Proof that some people can go a lil overboard...

Angellore · August 2011

I don't think it's *Dr* McKeith's looks that wind people up, although that's an obvious target, it's the fact that she a self publicising arsehole, who dishes out Mickey Mouse advice on national TV, and is obsessed with people's poo. I think that makes the wizened old hag fair game.

LOL, now this I agree with 100%

TheGoktor · August 2011

As much as I can't stand Gillian McKeith (the top photo) and all her dodgy dieting advice, it should be noted that she has been very unwell in the past and also she has curvature of the spine. Futhermore the picture of Gillian was taken in the jungle when she was in I'm a Celebrity, get me out of here, with no make up and after being there for a while, whereas the picture of Nigella is obviously at a stylish event.

It makes me quite sad that we attack women for their looks. Gillian's beliefs and teachings? That's something else!

I don't think it's *Dr* McKeith's looks that wind people up, although that's an obvious target, it's the fact that she a self publicising arsehole, who dishes out Mickey Mouse advice on national TV, and is obsessed with people's poo. I think that makes the wizened old hag fair game.

And the fact that she lied about her qualifications. And for those who are knocking the comparison photos (quite rightly so), here's a publicity shot of Gillian...

I still think Nigella looks better!

Food-wise, I probably eat more in a Gillian-style than Nigella's (I don't eat meat, for example) but that's not to say that I don't do Nigella-esque desserts from time to time (*my* tiramisu and mascarpone gelato are to die for!)!

TV personality-wise, I can't say I'm terribly fond of either; Gillian comes across as being completely up herself, and rather obsessive (there *is* no other way other than hers), and Nigella just seems to be a caricature of herself these days. Granted, she's fun but I do think she takes the sensuality too far. Having said that, in both cases, I suspect that how they come across is more do with the directors and producers, and careful editing, than the actual women themselves. Chances are that in real life, they are both quite different.

Still doesn't excuse the fact that Gillian lied though. :frown:

suzycreamcheese · August 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L57BcmGB-E0&playnext=1&list=PLE6D29B380FC6D05B

TheGoktor · August 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L57BcmGB-E0&playnext=1&list=PLE6D29B380FC6D05B

Bwahahahaaa! My cheeks are hurting from laughing so much! Nice to see Will Self looking cleaned up and *not* with a cigarette for once!

suzycreamcheese · August 2011

i

Will Self

PegasusDeb · August 2011

My friend went to a weight lose clinic, and they suggested to him that he uses real sugar & butter. He swears by it. He says that using real butter to cook with makes everything taste so much better and that you don't need as much to get flavor. a dab of butter & olive oil & YUM-O! I think everything in moderation is the key! I am weeding out my processed food, and it's nice not to see all that crap in my cupboards!
In regards to that blog though, I think some people just age different. I have a friend that's my age, similar lifestyles (as in eating habits, actually, she prolly eats better then I did) and she looks OLD! lol I have to thank my parents for good genes! :-)

TheGoktor · August 2011

i Will Self

Me too! The man is a genius....and a bit sexeh too!

Mythrain1 · August 2011

So true!!! I work weekends, so I save either Saturday or Sunday for a big 300-400 calorie donut. Its the little things!

TheGoktor · August 2011

My friend went to a weight lose clinic, and they suggested to him that he uses real sugar & butter. He swears by it. He says that using real butter to cook with makes everything taste so much better and that you don't need as much to get flavor. a dab of butter & olive oil & YUM-O! I think everything in moderation is the key! I am weeding out my processed food, and it's nice not to see all that crap in my cupboards!

Agreed - everything in moderation! I really don't think that a little butter and sugar here and there hurts.

In regards to that blog though, I think some people just age different. I have a friend that's my age, similar lifestyles (as in eating habits, actually, she prolly eats better then I did) and she looks OLD! lol I have to thank my parents for good genes!
:-)

I completely agree about the genes! I too have friends, some of whom are more than 10 years younger than me, and yet they look older. I think attitude plays a part too. I just refuse to grow up, whereas some people just get bogged down with being middle-aged before they're out of their 20s!

mandeiko · August 2011

Awesomeeee!

lipglossjunky73 · August 2011

Sorry. That is a RIDICULOUS example. You can show 100 different pictures of people living various kinds of lifestyles. some will look better, thinner, younger than others. You can have 2 people, the same age. One can look young and sexy, and the other can look like a tub of lard hag, and the young sexy one could live that lifestyle that lives a holistic approach to nutrition and health, promoting exercise, and a vegetarian diet, and the hag could be eating the lard and butter and meat.

This is a very biased view, and seems to be promoting eating animal products and you will look like that other person. And if you live a healthy lifestyle, you will look like some old hag.

(Insert eye roll here)

lipglossjunky73 · August 2011

I read the other article, and with all of those people who died of cancer in her family, you would think she would make better food decisions....

TheGoktor · August 2011

I read the other article, and with all of those people who died of cancer in her family, you would think she would make better food decisions....

The article clearly explains her stance on that...

**Her experience (the deaths of a mother, sister and husband from cancer) has also made her see thinness as something to dread rather than aspire to. “I associate thinness with dying. My mother had real eating issues. When she had cancer, she said, ‘This is the first time I have eaten without worrying,’ and that is chilling. Something clicked, and I vowed never to say, ‘I am not allowed that.' ” **

And let's not forget that for years her father was obese , so it's not as though she hasn't seen both ends of the spectrum, or is unaware of the dangers of being overweight.

I don't believe for one moment that Nigella's TV persona is how she is in real life. Or that if she indulged as much IRL as her TV persona does that she'd look like that. I suspect that she has a far healthier lifestyle off-camera. Besides, I've seen her away from the camera, and with very little makeup on - she doesn't look nearly as a polished as her publicity shots/TV work (she is quite overweight and lumpy, for example, which is why you rarely see below her waist in photos/on TV)....but even looking like a 'mere mortal'. she still looks better (IMO) than Gillian, even when you compare publicity shots. I'm not sure however, whether Gillian deserves a thumbs up for allowing the cameras to see her at her worst, or whether it's just a an attempt to revive a dead career at any cost, by a fame hungry egotist.

Of course, you're quite right about comparisons between people of differing lifestyles but that blogger was merely putting forward his/her opinion, it wasn't a statement of fact. They were not saying that eating high fat and high sugar food *is* good for everyone, just as they weren't saying that eating a macrobiotic, largely vegan, diet is going to make people look rather desiccated. What they did was use those photos to illustrate their own opinion and personal taste. And posters here have done the same - expressed their opinions based on their own set of values. Ridiculous example or not, people *are* entitled to say they believe a person looks better than another person, based on nothing more than a couple of photos...just as you are entitled to your opinion that it's an unfair comparison (and for the record, I agree with you!)!

I also think that Nigella is completely wrong for making judgements and assumptions about slender/skinny women, based on nothing more than their apparent size...

**"I do think that women who spend all their lives on a diet probably have a miserable sex life: if your body is the enemy, how can you relax and take pleasure? Everything is about control, rather than relaxing, about holding everything in.”**

Miaow!

carolineJ82 · August 2011

Im in total shock that Nigella Lawson is 51! Wow! Cant stand Gillian McKeith but its nothing to do with how she looks / eats. She did my head in, in the jungle lol!