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Drew Barrymore Won’t Succumb to The Size Zero Trend
Category: Celebrity Diets, Drew BarrymoreNormal and larger-than-average sized celebrities are speaking up left and right lately about the fact that they don’t want to have to conform to Hollywood’s latest size zero trend.
Drew Barrymore is the latest.
Drew lost about 15 pounds after her break-up with boyfriend Fabrizio Moretti. She claims to have done it the old-fashioned way - healthy eating and exercise.
“I’ve always hated those people who say that eating right and exercising is the only way to lose weight, but now I’m with them, I’m one of them.
I use a StairMaster, go to Pilates classes and run regularly. I run as far as I can. I don’t cook, so I get all my food from healthy takeaways in Los Angeles. You can order really delicious, fresh steamed fish or chicken with steamed vegetables. The difficult thing is that now I’ve lost the weight, I’m trying to maintain it.”
And of course, she won’t ever go down to a size zero.
She added: “Losing the weight has given me confidence and a sense of pride, but I’m not about to go down to a size zero.
“Don’t worry about me because I would never fall prey to all that bulls**t.”
Drew seems to be in great shape right now. Here are some photos of her leaving a gym in Southern California.
i love her but i’m so sick of this story
Good for her! However, I’m a little displeased with all this skinny-bashing. Yes, for most people being a size zero may not be the healthiest thing. But there are naturally slim people who can’t do anything about it. and people who enjoy being small. I personally love being tiny! I think it’s great. As long as you aren’t ill why not?
This story is getting old.
I’ve loved her since charlies angels but I dont understand why she is talking about her weight now, I swear she lost it like three years ago I remember reading her interview in instyle. maybe she gained it back and lost it again? hmm
I think she looks good. Very normal and trim.
Elle- I am naturally small and a size 0, but one has to recognize that for most people that is not a “normal” size and most of the reason you or I are probably has a lot to do with genetics.
I think the size is used as a euphemism for most of hollywood that obtains the size due to extreme dieting and overexcercising. I dont think Drew’s intention was to “bash” naturally skinny people, only to point out that she does not want to enter the race of who has the most jutting hip and collar bonesat a party. She is not naturally tiny and it would probably be at the sacrifice of her health were she to become so, even if she did not become “ill” outright.
I think that the only reason people are “speaking out” on the issue of being super thin is because they’re asked. Barrymore and her counterparts aren’t standing on a soap box about this, annoying as it is to hear so many celebrity opinions. She couldn’t be a zero if she tried anyway; her bone structure just isn’t suited to that.
Lala - good point!!!!!!
Drew looks great!!!!!!
Drew Barrymore is gorgeous, and i’m glad she hasn’t given into the scary skinny thing. The story is going around a lot because people want to see healthier celebrities. Celebrities are role models. They have many fans that wish they could be just like that person. When they see someone with their hip bones jutting out, chest bones showing, bony arms, etc. they think that’s what they have to look like to be beautiful. Everyone is giving in, and it’s a crock of doody. I was scary skinny at one point from a growth spurt, but now i’m a healthy weight, still slim, and I haven’t had any complaints, yet I can’t say that for the 80 pound chicks walking down the street.
Whatever. She’s already made a point of getting a lot thinner than she used to be, and her size was perfectly fine then. I believe that she won’t be one of the extremes–living off coke and looking like Nicole Richie–but I bet her calorie restriction is pretty strict, and being on a eternal diet is hardly healthy.
What is seriously wrong with being a size zero?
I am a size zero and im still trying to lose weight?
Its not a bad thing at all
I just want to be thin and healthy
Ellie Jane - It’s not that Drew is stating that there is something wrong with being a size zero, she is just stating that she doesn’t WANT to be that size. Just like some don’t want to be a size 4. Everyone has a size preference that they would love to be. I wouldn’t call any of this skinny bashing either - I just think that society is starting to realize the obsession with weight loss and how it has gotten out of hand. Yeah, a size zero looks great but not everyone can achieve it in a healthy way. That is how it is promoted through anorexia. I have a similar body to Drew, and I Just could NEVER be a size zero, my body wouldn’t achieve it without anorexia, bulimia or an eating disorder.
I’m assuming that’s what Drew means - she would have to pull a Nicole Richie in order to achieve a size 0. Clearly she is happy to be a size 4 or so by eating healthy and exercising- and to me that is the best hollywood influence out of them all.
why the hell would you want to lose weight..when your already a size effin! zero….im a size 7 in well like juniors and still trying to gain..yes gain hehe
i dont understand why ellie..you wanna be smaller at an already size zero?…
..im not bashing you just wondering
ah yes…forgot to put:
I love drew….she’s perfect..well in my opinion of course
oo one more thing
!
do a post on Victoria Beckham
..i thought she looked pretty healthy at the mtv awards
:D… well thats what i thought!
Victoria Beckham!
