When I saw the headline “Tyra’s latest diet plan”, I just had to shake my head. I have got to say that Tyra Banks is one of the most beautiful and shapely women on TV these days and I don’t think that lady needs to lose an ounce!
For those of you who are wondering, Tyra Banks is 5’10” tall and has admitted that her weight has fluctuated between 148 and 162 pounds since she quit modeling in 2005. To save you the trouble of checking a BMI calculator, that is a healthy weight range for a woman that tall. Tyra is not a size 2 and I love her for it. Thank you, Tyra, for proudly accepting your curves, openly admitting your height and weight and telling the rest of American womanhood that they don’t need to be a size 2 either!
Quite frankly, I’m getting pretty tired of the bobbleheaded actresses who are becoming so skinny that their heads appear disproportionately swollen atop their stick figure frames. I thought that Angelina Jolie looked fantastic in the Tomb Raider movies but the emaciated Angelina I see on the covers of gossip magazines today just makes me want to stuff her with bread and butter! I mean, really, doesn’t she worry about bruising her kids when she hugs them?
Supposedly, Tyra has tried liposuction and she openly admits to having tried the Atkins and South Beach Diets. Let’s face it, any woman who has been a model for the length of time Tyra Banks was has probably tried a whole lot of healthy and even not so healthy methods for losing weight. It is a rough business. I wouldn’t wish it on any daughter of mine.
Now, supposedly, Tyra is on a no-liquids diet. A “friend” has reportedly said that she has been on this diet for weeks and doesn’t even have a bottle of water in her dressing room.
My response?
“Oh, Puhleeeese!”
Do you mean to tell me that this person has been following Tyra Banks around day and night just to see if she’s drinking any liquids? Give me a break!
If you’re thinking about forgoing all fluids in an effort to look like Tyra, forget about it. Don’t believe everything you read in the gossip rags.
Drink your water. Be healthy and, like Tyra, be proud of who you are.