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Though I don’t think her being able to lose the weight matters or not, I’m glad that she’s approaching things from a health standpoint without focusing on weight loss.

I can’t remember which magazine it was in, but she openly talked about her eating habits having become less healthy as she’s focused more on her family and her business and less on taking care of herself. I probably should have acknowledged that in my original comment, and phrased it differently, but it wasn’t just an assumption.

She also mentioned that, when she was still modeling, she did not engage in typical unhealthy model behaviors in order to stay thin. She tells a story about trying to eat like her model roommates (i.e. nothing) and being unable to do it – she didn’t even last one day, and ended up going out to get herself ice cream at around 11 pm.

Of course, people do tend to gain weight as they get older, but I do believe she is also someone who is naturally thin.

I appreciate Kathy Ireland’s approach – and the thing is, she was always naturally thin, so it was probably some unhealthy habits that caused her to gain weight in the first place, and she wouldn’t need to practically kill herself to get back to a weight where her body is comfortable.

Thaaat’s probably not true.

People, especially women gain weight as they grow into middle age (and lose it when they get older) that is part of a natural process. It is also possible that as a model she was already engaging in some unhealthy behaviors to keep herself thin, and so after she stopped she began slowly gaining weight.

The language you’re using here, where you assume that she was engaging in unhealthy habits, and that she could lose the weight if she really really wanted is exactly the same kind of language that they use on Obese people. It is no more okay to say this about Kathy Ireland than it would be to say it about me. Her body is doing what it is doing, and we have no right to assume why or to speculate on what would happen if only Ms. Ireland had behaved “correctly.”

I really appreciate your comment and I’m so glad that you’re learning to love your body and treat it well. But I think you need to think a bit harder about why you think it is okay to say that Kathy Ireland could lose the weight if she stopped being so “unhealthy” but it is not okay to say that about me?

I appreciate Kathy Ireland’s approach – and the thing is, she was always naturally thin, so it was probably some unhealthy habits that caused her to gain weight in the first place, and she wouldn’t need to practically kill herself to get back to a weight where her body is comfortable.

By the way, Bob Greene, I’m 5′4″, 170 lbs (four lbs. shy of “obese”), and PERFECTLY HEALTHY. I’m lucky enough to have a fabulous doctor who knows that normal test results are a better indicator of health then a number on a scale. She has never told me to lose weight. In fact, she’s never mentioned my weight at all, except when I’ve expressed concern about random weight gain.

Of course, it was all a premise for how WW is a “lifestyle change” and not a “diet” (presumably meaning that you were less likely to gain back weight and keep yo-yoing), so while her facts were true, the reason she used them was not, so to speak.

But the point is, even the diet folks know this. Bob Green is just an ass. He’s not even a smart enough ass to claim (however falsely) that HIS diet is the solution to yo-yoing, the way that WW leader did.