Freelee the banana girl rant

I have never seen any of her videos nor do I plan on it.

However, in the
80/10/10 February Cleanse" thread, someone pointed out that she has a history of eating disorders.

Yep, that was me From her website under the About Me tab, right at the top, she starts out her intro with this-

"I’ve been around the block a few times if you know what I mean, I used to take recreational drugs, be anorexic and bulimic. I was a mess and I tried to hide it behind makeup and a well-rehearsed smile."

http://thebananagirl.com/about.php

Most people that are working on their diet/fitness have had some sort of disordered eating.. It's a disorder to overeat as well as undereat or overeat and 'get rid of it'

Also, at least she's being honest. Jeeez. Quit dissecting the poor girl.

She's not being honest, she's being predatory and contributory to other girls who might develop or exacerbate their own eating disorders based on her advice. As someone who claims to have been through an ED herself, it's inexcusable behavior.

I have never seen any of her videos nor do I plan on it.

However, in the
80/10/10 February Cleanse" thread, someone pointed out that she has a history of eating disorders.

Yep, that was me From her website under the About Me tab, right at the top, she starts out her intro with this-

"I’ve been around the block a few times if you know what I mean, I used to take recreational drugs, be anorexic and bulimic. I was a mess and I tried to hide it behind makeup and a well-rehearsed smile."

http://thebananagirl.com/about.php

Most people that are working on their diet/fitness have had some sort of disordered eating.. It's a disorder to overeat as well as undereat or overeat and 'get rid of it'

Also, at least she's being honest. Jeeez. Quit dissecting the poor girl.

I'm sensing perhaps a fan here?

If not, think of it this way: She is, more or less, a YouTube personality. She is choosing to put herself into the public eye, is representing a certain "lifestyle," and is advocating for others to follow it.

All three things leave room for dissection. And disordered eating is different than an eating disorder in one key way: you can get over disordered eating.

You can certainly recovery from an ED, but the patterns are always there, being controlled, managed, etc. If Freelee is saying she had an ED, and then advocates very obviously dangerous "diet advice" (Or worse, "body" advice: shaming another YouTuber's body? Saying not having a thigh gap is unhealthy?), it appears her ED behaviors have been transferred onto something else (What appears to be an extreme orthorexia coupled with obvious denial issues--4000k a day? That sounds like when I used to say, "No, no! I DO eat!" when I'd eat maybe two days a week).

Her breasts, eyes, whatever might not have any relevancy here, but having a confessed history of multiple EDs is certainly something to consider when she's not saying, "Here's how I got over it!" and instead is saying, "Have a thigh gap or you're unhealthy! Omg, did you see how fat Jenna Marbles got?"

I stumbled across her site and her crazy friend.

Yeah, once. No. Why do you watch something like that? Free-will, it's a thing.

That banana needs peanut butter.

and chocolate.

I like how you think!

I just watched a video of hers talking about thigh gaps. She said Basically a thigh gap means you are healthy and if your legs touch you aren't healthy.

That makes me super annoyed because not everyone can have a thigh gap, it really depends on how far apart your hips are. That is stupid. My sister is 5'5 and is 120lbs, she barely has a thigh gap, she eats healthy, and exercises. Wth?

I have never seen any of her videos nor do I plan on it.

However, in the
80/10/10 February Cleanse" thread, someone pointed out that she has a history of eating disorders.

Yep, that was me From her website under the About Me tab, right at the top, she starts out her intro with this-

"I’ve been around the block a few times if you know what I mean, I used to take recreational drugs, be anorexic and bulimic. I was a mess and I tried to hide it behind makeup and a well-rehearsed smile."

http://thebananagirl.com/about.php

Most people that are working on their diet/fitness have had some sort of disordered eating.. It's a disorder to overeat as well as undereat or overeat and 'get rid of it'

Also, at least she's being honest. Jeeez. Quit dissecting the poor girl.

She admits she's had issues with EDs and then goes on to promote another form of very restricted eating (and in the process makes a business out of it). No comparison.

This is why I strongly prefer fullyrawkirstina's channel for 80/10/10 videos!

same, freelee isn't even 80/10/10, she created her "own" 90/5/5 thing and even Dr Graham has said that she's retarded and he doesn't want her to be associated with him

I feel like this thread is reeking of 'girl hate'.

