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Rebecca Harrington follows celebrity diets and lives to write about it. Two raw eggs mixed with warm milk. Broiled lamb, steak or liver.
But author Rebecca Harrington can only admire their iron willpower. After working her way through the stars
And a hot fudge sundae. This was apparently what Marilyn Monroe ate every day in 1. And it's what Rebecca Harrington ate for 1. On the second day of the Monroe diet, for instance, she finds herself particularly repulsed by liver. Such an odd taste, both bitter and meaty. I eat very little of it. She spoke by phone from Manhattan, where she lives.
Why would you ever want to do this? It started as a lark. I had gone on a sleep apnea website that was talking about the diet William Howard Taft went on in 1. It was boiled sole and glutinous biscuits.
I'd go on a diet before prom for four days and then fail. I was a huge reader of women's magazines like Elle and Cosmo, and they're obsessed with dieting. So I was always curious about diets and the . I like to call my diet the . I have no restrictions and no plan. I like flavored popcorn.
Rebecca Harrington Oct. 24, 2016, 9:01 PM 289,725 facebook linkedin twitter email print Follow Business Insider: Fruits and veggies are always a good idea. Jason's Deli There are so many diets out there, but which ones. There's fangirl status, and then there's pure unwavering dedication. The latter accurately describes Rebecca Harrington, a diehard Beyonc. The journalist decided to embark on a 10-day journey to drop.
In a spasm of guilt, I'll have a green juice in the morning. Talk about making me feel virtuous! You can have two Umami burgers after that. And I still try celebrity diets. I'm doing Taylor Swift's right now. There was an article that she heavily contributed to on Web.
MD when she was 1. Starbucks. So every day I have to have a pumpkin spice latte. But do you think stars really eat what they say they do in interviews? I don't know. Marilyn's diet definitely seemed like what you'd eat if you were on barbiturates.
So with the rise of moving pictures, when stars were blown up on this big screen and still looked thin, they became the experts on dieting. Did you notice diet trends shifting over the decades? I think there's much less emphasis on portion control now, but the foods are inherently less caloric. The entire portion control movement is an '8. It's probably based on the Lean Cuisine idea of dieting. Don't change that much of your life ! We almost put value judgments on food now, which is very odd.
Of the 1. 4 diets you sampled, only two . Bradley Cooper might be like, . But it's amazing: You can be a random actress and people will be like, . Why do you think stars force themselves to eat unpleasant foods? A lot of it was so disgusting I couldn't believe it.. There is this whole, sad school of dieting that is like, . When I was cooking it I was literally dry heaving.
She'd drink raw egg in orange juice and say, . She had salt- baked fish and gluten- free tortillas and fish tacos.
Every meal was so good. You said you found yourself starting to feel .
You tell your friend to start soaking raw almonds in water like she recommends. There's a weird competitive element to all of it. Regimented eating plans are so easy to market because they really are a commodity. Diets are the greatest iteration of the star's commodified status . It seems to give people a measure of control over their destiny.