I love the way Drew always has such a bright, sunny outlook. I don’t think she is skinny bashing either. I don’t want to be a size 16, that does not mean I’m taking a stab at big people.
i believe she wants to be a quite thin, otherwise why the drastic wieght loss
i dont think she has accepted her body shape, so stop pretending
why else does she yo-yo in size?
notice when she went all crazy on the wieght loss her boyfriend and her broke up
now he is with another curvy woman
you wonder how much her life became centered around just losing wieght at the time
though i do believe she is a beautifull actress
maybe ellie jane is, like, 4′3′’, so a size zero is a little chubby on her?
I love Drew. She is an unique beauty, very down-to-earth and seems to be happy what she´s got. She and Kate Winslet are kind of similar in this point of wiev and I think both of them are incredible beautiful bacause of their inner peace and happiness. It really shows! She is perfect just the way she is!
ellie jane , you need help…seriousely how can you want to lose more weight?? for what??
I LOVE HER (: She rocks (:
A SIZE ZERO ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE. Especially in clothing chains like Gap, Express, Limited, etc. I used to be a size 3 in Express and Gap clothes (in high school up through my senior year of college, 2002). Now sometimes Express size zero is too big (and I don’t shop at the Gap anymore). I have the same height and weight- 100 lbs, 5′4″. Vanity sizing has made the “size zero” debate meaningless.
I can honestly say that depending on the height of the person, I don’t think a size 0 looks great. As for Ellie Jane, go see a shrink. A size 0 and still trying to lose weight? Guess you won’t be happy until you look like a stage 4 cancer patient…
I don’t think anyone is “skinny bashing”. What they’re saying is that a lot of stars are becoming thinner then what is natural or healthy for their bodies. No one takes shots at the stars that have been thin and continue to be from the beginning of their careers (except maybe Kiera Knightly but she’s just so tiny!)
What these celebs are talking about are “normal” or slightly chubby celebs who all of a sudden become a size zero.
Okay, Drew, we hear ya. Loud and clear.
ya know even though drew’s message about not giving into typical weighloss has gotten a lil old and over played…its good to see that she hasnt allowed herself to be swayed by the ever-strong “pin-thin” crowd in hollywood
Famous last words…
I think drew looks great here! Good for her wanting to
lose weight; I hope she did it for all the right reasons,
not just because she broke up with her boyfriend! Stress probably. I don’t think she’ll ever conform to the Hollywood ‘thin, emaciated look,’ she’s just not that type…Good for her!!
meh. i’m kind of over people acting snobby because they’re “too smart for the size 0 bullshit”. if you won’t conform to the hollywood norm, good for you. you don’t really need to announce it to the world though. that being said, i really do like her. she’s one of the few women in hollywood that isn’t stick thin but isn’t overweight. it’s a nice medium.
im personally not a fan of sixe zero either…i guess on some ppl where its natural then obviously it looks good on them…but i also think there is nothing worse than someone who is supposed to be bigger starving themselves to be a zero….and thats not to say they are not jst as, if not more attractive than girls who are size zero….
ppl talk like size zero is unnattainable for girls who are size 4 like they are unfortunate or something…but different ppl suit different weight
i personally am a size 4 and i get a lot more comments when i am this weight because thats wats intended for my size!!! when im smaller i seem to blend in and it looks unnatural and not as attractive…i wouldnt say that jst cuz a girl is size 4 then she’s not as hot as a size zero girl….
out of all of my favourite beautiful women in the world very few, if any are supermodels…and thats not to say its because i dont agree with being thin its jst that to me it doesnt stand out of a crowd and scream out HOT! to me like someone like halle berry, tyra banks, scarlett johannson, marylin munro, katherine heigl, carmen electra etc would to me
I agree with LaLa about Drew Barrymore not being able to be a size 0 if she tried. Her bone structure and body type aren’t suited for it and she would look horrible.
I a kind of tired of the whole I am not going to lose weight for Hollywood story, but I doubt it is going to go away soon.
Yeah, same old story, but Drew is the only one I actually believe.
She looks fine just the way she is. It would take a lot of hard work (and unhealthy ways) for Drew to be a size 0 anyway. So I’m not sure what kind of point she is trying to make. Like many of you said above, we are not all meant to be that tiny.
AGH.
The “size zero trend” isn’t actually referring to celebrities (or normal people) being size zero. It’s about seemingly everyone in the known world developing anorexia- even stars who previously said they liked being curvy. Yes, a lot of the hollywood anorectics ARE size zero, but the term “size zero trend” doesn’t imply that if you’re size zero, you’re anorexic or there’s something wrong with you.
Get it?
Anon said it well- “I think the size is used as a euphemism for most of hollywood that obtains the size due to extreme dieting and overexcercising. “
Ellie Jane: FFS. Stop posting your attention-seeking wannarexic crap.
what size is drew? and height?
She IS talking about being a “size 0″. In other words, extremely skinny. I’m not getting your point Tracy. She is saying that she is not willing to starve herself and become obsessive and unhealthy enough to become that freaking tiny. She even referred to it as “bullshit”. So in a way, yes, she is saying that if you “fall prey to it” there is, in fact, something wrong with you.
