Did you know that Gwyneth Paltrow has taken a break from her Goop-letter for weeks and I’m only realizing it now? I’m not surprised – from what I remember, Gwyneth always takes a “Goop holiday” for the month of August, if not longer. Because writing one blog post a week is super-exhausting, you guys. For real. After I write one post (and Goop and I are the same, we cut-and-paste a lot of stuff), I need to soak in a tub full of diamonds and champagne too.
Anyway, her last Goop-letter was all about Honesty and The Truth and Living An Honest Life. And it got me thinking about whether or not Gwyneth is an honest person. Part of the controversy around Gwyneth’s last cookbook (and the promotional tour for her cookbook) was that she was advocating for a complete elimination diet (only she didn’t call it that). She told stories of taking eggs, dairy, pasta, bread and rice out of her children’s diet and out of her own and everyone was like “OMG, are you insane?” And then Goop came back and was like “That’s not what I meant” even though it was exactly what she meant and exactly what she was shilling in her cookbook. So much for honesty.
Since that kerfuffle, Goop has been talking up the idea that OF COURSE she eats meat and pasta and she drinks and smokes and all of that, and she has no idea where anyone got the idea of any kind of elimination diet. So does she really practice what she preaches? Or are we not even clear on what exactly she’s preaching these days?
Gwyneth Paltrow gives new meaning to the phrase “veg out.” The actress, 40, has worked hard to get the body she has now, and she’s determined to keep it — even if that means eating just steamed veggies while everyone around her chows down on pasta and pizza.
That was the scene at New York eatery Serafina East Hampton on Aug. 20, when Paltrow and her husband, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, took kids Apple, 8, and Moses, 6, to dinner with a couple of friends. A source tells Us Weekly that the group ordered a carb-filled feast, but that the Oscar winner didn’t indulge in any of it.
“Gwyneth didn’t touch the carbs,” the source notes. “She only ate the steamed vegetables. So everyone else had a pizza and pasta feast while she ate her vegetables and drank sparkling water.”
Her family, meanwhile, had no qualms about loading up. After digging into plates of spaghetti and pizza margherita, they sampled several of the restaurant’s desserts, including chocolate souffle, apple pie, and ice cream.
“They seemed really happy, lots of smiles,” the source tells Us of the group.
Paltrow has said in the past that her attitude toward food changed after her dad, Bruce Paltrow, got sick several years ago. “I began to consider the effects of food when my father was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998,” she told Beach magazine earlier this year. “I started to research anti-cancer diets in hopes that he would try to hit it from all angles.”
When Bruce died in October 2002 at age 58 due to complications of the cancer and pneumonia, Paltrow decided to eliminate dairy and gluten from her own diet.
“It’s about being mindful about what you are putting in,” she explained. “Good whole foods are the way we have eaten for generations. It’s amazing how good you feel when you just cut out the processed stuff.”
That said, the Goop founder does have her guilty pleasures. “I love Starbucks — I’ll have a cappuccino,” she confessed to British Cosmopolitan in July. “My guilty snack in the U.K. is cheese, and in America, things on buns: a lobster roll and French fries, or a turkey burger with cheese.”
Whenever I think about subsisting on only steamed veggies for the rest of my life, I think about how it’s not always about the quantity of years one lives, but the quality. This story represents a certain kind of hell for me – the idea that I would have to sit around and sip water and nibble on steamed cauliflower while everyone around me ate pasta and pizza and ice cream and chocolate. Should we applaud Gwyneth’s strength of will? Or should we pity her? Because you know what? I would rather have a few extra pounds and eat the dessert rather than do what it takes to look like Gwyneth. And I think most people feel that way. Wait, did I say “people”? I meant “peasants”. Most peasants feel that way.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Stella McCartner’s Instagram.
I’m with you, Kaiser. If I was in mental and physical anguish constantly denying myself various food&drink pleasures, I wouldnt care how good I looked. But Gwynnie does look great. Well, to each their own.
+ 1. it’s not for me, but if that’s what she wants..
My husband and I went to a very fine restaurant in New York with another couple, and the woman (size 0) ordered steamed vegetables. Naturally, I felt like a glutton ordering a normal meal. I just think life’s too short. Eat steamed vegetables at home, but why torture yourself all day every day? It’s not worth it to me, but to each his own, I guess.
If a meal in a restaurant hasn’t got at least 3x the amount of fat i should be eating in one day im not interested.
I wouldnt feel like a glutton. I’d feel massively superior, enjoying fatty gourmet deliciousness while others are depriving themselves.
Yeah, this reminds me of a friend who is very controlled in her diet, and was very proud when she talked about thanksgiving last year – she resisted eating too much, and successfully avoided any pie/dessert.
I’ve had my own issues with food, but it just seemed sad to me to be so glad/proud for not indulging in just one meal for one day, and that she couldn’t even eat a piece of pie, which she really wanted, because she was afraid of getting fat.
@chutzpah my favourite comment of the day!! Made me giggle and I completely agree!
I dunno about her looking great. I mean, she’s pretty and looks good in clothes, but look at that picture of her in a two piece? Yeah, she’s skinny, but she doesn’t have any shape at all.
My thoughts exactly. She’s shaped like a prepubescent boy. I’d rather have this muffintop and fond memories of lobster and creme brulee.
@ Delores and Syko.
Indeed. That is a boy’s body. It’s what gay male fashion designers worship, but not I. I mean, is that what women want? To appeal to men who don’t, by nature, desire them sexually anyway? It’s like being somewhere on the transexual spectrum. Taking the hormones but not yet having done the surgery. Come on, people, get a clue!
I think most women who go that far with diet to achieve that look are doing it with other women in mind. It seems like a competitive, “throw it in your face” kind of attitude. It’s not about being sexy for men, it’s about showing other women how perfectly toned her ass is and aren’t the rest of you jealous?
@lamamu
I agree with you. My point is that it’s unattractive and this type of competition between women ironically leads to women having boys’ bodies that are not feminine.
I dont think she looks that great , she is really shapeless.. who cares what she eats ..
Her elimination diet really is crazy. Things you would think are healthy like tomatoes and eggplant are banned too. I just don’t know who would want to live like that unless they had allergies or something.
Tomatoes and eggplant and also potatoes are in the same food family, along with the obviously toxic nightshade plant. Some people just don’t do well with them, whether or not they’re allergic (other aspects of foods can bother us). I love tomatoes but will start reacting badly if I eat them too often, especiallyl raw which is the tastiest way of course. Don’t know about eggplant since I hardly ever have it (not a cook). Thankfully I discovered that cucumbers make a very tasty sandwich (just bread, mayonnaise, cukes, and salt) when I can’t have an analogous tomato sandwich… The burpless/seedless cukes are especially wonderful and easy to slice since you eat it all (skin and seeds which really are there in abundance do I have no idea why they’re called seedless).
