I know plenty of girls who are a size zero, or two on their "fat" days. They don't look sickly. I wish the general public would not automatically assume that anyone who's a zero is anorexic, or that any woman larger than an 8 is "huge".

That said, I do believe that Nicole Richie is anorexic. I'd believe that Lindsey is anorexic before I'd believe she's bulimic. I've read that most bulimics are actually at or above average body weight. That's part of the reason bulimic's have an easier time than anorexics of hiding their illness. I've had no reason to doubt it either because every bulemic I've ever known (and there's been quite a few) all seemed to be of "average" size. Not sickly.

Last night, I was watching The Secret Lives Of Women on WE. It was about eating disorders and followed an anorexic mother of two; a 19 year old anorexic who is currently an exercise bulimic; and a compulsive overeater. The 19 year old admitted to being a size 2, her mom is a DOUBLE ZERO. The girl, who said she exercises 2-3 hours a day, looked like she had no muscle at all. She was small, but it look like it was all fat. I was shocked when she admitted to being a 2. I would have said she was a size 10 easily. She had a double chin. How can you be a size two and have a double chin?

Some people have fat faces . . . ahem, Kirsten Dunst (she's tiny but you've never know it by looking at her face).

That said, I think a more accurate description of Hohan's food problems would be "purging anorexia." Bulimia generally involves eating normal meals without purging, but following that up with larger binge/purge cycles. Purging anorexia means throwing up most of what you eat, or everything you eat, and can lead to extreme weight loss. As you said, true bulimics tend to be on the normal-to-chunky side. But the general public who is not well-acquainted with eating disorders tends to believe that anybody who throws up is bulimic.

I agree with this. I have a friend who used to be both anorexic and bulimic, and she was frighteningly thin. I think it's entirely possible that Miss Lohan is battling both since they do seem to come hand-in-hand for a lot of people.

I know. I was like that, even after I had recovered from anorexia, and it really upset me when people would joke about how I must be anorexic because I was so thin. It was very hurtful. I do, however, think something isn't really "right" with Nicole Richie...she has sworn in interviews that she has always been really thin except for when she was in rehab and gained weight, and that's when she became famous so we're used to seeing her that way. I'm not sure I buy that--she just doesn't look healthy. There's a difference between being naturally thin and looking like you're actually alive, and being thin and sick-looking.

Well...I don't think I came across clearly. I know plenty of size zero girls as well, and they look incredibly healthy ya know??? Cause that's a normal size for them. On Nicole Richie...well, let's just say she's not healthy at that size. This is the picture I was referring to, and maybe it's just me, but that does NOT look healthy period.



http://popsugar.com/uploads9/56508465.jpg

Who do these celebs think they are kidding? Do they think the general public is that stupid to believe that they get that skinny without some drastic measures? "Rehab", "exercise", "being healthy", "cutting out fried foods", "naturally fast metabolism"? Come on!

I think lindsey was alot prettier before she lost weight. She is skinny, to the point that it is gross. I think you can usually tell if people havee an eating disorder by looking at their faces and heads compared with their bodies. People with large heads and little bodies are usually eating disorders.
Some people are naturally thin and they look healthy.

I was gonna point that out, too. There really should be no such thing as 'having both' since they contradict in terms (but I know a few people who've described themselves as 'having both.') Lindsay said once that her problems with her dad and worrying about her family was what caused her initial weight loss--and that anybody who went through what she did with her family would probably have lost a lot of weight, too. So who knows what's really going on with her, we'll never know the full story anyway.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060110/...NlYwN5bmNhdA--

NEW YORK -
Lindsay Lohan is "appalled" by the Vanity Fair article released last week in which she confessed to dabbling in drugs and battling bulimia.

The Vanity Fair story, which hit newsstands nationally Tuesday and was widely reported last week, made headlines for the 19-year-old actress' acknowledgment that she dabbled in drugs "a little."

The magazine also quoted Lohan on her drastic weight loss last year: "I was making myself sick," she said. The article, written by Evgenia Peretz, noted Lohan was "referring to bulimic episodes."

Lohan also said, "I knew I had a problem and I couldn't admit it."

However, in a statement released Tuesday to Teen People magazine, Lohan denied having bulimia and said, "The words that I gave to the writer for Vanity Fair were misused and misconstrued, and I'm appalled with the way it was done."

An editor for Teen People said Lohan's denial was regarding Vanity Fair's reporting of her alleged bulimia, not drug use.

"Aside from (the writer's) lies and changing of my words, I am blessed to have this job and wonderful family that I do," Lohan's statement read.

Vanity Fair, in a statement of its own, stood by its story.

"Evgenia Peretz is one of our most reliable reporters," the magazine said. "Every word Lindsay Lohan told her is on tape. Vanity Fair stands by the story."

A call to Lohan's publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnick, was not immediately returned Tuesday.

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On the Net:

http://www.teenpeople.com/teenpeople/

http://www.vanityfair.com/

http://www.llrocks.com/

This made me laugh. LOL As if one is better than the other.