She’s like 5′2, and to be that thin at 5′2 you can’t be much more than a 0. So yeah, being a size 2 is by far better than 0, what with being one size bigger and all. lol
I love how all these celebrities are speaking out about “not giving in” to becoming a size 0, because you know, it’s just so easy to get thin. I’m not advocating being a size 0. I’m certainly not that thin (I’d rather eat a donut for breakfast, thank you very much). But it’s not like you can just “give in” and become a stick figure, it’s a lot of work actually.
That’s funny so many celebs are jumping on this bandwagon. Most Hollywood women are size 2s at the most (just look at the clothes they auction off on those celeb charity sites). I doubt many of them would venture past size 2.
everybody and their grandma is not succumbing to the size zero trend! honestly, lets all slap the next celeb who says this.
with that being said, i love drew - i think shes one of the few people (famous or not) who seems comfortable with her body no matter what weight she is at. it really shows through.
and like other people have said, even though its so cliche, you know that drew actually means it .
Tracy, I think the “anorexia” you are referring to is “wannarexia”. Just because someone is on a diet or even an extreme fad diet doesn’t mean they are truly anorexic. Also, if a person is a size 00 or 0, it doesn’t mean they are anorexic. They could just be thin.
I love Drew too! I think she looks awesom since she has lost some weight recently. Anyone know how tall, weight and what size she is??
It’s sickening that people are calling thinness “The Size Zero Trend” as if it were something new. People treat as if it’s devil worship or a cult or something. So Drew’s not a size zero… wow. It must take a lot of willpower to keep doing what she’s been doing for years and not change a thing.
Don’t get me wrong, she’s beautiful and has a nice feminine body.. I just feel like people have gotten so used to saying “There’s such a pressure to be thin” that they are stoning the women who are already thin… and making a huge deal about how they’re not gonna be thin, not gonna do it, not ever not never. Not gonna cave in.
I actually believe her when she says she will never fall down to a size zero.
Hollywood will give her height as 5′4″, but she’s 5′2″. Her weight swings between 130lbs-115lbs. She’s a great actress.
That’s bull. She is up and down, up and down like a yo-yo.
She looks good the way she is. However, I wish she wouldn’t wear white stockings… oh, sorry, no, she isn’t wearing any, her legs are just so white, they are almost blue. Terrible sight!
Yea! I know she’s not the only one, but it’s nice to hear someone talk of getting fit. This is the healthy attitude. I can’t stand the rich-and-skinny craze, nor can I stand the improper counter that being fat is good. The way a handful of larger stars have spoken in the past, they went beyond, “Feel good about yourself, even if you’re overweight”. I believe you have to become happy, wherever you are, before you can easily be healthier. It just sometimes comes off as an excuse not to be healthy.
IM SICK OF PPL SAYING IM A WANNAREXIC
THAT TERM JUST LIKE ANOREXIC SHOULD NOT BE TOSSED AROUND AT ALL!! …….
ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS ALMOST DIED FROM ANOREXIA …. ITS SERIOUS .. ITS NOT A JOKE AND ITS NOT A LIFESTYLE!!! ……
ANOREXIA CHOOSES YOU
YOU CANNOT CHOOSE IT.
ITS A SERIOUS ILLNESS THAT PEOPLE DIE FROM
STOP THROWING THE WORD AROUND FOR WEIGHT LOSS …. WEIGHT LOSS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN ANOREXIA. OK
I AM NOT ANOREXIC AND I DO NOT WANT TO BE ANOREXIC ITS A TERRIBLE TERRIBLE ILLNESS AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO THOSE SUFFERERS.
that’s what they all say!
yeah right ellie jane, then stop obsessing about your weight, for goodness sake you are a size zero already so just be happy about that or you will end up like your frien…wake up!
Definetily, she is gorgeous! doesn’t follow hype which is comforting. Having not ideal figure , she seems to know how to show the best of it . Well done Drew!
Ellie Jane….I bet you are HOT!!!!!
We ♥ her.
Simply Gorgous!
The zero trend is too skinny and she is just perfecto.
i lost an emmense amount of weight last summer, got down to a size zero.. i never thought i could be a size zero either LaLa but i am 5′8′’ and was 115 pounds… you may not find that skinny ..
however, i am not a small boned person and looking back now since i have put on a little bit more weight i looked absolutely disgusting with my bones, ribs, and hipbones pertruding.
i am a size zero as well and my trainer says i still need to lose fat…BUT gain muscle mass. You have to be specific when you say you’re a size 0 and still want to lose weight.
i am a size 0 but would love to be a 4……but i can’t be a 4 i need to eat a lot of sh—food and crap to be a 4….so the doctor said i should stick to my size because i have small built ..but i honestly want to be a 4 so people would stop thinking i’m doing it on purpose to be stick thin..so annoying
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