What kind of message is she sending her daughter? Woman has serious body image issues.
im sorry but she looks awful! like shes skin and bones that’s not healthy its disgusting! she looks sick! :/
There is nothing healthy about a diet that consists solely of steamed vegetables and sparkling water. She does not glow with good health nor does she seem particularly robust. I doubt she has had any education regarding health and nutrition and I don’t know why she pretends to have some insight the rest of us are missing. I am perfectly capable of starving myself into ill health without her assistance.
But how do you know her diet ” consists solely of steamed vegetables and sparkling water”.
Just because she ate that at one meal doesn’t mean that is all she ate all day!
Is Gwyneth aware of all the Internet hate for her? And if so has she ever commented on it?
Yeah, she is. Remember? We all hate her for her “work ethic.”
I was thinking at Goop while reading Carrie Otis body damaged thanks to years of years of eating disorders and starvation, she is totally going that route.
Yep! She may be thin but her sinewy neck/shoulder area in that bikini photo and her leathery face are nothing to strive for. They make it clear that what she is doing to her body is abuse. She needs a shrink, not another diet plan
thats why she grumpy.the girl’s hungry as hell.
My sister is like Gwyneth Paltrow – crazy thin and gorgeous, snobby, and never eats. She is cranky as can be and never content – our entire family blames it on hunger! She’s got Gwyneth’s condescension down too, how horrible we are that dare to actually eat a proper meal and all that. We all tend to find it humorous, but I think she would be a lot happier eating just a bit more.
It may not happen to everyone, but a lot of people DO become bitchy and cranky or just downright mean when they’re hungry.
Are we related? Because my sister is the same way. She brags how she takes her kids to Friendly’s for ice cream but only drinks water. Sorry but screw that shit. No way I’m NEVER having treats.
And I’m a lot more fun to hang around with too, trust me 😀
Amen ladies. A few pounds on my ass is not worth the crankiness, the irritability, and having my son question why I’m more absorbed with my diet than sharing his special treat. No, thank you!
If I don’t eat carbs, we all lose. All of us. The internet gets my bitchiest comments, my employees get a psycho boss, and my poor family…yeah. Carbs are my friend.
+1
It’s called “hangry”!
If I’m hungry, I’m irritable. If I’m hungry and hot, keep your head low.
I cannot imagine a more boring way to eat…not that I advocate snarfing down a chocolate cheesecake every day, but life is short, you have to enjoy it while you can!
Not to give credence to what Goop says, but I understand this story all too well.
I don’t eat gluten and my diet mainly consists of veggies. I eat hormone free eggs and meat as well as salmon, but the bulk of my diet is veg.
Unlike Goop, I don’t eat at restaurants any more because I can’t get a guarantee of ingredients, so in this respect, I applaud her for at least sitting through a meal that wasn’t made at home.
*Thinks, “Holy crap. Did I just defend Goop?!?!*
I am in total agreement with what you just said… however I’m strictly no meat/ fish vegetarian…I rarely eat out unless they have a vegetarian/vegan menu…I eat stemmed veggies while my family eats pizza! and I do it for the same reasons as she does – watching close family fall to diet related medical problems like heart disease and diabetes
I find her almost insufferable but I defend her right to eat what she believes is the right thing for her, especially in public. Many people are on restricted diets for medical or personal reasons and still want to sit down to a meal with family or friends. People with addictions like alcohol or sugar don’t need the social pressure to eat “what everyone else is having” or “like a normal person.” We need to respect on another’s choices. (And, yes, Goop needs to respect others as well)
Agree as well. I have a wheat allergy (not celiacs) and also dairy and egg allergies. If my family wants to go and eat at a Pizza/pasta place, I am pretty much stuck eating salad or steamed/grilled veggies. Unless they have gluten free but that is very rare.
And it is weird. I never bring up my allergies, I just order my food, don’t serve myself etc…but people ALWAYS ask why I am not eating whatever it is. And then comment and make a big deal about it. Trust. I would eat the pasta and pizza if I could.
Well sometimes you HAVE to eat a boring meal if you are on a restricted diet for medical issues. I have celiac disease and usually have to pass on the pizza and pasta (unless I get lucky and find gluten free menu items). Personally I would add some meat to my veggies – but either way, people ALWAYS comment on what I’m eating and it pisses me off. Maybe Goop has a gluten issue??? She doesn’t have to have true celiac disease – she could just have a gluten sensitivity.
It is frustrating when people always comment – annoying too. At work, co-workers have birthday cake, food etc. frequently, but I can’t participate in eating. I usually attend and chat, but conversation always goes to my food restrictions. It’s all I can do to bite my tongue because I want to snap at their fixation on my diet.
Turtle Dove: Yes! I don’t get other people’s fixation on my eating restrictions! For some reason my gluten-freeness is fuel for negative comments. People question my diagnosis and question my symptoms. People tell me that I’m no fun bc I can’t eat gluten and that I’m just eating this way to keep thin, etc. It’s soo annoying. I feel for you!!
Well…we can be a club of two. 🙂
At a BBQ I’m going to in two weeks, I’ll probably end up eating only veggies. I can’t eat dairy or gluten, so that probably rules out the vegetarian options since most of them have wheat protein in them.
She has mentioned Moses has food issues. If he was there, maybe she ate only what he could eat so he didn’t feel isolated. I do that with my son who has allergies.
CLUB OF 3!
I am severely gluten intolerant. I gave it up because I was constantly racked with joint pain and horrible asthma. A friend suggested I try giving up gluten and not only have I been asthma and joint pain free, my IBS is pretty much non-existent, my hair stopped falling out, My nasty, grumpy attitude subsided,and my period became normal for the first time ever.
I was never tested. The doctor suggested gluten loading so I could take a test for it but the last time I tried that I got an ophthalmic migraine, the sweats, and my hands went numb, so, yea, I am not in a rush for an official diagnosis…
BTW, in NYC there are LOADS of gluten free options. I even know where to get bagels, and I don’t mean Udi’s!!
Club of 3 it is…! Huzaah. 🙂
Oh, I totally understand if you have a food allergy that you have to watch what you eat. My dad is lactose intolerant and for a while my bf thought he had celiac disease, so for me it’s not about “eat what you want and f*ck your medical needs.”
My issue with Goop is that she comes off as incredibly condescending as far as her eating habits go. She’s not (AFAIK) doint it for medical reasons, after all.