I don't think she cares if she looks appealing to you or if someone out there is judging her 'lack' of 'boobies'. And she clearly had enhanced breasts in case you didn't notice. Are you expecting the average woman to be rocking double Es??

Honestly, it's funny how everyone gets mad at men for having unrealistic views of women. All I see is women hating on women over and over again. ;(

No 'girl hate' from me. Just honestly replying to a post in which i agree that one woman constantly telling the world that its her way or no way is not something anyone should be advocating. and the 'small boobies' comment was a joke!!!!! Sweet lord help us all.

Funny joke.

I'm sort of with you. I don't like jokes about other's bodies, even if said person is horribly dangerous with their advice.

That said, the distaste for this woman should be for her words. Thigh gaps, "4000" calories of fruit, etc.? She is running amok on YouTube, and any view she gets fuels it more.

OP, I can get the, "Can't stop watching" to an extent (I've sometimes found myself unable to turn off "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding," for example).

That said, with YouTube in particular, every click of her video is fueling her industry, is bumping her to a position on whatever YT "most watched" or "recently watched" lists she's on, etc. Be mindful that even your dislike of her can be supporting her when it comes to watching her videos.

Yeah pretty much this. I don't think what she has to say about, well, most things. But criticisms should be about that, not about her body.

I took it that the criticism was because of her criticism's of others. You know, the whole pot/kettle thing. Like, saying that someone isn't healthy because they have no thigh gap and yet she goes and gets breast implants? Neither is natural. Maybe on some people thigh gap is natural but so are tiny breasts. The point is, she is hating on people for not having thigh gap and whatnot so the poster was basically calling her out for fake breasts; aka, not natural. Her whole persona comes across as fake to me and I've only seen one video that I believe was posted on my FB feed or on here. If what she does works for her, that's great and fine. Do it with poise, grace, and honesty. Don't bash someone else's body or their beliefs. Do what works for you and move on and even offer constructive criticism if it is asked for. But don't go trash talking people just for the heck of it because what is 'natural' and 'right' for her isn't necessarily right for everyone else. Because once you start attacking others for their looks or lifestyle, it opens the door WIDE OPEN for the same in return.

The only reason I know she exists is because her video about Jenna Marbles always comes up when I watch a video of Jenna's in the little suggestions box on YouTube. I have no desire to watch a video with a title that tears down a person and will be a video picking apart someone's lifestyle. What works for some, does not work for everyone.

I haven't seen/head of the Jenna one... makes me sad- how can you hate on Jenna Marbles- she's hysterical. I love that girl.

I have no idea Jenna is so amazing! It claims she went off her raw/vegan diet and got fat. Psh. I would kill to look like Jenna. That girl is gorgeous and I can't believe someone would hate on her.

I stumbled across her site and her crazy friend.

Yeah, once. No. Why do you watch something like that? Free-will, it's a thing.

^^^^ this

never heard of her. She sounds like she's a few bananas short of a fruit salad.

She's an idiot, simple as that.

If she wants to preach her ways so badly, she should join scientology.

I would be very interested to know what her body (inside mostly) is like when she's got 25 years of this sort of intake behind her.

Which goes back to what MFP says and does about calories. Basically it's calories in vs calories out, so again it comes down to calorie counts and exercise/weight lifting, etc.

On a high carbohydrate, low fat diet, your metabolism is different, you use more calories than you do on a high fat diet.

Also, when eating a high fruit and vegetable diet, you are very energized, making you want to be active and do more weight lifting or cardio, so you use more calories. Since you recover faster, have more energy and more stamina, you tend to have more intense or longer workouts, using more calories.

On a high carbohydrate, low fat diet, your metabolism is different, you use more calories than you do on a high fat diet.

Source???

I love the banana girl, i think what she does is amazing and her body is insane. She leads an incredibly healthy lifestyle and wants to share that with others because it's what she's passionate about.

If you don't like what she has to say or believe her way of life is being 'shoved down your throat' then you can always stop watching her videos

Healthy? Define "healthy" in that context. I'd say she's lacking in vit. B12, to be honest, has seriously disordered thinking, and at the very least, has an extremely unhealthy relationship with food. It's people like the banana girl who give support to my posts in the " . . . bash healthy eating?" thread (for which I took a lot of heat).