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I always compared a Brides wedding to something of the nature of movie premiere or runway show- the pressure is on and you often want to look your best!

Interesting article snippet from Adriana Lima on what a model REALLY does and eats before an event. Would you do this to look good for your wedding or a really important occasion?

 

"Most models would have you believe they eat whatever they like - "I eat burgers and French fries!" they protest, as if they fall out of bed every day looking like a magazine advertisement. Industry people know that's not true, and so does supermodel Adriana Lima.

So here's what it really takes to be an Angel: Lima, 30, has been working out every day with a personal trainer since August. For the last three weeks, she's been working out twice a day.

"It is really intense, it's not really the amount of time you spend working out, it's the intensity: I jump rope, I do boxing, I lift weights, but I get bored doing that. If I am not moving I get bored very easily."

She sees a nutritionist, who has measured her body's muscle mass, fat ratio and levels of water retention. He prescribes protein shakes, vitamins and supplements to keep Lima's energy levels up during this training period. Lima drinks a gallon of water a day. For nine days before the show, she will drink only protein shakes - "no solids". The concoctions include powdered egg. Two days before the show, she will abstain from the daily gallon of water, and "just drink normally". Then, 12 hours before the show, she will stop drinking entirely.

"No liquids at all so you dry out, sometimes you can lose up to eight pounds just from that," she says.

"It's like they're training for a marathon," says Sophia Neophitou, the British fashion editor who is chief stylist for this year's show.

@soon2bhis: Agreed. Stopping liquids to loose maybe 7 pounds is craziness!!

Wow.  No wonder so many of us are fairly screwed up! :P

@Ms.Pink: I know...amazing.

@natbug21: Oh really?! I didn't know fitness people did that, I guess they even go against their own recommendations just to look good!

@hisgoosiegirl: me!!

@mrscheetos: Interesting class! That is intense and overboard..... sucks that your career is having an eating disorder

@natbug21: oh wow!

Seems like such extremes would screw up your system in the longrun. Is it really worth it now?

@KatM:I was just thinking that! Definitely not like training for a marathon…at all.

I think it is important to remember though that this is what she said she was doing for this fashion show, which is obviously the biggest event of the year for them. I'm sure she does eat a pretty restrictive diet on a regular basis but the no solid foods thing is just for the time leading up to last night.