Good point. There’s a huge difference between having a food allergy or sensitivity and eating the way you have to eat to make yourself feel good… Versus what Goop does: preaches about how she eats and tells others that they should be eating the same way.
I don’t really believe in that motto. It’s fine if you have *a* splurge here and there, but there are other ways to live it up that don’t include eating everything that comes your way just because it’s fun in the moment.
There are also peasants who choose the streamed veggies and sparkling water for most of their meals… but they somehow look better than Goopie 🙂
honest to goddess, i LOVE vegetables. i like them raw better than steamed though. but the only meal in this article that appeals to me at all is the goop one.
im not built anything like her though, i get plenty of fat from oil, nuts, avocado etc
“OMG, are you insane”
I don’t care for gwyn but you know that when I went vegetarian all my friends and family said this to me so I really don’t care what she eats. Every person can make their own choiceAnd I think anyone who uses the whole “but her health!” Are just concern trolling. Ugh.
Well we’re on a gossip sites, and everyone is entitled to have an opinion. About Goop she preaches her own lifestyle, and her crazy dieting cleansing as the best thing to do, writes books about it, when the truth is she has seriously damaged her health.
…the truth is she has seriously damaged her health.
How do you know that?? We have no way to know anything about Gwyneth’s health. You can speculate all you want but you don’t have any ‘truths’.
emmie_a, we know that because Gwyneth herself has said it. She talked about how she was vitamin deprived and thought she was having a stroke. That’s a pretty good indication her diet is making her unhealthy.
She has said she has vitamin deficiency, and an early osteoporosis…
Oh ok, I didn’t know that. But being unhealthy for a period in your life doesn’t mean that you have seriously damaged your health. Luckily vitamin deficiencies can be fixed w/out causing lasting health issues.
So she started looking at her diet when her father was diagnosed with cancer. Excellent. BUT she still smokes cigarettes??! I’m sorry, but if she really is concerned about her HEALTH, she needs to ditch the cancer sticks.
Osteoporosis is serious and many women are at risk for it because of dietary choices that do not include sufficient sources of calcium and vitamin D. It’s great to go vegan or vegetarian but please make sure you understand nutrition and feed yourself appropriately. I know so many unhealthy vegans, vegetarians and food-obsessed people and you can’t tell them anything so I say it here, to any who listen, take care of your diet, your body will literally leech the calcium from your bones if you don’t get enough of it in your diet.
Yes, I found the same thing. Once anybody noticed I was never eating meat or fish, they bothered me about it. People get really uptight about food and assume anybody who eats differently is being all superior and judgmental (even if you don’t say anything except in response to unwanted questions) and some will actually try to sabotage you by slipping in disguised foods you’ve already told them you don’t want to eat. That’s why I don’t believe all the hateful, sneering stuff aimed at this woman. She’s just trying to find a way to eat that will make her feel good, let her. It’s her body and you can’t assume that she reacts to foods the same way you do. And it’s unreasonable to assume that a mother will not try to encourage her kids to eat in ways that she thinks will help them, too. Honestly, do you sneer at Jewish parents who keep kosher? How dare they deprive their children of bacon! How awful that they can’t eat a McDonalds cheeseburger! CPS should take those kids away from their unreasonable Jewish parents and give them to a nice Christian carnivorous family that mixes meat and dairy and doesn’t deprive their children of pork products.
I think the sneers are for the fact that she jumps from one diet to another, cuts out certain things one week and then other things the next. She also seems completely obsessed with food. To me, she has food issues, always looking for the perfect formula instead of just enjoying food but not letting it rule her life. I don’t have sneers for her, but I frankly feel sad for her. She seems tortured by food.
I admire her iron will, but you’re on vacation- this is the time to enjoy yourself. Or birthdays, or on weekends. Do you have to eat steamed vegetables 24-7?
Except you have no idea if she is doing this 24-7. I cut alot of that stuff (deserts, pasta) out of my diet years ago. I would occassionally eat them but honestly my taste buds changed.
The thought of eating pizza now doesnt feel like a treat. Gods truth, the smell alone is icky to me now. My idea of a treat now is probably a homemade fruit smoothie.
I agree after a health scare i too changed the way i eat. I eat very clean now and feel so much better. I dont miss the prossessed foods or fast foods. I still indulge here and there and wouldn’t miss a great restaraunt meal to have veggies but the rest of my diet is very healthy. You do stop craving pastas, breads and sugars and in fact they become unpleasant.
Yeah, I found this out too, it was surprising to me that the stuff I used to crave: sweets, icecream, just didn’t seem appealing at all anymore.
Nice to knowI’m not the only one who doesn’t think its sacrilige to decline the pizza and pasta feed. I took up distance running a few years ago and my diet gradually changed – no more junk (there are occasional treats of course), limited red meat, and I don’t really like pastas and Breads anymore (which includes pizza). So sitting and ordering veggies doesn’t sound terrible.
I am about to defend Dame Goop… Good lord… BUT you need to consider that not everyone feels well after indulging in certain foods, especially if they usually eat only whole foods. This situation makes me think of instances when my family or friends eat fried foods. If I am having any stomach trouble or am not feeling 100% I simply can NOT eat fried foods. It’s not about the calories, it’s about how I feel afterwards. Maybe she was not feeling great, and she has a busy week and wants to sleep well tonight.
The last time I ate ground beef I could not sleep that night and felt awful. We shouldn’t be so quick to judge, what one eats is very personal.
OK that’s my two cents… More like my 75 cents haha!
Exactly!
News flash- most of the time she eats really light and sometimes she indulges. That night just happened to not be one of them.
I don’t understand why people talks like it’s some huge punishment to eat vegetables! Vegetables are versatile, fresch juicy full of taste and natural vitamins and minerals. What is suddenly so awful about eating healthy tasty food? If someone put a piece of bread and a tasty fresh sallad in front of me and asked me to chose which one to eat I would definetly chose the sallad cause it tastes better!
Sure I sometimes eat sandwiches for brakfast cause I’m lazy but if I have a sallad ready I rather eat that!
Besides they say she ate steamed veggies and everyone assumes that she ate some steamed cabbage and a steamed carrot and that’s it. It probably was a mix of delicious veggies and herbs and a tasty dressing/ sauce etc. After all it was a luxury restaurant I I bet they know how to spice it up!
It’s very personal and yet she talks about it all the time. So people will comment.
Exactly. If you cut out the processed stuff you feel differently. You sleep differently. Digestion and even mental health improve. If you haven’t tried it don’t knock it.
co-sign. After eating pizza and carb heavy meals, i feel awful!
