T O T K a t

Just finished watching (time-slipped by 15 minutes) Superskinny Me on Channel 4: a documentary/experiment where two journalists attempted to diet & exercise down to a size 00 (UK size 2 - US size 0 is UK size 4) in 5 weeks (from a UK size 12).

One of the journos, Kate, was the same height and about 4lbs heavier than me when she started the experiment. She suffered similar obsessions as I did on my diet (but do remember that when I was dieting, I started more than 4 stones heavier than she did!) with food, calories, self-control, sense of "I'm eating too much" (when eating quite small portions), playing with food and generally going a bit nuts. I never went to a health farm, had colonic irrigations or messed about with laxatives, but I totally empathised with how nuts she was going. Nor did I binge at all as I was far too obsessed with the numbers.

Anyhow, the other journalist, Louise, managed it in 5 weeks. And, to my horror, I thought she looked great on it. The Western World has gone mad, and me with it. Having watched it, all I can think is that I could lose a few more pounds. Not enough fuss was made about how hard it was or how bad it was for those women's bodies and minds.