11 by the time i get home, i'll have to shower again etc.. And the worst part is my adrenaline is gonna be really going which will mean more insomnia i.e. sleeping in late again tomorrow. Shit, I wish I would have gotten my ass up for the morning classes! I know, I think I'm making too many excuses. I'll just see how my day goes, i'll definately go to the gym to work out and maybe i will join a class. Still at 65 kgs, I've been bouncing around 66-67 for the past few days but i'm definately down to 65 now. I can't wait to see that scale drop down 1 more kg! Normally friday nights are my free nights, where I let myself eat one meal totally however I want (usually quesadilla, mexican beans and rice, sour cream yumm) . I'm debating though maybe I'll just skip it today? It would be great to lose a couple kgs by monday since I'm dropping again.

Okay, time for breakfast.

The thing about ed's

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:11:00 +0000

So if you're been keeping up and reading the diets I'm on, you can see that I probably wouldn't be considered as having an eating disorder. A lot of people think that you have to be starving yourself or throwing up after meals to be considered as having an eating disorder, and that your goal has to be to starve yourself until you die and be totally unstable. The fact is that none of these are necessarily true. You can be overweight and have an ed, you can eat and have an ed, you can be doing a healthy diet and still be obsessed. In fact, a lot of people who have eating disorders don't even realize they have them. The National Eating Disorder Association lists everything from binge eating (without purging) to distorted body image as types of disorders.

Aside from obesession, compulsion, and taking this to the point of being extremely underweight so as to seriously damage your health, I do also think that having sooo many things listed as ed's is a fabrication of American culture. For example, to begin with sizes in America are automatically bigger. If you're an 8 in America, you're a 10 in Europe. Sizes in the states have also gotten bigger over time. Before the 70's/80's a size 10 was smaller than it is now, so like when they say that Marilyn Monroe was a size 16, she actually wasn't that big by today's standards. A lot of this comes from so much of the population in general being overwieght, and even average-sized people getting thicker. In Europe, there hasn't been a lot of focus on eating disorders yet, especially since not overeating is an everyday concept. The plates and portions of food in America alone are twice the size of those in other countries, and even then they practice leaving something on the plate. Our culture has basically trained us on how to keep expanding our stomaches so we will never be full.

I did try both: not eating at all and purging after eating. I also exercised compulsively, trying to burn more calories during my workout than I consumed in the entire day. First off, I definately do not believe that these have any direct connecting to modeling what so ever. People badmouth the media a lot, but the fact is that my obsessions don't come from comparing myself to other models. I just hate how I look and feel when I gain weight. I hate how clothes fit and how I feel like I'm trapped in someone else's body. And when I was actually thin the fear of losing all my confidence and looks could also push me over the edge. (By the way, ed's had nothing to do with me getting sick or needing surgery).

Now, I don't necessarily think I would never go back down those roads again; it's really hard to control yourself when you have fear motivating you. But I also don't recommend these to anyone. The reason why I'm having to be more healthy now is that with ana/mia, my metabolism gets all over the place and I actually don't lose weight. The healthier diet alternative is working okay right now, and as long as I'm losing weight I'm happy.

By the way, as an ex- diet coke addict, I know that diet coke is a fave for any ed girl, but seriously I quit (I only drink a couple cans a week now when I go out). It really causes cellulite and even though it's one calorie the caramel coloring transforms into sugar i.e. fat, plus the caffiene screws up your metabolism and it prevents fat burn and locks toxins into the body. So yeah, as much as I love it I hate to say that diet coke is the devil.

Chocolate Craving

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:51:00 +0000

Red came and went. For some reason he wants to wait until tomorrow to call the producer.

I've actually been really good about my diet today, I sort of spread lunch out over the past few hours and it melded into dinner, so I ate less than I normally would. Except that now I'm totally craving chocolate.

When I really get a strong craving like this, I go into my stash of Kashi go-lean bars. They have the classic chocolate-covered protien bars or you can actually get like oatmeal bars dipped in chocolate. They're pretty good and even though they're all pretty high in calories, they're mostly from protien carbs instead of fat. Plus they're high in calcium and iron which are good at helping burn fat. It's not perfect and I don't recommend you eat them a lot, but at least when i get these cravings I can nibble on half a bar and it keeps me from running out to binge on brownies and snickers :P

Makeup

noreply@blogger.com (missmodel) — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:48:00 +0000

Right about now the producers should be meeting with the network again. I'm not expecting to hear from them soon but just knowing this is making me nervous. So I've been sitting here improving my blog :)

So, people have been asking me more questions about modeling tips and stuff, so I should probably add more things like that to the page. Here's a little bit about makeup:

Basically everybody knows that makeup can be really bad for your skin depending on the quality. I'm lucky in that I have really good skin and rarely break out but I've noticed that sometimes bad makeup can really bring out a bad reaction. Especially if you work a lot, you constantly have different kinds of thick makeup on your face. And if you're working with make-up artists, they usually don't use disposable tools so they're working on you with brushes that have touched a bunch of other peoples' skin. I personally think this is disgusting.

My fave brand is ofcourse MAC. It did start out as an actual "make-up artist cosmetics" company, so thier stuff is already great for professional use (this is also why they have so many far out colors etc.). Plus it's very hypoallergenic and I find that it's really easy on my skin. I use only MAC cosmetics, even just for normal daily make-up, and it's still cheaper than clinique or lancome or other upscale brands.

My advice is that you invest in a sturdy cosmetics case, brushes, and a variety of colors and finishes. Brushes can be expensive, but they will last really long if you take care of them and it's worth not using brushes that other people have used since they can harbor bacteria just like a sponge. Ofcourse there are different cosmetics sponsors and especially for fashion shows usually everyone has to use the same brand of makeup. Still, just using your own brushes goes a long way, and it's best to use your own foundation if you can get away with it. The reason I prefer to use my own eyeshadow/liner is because I find that a lot of other brands make my eyes puffy or red, and cause them to tear up which sucks when you need to go on set. Lipstick isn't so bad, but then again if you're lucky the person before you had a cold sore.

Okay, so seriously, I'm soooo not obsessive compulsive. But seriously, this is really important. You make a living using your looks and you don't want to dirty your face with cheap makeup and other people's bacteria.