I seriously can’t believe peple are being all pissy because G ate a healthy meal. It’s so stupid…
and assuming because she ate that way once that means she eats that way always. and at least we know she’s not always controlling what her kids eat… plus Seraphina has delicious vegetables…
But her body is not that awesome. She looks like she’s lacking serious nutrients.
This is true. Girl needs more meat!
@Tiff & Steph. I agree Gwyn body is not great. She has nice legs and that’s about it. Her face is not attractive and she looks older without make-up. I was saying earlier just because someone is skinny doesn’t mean they have a great body. Women around Goops age that I think looks much better and healthier than her are people like Sofia Vergara and Alyssa Milano. Both of these women eat carbs and they seem to be doing just fine.
Much as I can’t stand her, I don’t agree that her body isn’t awesome. I think she looks incredible. Is she too thin? I guess that depends on your definition of thin. She’s ALWAYS been thin — it’s clearly her natural body type. I think if she didn’t exercise daily and ate like one of us “regular” people, she’d have more fat on her … but she has obviously chosen to take the idea that it’s her job to be slim and toned to the nth degree, and she’s happy with that decision.
Sometimes, in low moments, I envy her willpower. I’m a “slim” person but I carry fat in my thighs and I’ve got cellulite in places nobody should have cellulite, and I know damn well that if I restricted my food intake and exercised for two hours a day for just a couple of months, I’d be a lean machine. But nobody’s paying me millions to do that, so I just flat-out can’t be bothered. I like food. I like the occasional bowl of chips, I love chocolate and cookies, and I have a glass of wine almost everyday, and I don’t care!
Gwyneth, on the other hand, does care — very much. It seems to be very important to her to have a lean physique and impress the world with her short-shorts. Whatever floats her boat, I guess.
Don’t let people like Gwyn fool you, people like her can afford to go to places and have those trouble areas dealt with. If you could afford it you could have that cellulite professionally removed like some celebrities do.
Why do we have to hate our bodies? Cellulite sucks but we’re all taught to translate it into some kind of personal failure and GP feeds into that. Women are not lean machines, we are baby makers and we need boobs and hips for that, it’s not a crime, it’s perfectly natural and it’s sad how we’re all taught to hate what we see in the mirror.
To me, she looks thin but not healthy. She has no muscle on her, and her skin and hair are pretty dry and awful looking, despite her access to the best of all products. It’s fine if she likes being thin, but I would never hold her out as someone to emulate.
Ugh, I’ve seriously dieted before in my life, but I always allowed myself some cheat days.
My question is if she is worried about cancer and changing her diet, does she still smoke? I still say she does all of this crazy dieting because she wants to be skinny and fit into her designer friends clothes, she just uses the healthy eating as an excuse to sell cookbooks. She is the most vain celebrity in my mind.
Bingo. I don’t buy the “for my health” from her either. I can’t help thinking the smoking is being used to keep her mind off food and thus stay thinner. Understand not being able to eat certain foods, but don’t think that’s her real concern at all. I think she believes looking flawless (and her version of that is different than mine for sure) is the most important thing in life and that is sad. Her poor kids.
It makes me cringe that in some areas of the world food is a luxury and in other areas it is either the enemy or a master. Why is it so hard for humanity to do things in moderation???? Ugh!
I can’t imagine restricting yourself like that. Her husband and kids probably ate so much because it’s the best food they’ve had in years!
I don’t really understand how her father getting throat cancer prompted her to eat crazy diets, but not STOP SMOKING.
I worry that she pushes her lifestyle blog when she has such obvious self worth and body image issues. I hope she can wake up soon and use her fame for something positive instead of just promoting self absorption and superficiality. I worry about her kids…
I think its fair to point out that Gwyneth is a celebrity. She gets huge endorsement deals from Hugo Boss, Max Factor plus she is running a fitness company with Tracy Anderson. She could loose alot of money if she indulged in fast foods.
Kaiser, you and the writers at CB are amazing.
people interview stated his smoking gave him cancer.
As a peasant, yeah, I’d put a few pounds on if that means enjoying awesome food with the people I love. No wonder she’s an insufferable a$$. Anyone would be when you’re deprived and hungry constantly. And no wonder she has osteoporosis and anemia.
I don’t understand what is so great about her or her body. I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder but geez. She really is kind of plain.
I think she WAS absolutely beautiful, but she hasn’t taken care of her skin!! I can hardly believe that she allows herself to tan so much! That is what makes me think she has an eating disorder, because she deprives herself of food, her need for indulgence comes out sideways (i.e., tanning, smoking) which go against her values of “health”.
Her body is very toned, but she’s not sexy, because she doesn’t seem healthy and energetic. I think a few extra pounds would do wonders for filling out her face and making her happier. But it’s easy to say and VERY hard to do for someone with an eating disorder, especially with her low insight and people around her enabling her (i.e., Tracy Anderson).
I don’t think it is fair to assume she didn’t eat the pizza because of calorie counting — many people have gluten and dairy intolerance that ranges from seriously negative health issues to just feeling like shit for a few hours after consumption. Just because she is on vaca doesn’t mean she wants to feel like shit after. I think all the people freaking out about her “abstaining” have no idea what it is like to live with a serious food allergy/intolerance. The consequences just aren’t worth the 25 minutes of tastiness.
Also, maybe some people actually ENJOY vegetables?!!? What a thought!
I don’t think it’s really that she likes vegetables that’s shocking people. Lbr, veggies are tasty as hell.
It’s just that she’s inconsistent. First her kids are gluten intolerant, then not. First she is, then isn’t, then is again. She flip flops too much on things that are black and white. Either you have a gluten allergy or intolerance and adhere to that diet, or you don’t.
I agree. Who is to say that she didn’t have something more rich and high in calories earlier in the day.
…I might be bias. I had a breakfast burrito this morning and plate of veggies sounds really good right now! I just can’t hate on someone because they eat vegetables.
ITA, not worth it, if it makes you sick.
I’m not on board the Goop train. I have pending dental work that makes it so I’m not able to chew much of anything right now. There’s something to eat, drink, and being merry because my quality of life has been drastically reduced now that I can’t sit down and eat and savor my food and enjoy the different flavors. I love family style meals, and I firmly believe maintaining a healthy weight is partially about following actual portion sizes and not just stuffing one’s face. If someone sits there and only eats veggies and drinks water, I tend to wonder if they have certain negative emotions associated with food. Granted, someone could just be having an off day, but her behavior screams of deprivation. I know veggies that still eat lots of vegetables, but they balance their meals out with some carbs and proteins. I just think that if she ate sensibly and allowed herself a cheat day every now and then, she would look a lot healthier.
I agree. It’s obvious that she has conflicts regarding food. And she has a national/international stage to play them out on.
The only thing that registered for me is that I’m either going to have pasta or pizza (deep dish) for dinner tonight.
High-fiving you for that hilarious comment. I had pasta yesterday and pizza the day before that.
I was recently diagnosed with PCOS. I had no choice but to overhaul my entire diet or risk getting diabetes and losing my chance to have a child. My diet now is sugar, carb and dairy free. I drink unsweetened almond milk (it’s actually great!). I eat dark fruits. I do eat lean meat but only hormone free. I read every label. I don’t use any sweetener except stevia.
I’m an Italian girl and I love food. I lived for pasta and dessert for 30 years. But I had no choice but to start paying attention. And you know what? I feel so much better. I feel stronger. I feel like I’m protecting my chance to have a child.
I have wondered for a long time if Gwen has a mild form of PCOS bc she spoke once about a mass that had to be removed and she had a miscarriage. If she does….this diet isn’t vanity. It’s necessary. I don’t like this woman and I personally prefer a more curvy figure. I am slim and curvy. I have large breasts. Gwen is not my “ideal” body nor is she my husband’s ideal. I think she’s affected and stuck up. But don’t knock the concept of eliminating foods until you understand that some of us literally have no choice.
I have sympathy for you and for everyone with real food issues. I don’t buy that GP is in your camp. She is unhealthy as a result of her lifestyle choices. Any sensible person can understand food allergies and intolerances but she has osteoporosis and anemia due to her poor dietary choices not any underlying health issue. And then she smokes despite her father’s throat cancer. She can do what she wants, of course, but she clearly has a problem with her relationship with food and is no role model for healthy living.
Sorry about your diagnosis, my sister and I have been dealing with PCOS since puberty and it indeed sucks. I’m just glad we’re able to control a LOT of our health through our diets. NOBODY understands my diet needs – when I was in high school I went full vegetarian because it was easier to say “I’m vegetarian” than to try and explain PCOS! Now, I just eat very clean, unprocessed food. I even moved across the country to live somewhere that has lots of organic produce and meats available cheaply because that has been so important to feeling well and my body functioning properly. Good luck on your journey, feel free to chat with me about it if you ever see me on here.
She said her kids were gluten intolerant. I’m not sure why people think that means she is depriving them of foods. Some foods make them feel ill. Duh-doi! The same any parent would do for their kids, I would think.
Kids who don’t get candy crave and desire candy. Does that make a parent terrible if don’t give their kid candy whenever they want it?
On the one hand, she says her kids are gluten intolerant and on the other, they are eating pizza and pasta…..you see the inconsistency here?
Of course, the restaurant could have made gluten free pizza and pasta, but without knowing for sure, we’ll assume that they are eating regular gluten filled food!!
But after that interview where she said that she had been taking beta blockers and drinking Guiness and had a panic attack from all the work she was doing, which led to the elimination diet, and which led to her children supposedly being gluten intolerant–after people talked about how extreme it all seemed, Gwyneth came back with, “Oh, but my kids will eat Oreos and Cheetos, too.”
So, yeah, I’m not really buying that her kids have gluten intolerance.
She should try oven roasted vegetables. Much taster.
+1 agree with you there, I much prefer veggies roasted to steamed 🙂
Yeah, if these are not dressed up steamed veg, it probably doesn’t taste very good.
Wow. I don’t even understand why this is news or being reported. I don’t like the policing of what women eat or not. Psychos.
I agree.
+1
Yeesh, I didn’t think this post is all about policing what women eat. Gwyneth Paltrow is SELLING us cookbooks and healthy life style plus talks about eating habits basically all the time. After that it’s understandable if people are going to pay attention to her actions.
One day she tells about her super strict diet restrictions and the next day she’s supposed to be this relaxed foodie who is all about moderation. Yeah, those traits are not necessarily contradictory, but I don’t know when I can trust her anymore.
People can eat little stones if they want to, I don’t care, but the moment they start selling healthy eating habits I don’t want to buy lies.
She’s beginning to resemble a vegetable- a pale yellowed root that is sprouting white hairs at the top. You are what you eat.
The comments here are kind of rubbing me the wrong way. I am no Goop fan, but it’s because I find her annoying and patronizing, not because I don’t agree with what she puts in her face. I mean, I guess I am kind of conflicted, because on one hand I HATE the way people feel the need to comment on other people’s diets and eating habits as though turning down pizza is somehow an insult to everyone on Earth who likes pizza (ex: lunch at work yesterday was catered, I said “no thank you” because there were no healthy options and opted for my salad instead. I got 10+ comments… “are you on a diet?” or “i dont see how you eat that rabbit food.” or “life’s too short, pass me another cookie.” Is me saying no thanks to a meal an invitation to be lambasted? Why does it even matter to you what I’m eating!?)
Anyway, I guess I’m conflicted because I feel like it sucks for people to comment on the food/eating habits of someone else uninvited, but at the same time, most people don’t talk about it non-stop like Goop. So it’s not really comparable.
Although at the same time, the dialogue around her being hypocritical about food reminds me of how once someone sees you trying to make healthier choices, they are almost sitting around salivating, waiting for you to f**k up and fail. (ex: turning down lunch yesterday to have a salad… if today I decide to have a cookie with lunch, I will no doubt hear from all those people “i see you’re off your diet already…”) Just because Goopy says you SHOULD eat good, whole foods… is that really an excuse for us to sit around watching every morsel she puts in her mouth and as soon as something processed hits her lips, cry HYPOCRITE!! I don’t know, like I said, conflicted.
*incoherent and disjointed rant over*
There is a lot to be said how society judges people who are extremely disciplined about their food habits. I think we do want to see people fail because we can’t believe some would ‘deprive’ themselves from the glorious thing that food is because THEY can’t themselves NOT because they think it’s unhealthy. I think Goop is pretty healthy but her workouts are too vigourous for her diet but that’s because Anderson is a nut. Madonna looks way better since she ditched her.
A lot of the comments always say how celeb A’s body is so great and they would kill for that body but all they have to is basically deprive themselves from unhealthy food and start working out and most people can’t and they know it. If you want to look good and you’re not genetically blessed, then you need this kind of discipline to look fit/slender/lean etc. And if you can’t, then don’t snarl at people who can. I’m weak-willed and I never comment on people who look super fit because I know it comes from envy and jealousy and not from ‘concern’. That’s just me though.
I commend Goop for eating the way she does if it makes her happy for whatever reason. It’s not like she doesn’t eat and she has muscles so she’s not scarily skinny. There are more obese people in the world, people need to start fake concerning themselves about that.
We live in a world where concern about obesity is ‘mean and snobby’ and ‘excuse me if I don’t eat rabbit food’ and concern about skinny people is accepted and cheered on. I have no doubt it comes from the fact that most people are not good with food and can’t control their food intakes while secretely wanting to be less big. Having too much weight and trying out new diets are the topics that are most discussed when I’m with people. Even strangers. Probably because I’m not skinny myself. I’m one of them.
It’s easy to snarl on people who have an iron will while you are ‘so happy’ you can eat a burger. It’s what they CAN’T do to lose weight that is more important. I’ve never heard my skinny friends comment on other skinny people whether they’re genetically blessed or through workouts and clean dieting.
Thanks, ‘NM9005’ I completely agree with everything you just wrote. I work out about 5 days a week and it isn’t easy for me to keep trim, especially as I’ve gotten older, so I do have to keep at it. I eat healthy and small breakfast foods, like yogurts, grains, etc and then a really understated lunch – this allows me to eat almost anything I want for dinner. I don’t know why we as a culture believe that eating veggies is “depriving” ourselves of something we require or find necessary to enjoy our lives.
When I do not partake in the office cupcake or cake feasts and instead opt for a peach or a banana, I get comments like “but you work out all the time, you can have a cupcake.” No, that logic doesn’t follow, one can’t eat all the relatively unhealthy things around just because one may exercise a bit. That doesn’t mean that we can’t treat ourselves from time to time, but that has to happen as an actual ‘treat’ – not a habit. Besides, fruits can be more delightful that loads of doughy sugar. But we shouldn’t sit around and tell people not to eat cake, either! We should allow ourselves to be whomever we want to be but should also realize that if we want to change or better any aspect of our physical appearance, we have to also change our perspective of what it takes to be able to accomplish that.
I totally agree – I’m not a Goop fan, but I know where’s she’s coming from with regards to the belief that changing your diet affects your health. I guess she’s quite controlling of her life, so it would make sense that she’d go to more extremes.
It’s also something I’m realising on my weight loss/health and fitness journey; just exactly what is required. But I’d say I’m down the middle of the road – I don’t deny myself anything, but I am moderate about what I have. I work out for an hour a day – but then, I have the time.
And I do feel so much better and healthier than I did before. I eat pizza sometimes – I just don’t eat it every day like I did before.
And I pretty much agree with this:
“It’s about being mindful about what you are putting in,” she explained. “Good whole foods are the way we have eaten for generations. It’s amazing how good you feel when you just cut out the processed stuff.”
She pretty much summed it up there. But, you can’t sustain a career on that paragraph alone! Gotta keep padding it out!
“If you want to look good and you’re not genetically blessed, then you need this kind of discipline to look fit/slender/lean etc.”
This right here is so important to note. And really might be the biggest thing that is rubbing me wrong about these comments. Many of the people commenting and saying “I’d rather have a few extra lbs and enjoy carbs than restrict myself.” But what if it wasn’t just a few extra lbs? I know this isn’t really applicable to Goop because she is not heavy, but now that we have started this comment train, it’s worth discussing.
Women, and many on this thread, have tried to paint all women with all body types and all metabolisms and all relationships with food with a very broad brush. While some of you might be able to treat yourself daily and “watch what you eat, moderation, etc” the rest of the time and stay lean, or even only carry a few extra lbs, that is not the case for everyone. Definitely not the case for me. In order for me to lose weight, and even maintain it, I have to eat clean 99% of the time and exercise regularly and intensely. I realize that might not be the case for others. But since it is the case for me, I should be able to do what I need to do without being the constant subject of criticism by those around me. And those around me definitely shouldn’t just be sitting around, waiting for me to slip up. And truly, that might be the case for Goop, too. Maybe she notices subtle changes in her body when she eats certain foods, or lets up on her regiment. So she doesn’t. Or she does, but very rarely. I don’t know… I just know it’s not for me to speculate. Because what works for you guys might not work for her, or for anyone else.
I am totally off-topic now, so to bring it full-circle, I do hate Goop’s bikini. Thanks for indulging my rant. 🙂
I’m the same – I never have been someone who can eat what they like and not put on weight. I’ve spent over a decade eating what I wanted, and I put on a lot of weight and it made me miserable. And now that I’ve lost almost all of it…I’ve learnt a lot about food, what it means to me, what it means to other people etc… And also, how other people almost feel like your body is their business. I’ve lost count of how many people have told me I need to stop, or I’ve lost enough, or I need to relax. There’s nothing inherently wrong with eating vegetables. I like vegetables. I’ll quite happily eat steamed vegetables over pizza. It wasn’t always the case, but my taste buds have changed.
Funny, when I was eating what I wanted, I wasn’t happy but others were. When I disciplined myself, I’m happy, and many others are annoyed. There’s nothing inherently empowering about eating a tube of Pringles every night (plus half a cheese cake, plus a cinnamon swirl, plus a whole pizza).
@Beatrix:
Exactly, when you have come to the point that all that hard work paid off and you are healthy and lean or toned, then people think you can eat treats and it doesn’t affect you.
It’s a lifestyle not a diet. That’s why so many fail in dieting and why they like the kind of diets that give you too much leeway to eat unhealhty foods. Have a cheat day they say, and they eat a bowl of pasta and a pack of cookies and then they ruined a good chunk of their healthy week by overindulging! I know because I did it and many have confessed to it too on diet blogs etc.
It doesn’t end when you reached your goals. And you are right about treats not being habits. For others, you are probably depriving yourself from treats but you are actually nurturing yourselves with the foods your body needs to keep functioning. You work out quite a lot and a donut for lunch isn’t going to give you the right nutrients and energy to keep going. Especially when it becomes a daily treat, your body will react to it badly if you eat pretty clean most of the times.
@happyhat:
Agreed, she is quite controlling her father dying was the biggest impact for her to change her life. I do think her intent is good-hearted albeit a bit sad when you hear her talk about her dad and the food decisions she made when he died.
The mind is wired to like sugar-y food and fast food is addictive so you have to be quite controlling to achieve results when you’re used to eating bad food or not super clean.
Good luck on your journey! I know it’s tough but you’ll get there. You do what feels best for your mind and body while you get positive results.
I’m more like you even though I should be stricter because of my crappy metabolism :).
I think the fact that you control your food is empowering thus annoying to others because they don’t. Maybe they’re unhappy too and they can’t change thus they become bitter or annoyed at those who can make that change. The real power is finding hapiness and if food is a problem then that can control your life. You took a huge part of that away and now you’re in control. I can see how people are envious of that. Keep that motivation up!
@Brown
Yes to everything. I have to be quite extreme too if I want to achieve tiny results. What’s ‘extreme’ to others is NECESSARY for those who do it. If others want to eat a muffin, that’s fine. But when you have a different lifestyle and a body that is way too eager to accept fat and loves to keep it, then back off with the comments that try to persuade you to eat one too just because their body can handle a muffin or when they just don’t care about their weight (or so they say). When I ‘fail’ at eating good, you can’t imagine the glee that people have over while for me I have to live with the low energy and negative self-esteem that fast food gives you.
May I note how Madonna’s body is under a ton of scrutiny when this woman is the epitome of health? She eats 99,9% clean and works out less than she used to but still a lot and women snark on her body so much. Why? Because she doesn’t look sexy or good to them. Her body fat % is too low for them. It’s almost always about how good you look not about health. And they judge the level of sacrifice you give for it like crazy because they’re not willing to go that far so they have the right to tell you that so it seems! That’s why this fake concern is grating. A lot of people are vain and weak-willed. They want to look good but eat like crap. If there was a pill that could give you that without being sick from it, women would stumble over themselves and trample people to death over it.
Healthy my ass. There’s a reason fad quick diets are so popular: minimal work for excellent results, that’s what people want and everybody who works damn hard for it is an extreme crazy nut who can’t enjoy life. Sit down on these million chairs please 🙂
@NM9005
Aww thank you! And yes, it’s a long road, but I’m learning so much all the time.
I also wonder about when people talk about the way I eat as being extream or unnatural. Like, eating vegetables is somehow wrong and you’re weird and crazy for doing so.
And also, that’s not that hard. It’s not hard work in the sense that I feel terrible all the time. I feel better, much better than I ever have in the past. I never starve myself.
That small pang from wanting another cream scone, that’s the ‘hard work’ I feel. Or making myself work out when I don’t wanna. That’s the hard work. And then doing that over and over again day after day.
It’s a montage scene stretched out from minutes to years (or less for some).
It can go to extremes, obviously. I don’t think I’m living an extreme lifestyle. I have pie now and again – I know that my life will not be magically better for having five pies a night every night. Delayed gratification, man…it’s my new best friend!
@Beatrice, ITA, what most people think of as a “treat” I find to be terrible. Especially the processed stuff people show up with at get togethers, like cupcakes or ice cream. After I started eating really good treats like organic fruits and veggies in season, I couldn’t stand the taste of the processed stuff anymore. If you really want to “treat” yourself, spend the money on organics.
Thank You! I hate how neurotic people are about commenting any food choice you make in public, at school, a party, at work, at a social outing. They are very comfortable being really arrogant and rude: questioning and commenting. (This is not about Goop, she invites it, the rest of us do not.)
I want to start fighting back against the food police.
“Did you get a piece of cake?, (repeated three times) “why not, are you on a diet/ oh let yourself go a little etc” Shut up! You obviously have food issues of your own if it bothers you that much. Would you constantly ask someone why they chose to abstain from cigarettes or alcohol, or ask why that hair style, clothing, place to live, lifestyle, religion, politics, sexual partner, gender? If not then STFU about what I chose to put in my body.
Brown, I really liked your comment. I think people invest far too much energy into what other people eat.
I think it is so wrong when people knock others for eating in a healthy way. The office lunch situation happens so often, and while it doesn’t affect me directly, I am super defensive of my friend who gets seriously harassed by her overweight co-workers who make fun of her “rabbit food”.
Little do they know that she has eating disorders in her past, and how she is now trying to focus on food as nutrition and fuel for being active…not as a reward, etc.
I suspect she talks about it non-stop because she keeps getting asked about it… Also it’s wandered into a sideline for her so it’s part of what she does for a living. You might as well complain about Richard Simmons talking about exercise non-stop (adorable though he is).
I wouldn’t want to look like her. I don’t think her body is even attractive for someone who works out all the time and doesn’t eat.
I don’t think she looks good in these pictures. She has completely lost what ever curves she had. Not only would I not want to spend the rest of my life eating like Goop, but I wouldn’t want to go out dinner or have her over to my house to hang out,while I ate the pizza and she ate her veggies.
when I saw the picture for this post, I really thought she was Donald Trump. Not a good look.
Maybe she’s ‘cleansing’ something…again.
Rip-roaring eating disorder
+1 bingo
Eating vegetables does NOT equal an eating disorder!
She starved herself into osteoporosis and anemia, that does not scream healthy relationship with food!
Hell is other people…eating pizza.
Happiness is sitting around a big table full of italian food w/ all the people you love. Anything else is absurd.
MMMmmmm…Luke’s Lobster Rolls are my CRACK! *slurp* 😛
I had salami sandwich chips and cake for dinner and im older than gy-whine-th and have softer smoother skin lush thick hair and i think a wee bit happier
What hell for that family
Whaqq
but she changes her diet like once a month. this month it is steamed vegetables. she went on that tour of spain with batali an was eating all kinds of crap. she puts out recipes for all kinds of other crap. she is like someone with a split personality and each one is on a different food plan.
So? She’s trying different things. People have commented that she doesn’t look entirely healthy. I would assume she keeps trying different ways to feel better. Some things work, others don’t and so she goes on to the next approach. That’s more sensible than refusing to be experimental. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, of course. So if you’re happy with how you feel, keep on doing what you’re doing. But my guess is that she has found only partial solutions to her health problems and is still seeking.
because she talks and blogs about what people shoudl do, then by the time you read it or hear it, she isnt even doing it
she should stop talking about what to eat, how to cleanse etc and go back to her day job
But meanwhile she’s obviously not at all concerned about her skin or getting skin cancer. Look at the leather skin on those no makeup picks!
Yikes, about to defend Goop…
More and more people are starting to realize that the vast majority of food that we eat and love is heavily processed (particularly our beloved but super processed wheat-based foods like pasta and pizza), swimming with hormones and all sorts of junk that just shouldn’t be in ‘food’ and be consumed by us.
A lot of people will throw around terms like gluten allergy and lactose intolerance when they may not actually have them, and it seems totally like a trend at the moment… However, there’s a reason why low-carb and paleo lifestyles are kicking off. People who follow them DO feel amazing and it’s not about staying thin and glamorous, it’s about being healthy, eating whole and clean.
Obviously a lot of her food and diet concerns stem from her father dying from cancer-related complications. I honestly believe that of course staying thin is a huge factor for her personal diet choices, but I also think she genuinely wants to be healthy at least 90% of the time and eat clean and feel good. She clearly doesn’t restrict herself, she admits to ‘cheats’ like her one cigarette, her Starbucks, etc. If your health is important to you, you’re going to pay attention to what you eat and where it comes from, and what it does for you body. I dropped all wheat and sugar (except for fruits) from my diet, and although I do indulge in treats like birthday cakes or desserts when I’m out for dinner or celebrating etc, I do feel the effects of the sugar and wheat really intensely.
Not everyone wants to fill themselves full of processed stuff all the time… Try eating clean for a week, and you’ll understand exactly why Goop eats the way she does, and why so many other normal people do as well. I read “Wheat Belly” by William Davis and it really opened my eyes to the level of processing that the majority of food items go through before they reach our lips… It IS scary! And if you’re on Instagram, check out hashtags like clean eating, paleo etc.
Like, I love me some super creamy, parmesan covered fettuccine alfredo, red velvet cake and full fat caramel corettos… I’m human. But 6 days a week, I will be eating zucchini noodles with delicious homemade sauces, fruits and herbal teas or almond milk in my coffee.
Love zucchini noodles! I ate them for about a week solid when I was staying with a friend last month. Yummm.
You’re naive if you believe she is just smoking one cigarette a week. She just can’t admit it’s more.
Dear lord, STFU Goopy.
There’s nothing heathy about her. I’d rather be overweight and have still have silky hair and skin.
She’s Hagzilla.
Whatever. Gweneth needs to put some makeup on.
She is quoted as saying “Good whole foods are the way we have eaten for generations” As I see it, my ancestors ate a lot of fatty meat, gravy, etc. and drank heavy ale and a lot of folks died of heart disease (including some of my relatives) I’m sure other folks’ Italian ancestors ate plenty of pasta (which she is obviously avoiding) and drank wine. Gwyneth is obviously not eating a “paleo” diet (which is based around whole foods) or anything of the sort. She’s not just eliminating “processed foods” but 80% of all foods. I think she is a little bit confused to put it mildly.
Apologies Ginger, I know you are making a serious and pertinent point, but the visual of your ancestors sitting down to a meal made me laugh so much. We really have lost the enjoyment of food like they had. I bet each and every meal was a jolly affair.
I can’t imagine people commenting on what Melissa McCarthy eats in a restaurant , why is it ok to bash Gwyneth Paltrow? I have a friend with gluten and yeast allergies she basically subsists on veggies. She has no cravings at all because stuff with gluten or yeast makes her physically very ill. If you saw her in a restaurant (she is tiny) eating veggies why would you judge? To each his/her own.
True, but Melissa McCarthy isn’t out there promoting her eating habits to the world. Her weight is her issue and nobody else’s. Goop, on the other hand, is handing out eating recommendations constantly that may very well be detrimental to lots of her readers. There’s no need to regularly de-tox or fast. There’s no need to eliminate eggs, dairy, wheat, meat, etc. etc. unless you have a proven allergic reaction to these foods.
When I looked my best (not now) :-(, I ate everything but in small portions. I did, however, stay away from sweets.
I really don’t find her attractive at all….not her hair, face, skin, figure or her personality. Her husband isn’t handsome and her kids aren’t cute. The only thing of hers I wish I had is her money
Goop reminds me of Suzanne Somers whose books exhort women to take all sorts of bio-identical hormones once they’re into menopause – she’s not a doctor and has no idea what effect they may have on many women. Any type of estrogen, bio-identical or otherwise, can have some serious side-effects including blood clots, stroke, breast cancer (which she’s had) and heart problems. I actually met her once a few years ago and she’s had so much hair-bleaching, sun-tanning, plastic surgery and skin sand-papering she looked like hell. Those hormones are really working at keeping you young and juicy aren’t they Suzanne…
I took the bio-identicals for a while after a total hysterectomy and felt like crap so I stopped. So I went to a naturopath who recommended a few herbs like black cohosh to control hot flashes and valerian to help me sleep and have been fine ever since.
I’d love to have a great thin body and the kind of self discipline needed to look like Goop. But then I am always reminded of the late writer John Mortimer, creator of Rumpole of the Bailey. Mortimer started each morning of writing with a glass of champagne at 6am. Rumpole famously enjoyed greasy breakfasts of bacon and eggs on fried sliced bread and large quantities of Pommeroys plonk (cheap red wine). When doctors warned him of the hazards of his diet, he always replied that the joys of plonk and fried slice were not worth giving up in return for a few extra years at the nursing home in Weston-super-Mare. Oh and Mortimer himself died in his nineties, having obviously relished his food and plonk for years and in ample quantities.
Isn’t it amazing that all these long lived people, thin or fat, from previous generations ate whatever they felt like provided they could afford it, most of it deemed unhealthy?
And yet lots aerobised health food eating people are dropping in their mid-40s!
Ps:- I am with Mortimer on that cooked breakfast. It’s been adapted for vegetarians like me, but it is still the best thing ever.
I agree. My father in law is 85 and eats and drinks whatever he likes. Slab bacon, sausages, eggs, cheese, potatoes, brown bread and in season veggies. The basic peasant diet that he grew up eating. (He is German) Also drinks beer and hard liquor, starting with a shot at breakfast. He has always been very lean and is in amazing shape for his age. He is also an incredibly hard worker who never sits still which I think is why he can eat so much.
You know what ? I don’t think she looks that good for such huge effort. Her skin looks Ok for her age, but I’m sure it’s more related to creams, lasers and procedures than her diet. She’s thin and all, but her body isn’t pretty. Her hair looks dry sometimes. She can afford the very best, I’m pretty sure she could savour these precious moments with her family and burn the ”extra” calories with her personal trainer the next day.
But why can’t someone “savour a precious moment” WITHOUT eating wheatbased food??? I don’t get it. I have had plenty of precious moments in my life with my family and friends and I don’t recall wheat and pasta being the spark and foundation for those moments?
She looks about 50 to me. I will never understand the “she looks so much better without makeup” comments. I’m sorry, this is the most, boring, basic looking woman, and I don’t get the hype about her skin, hair, or body.
She doesnt look like she only exists on steamed veggies and sparkling water. She is on the verge of too slender but she is naturally a waify kind of woman. She has crazy muscle tone and thats not something that could be achieved by starving oneself. I have a feeling she eats clean the majority of the time and then does little cleanses here and there with times of splurging as well. Considering heart disease is the number one killer I dont think she’s too far off with her approach to health (even though I just dont like her).
Have you seen her recommended food plan for the weeks she’s doing cleanses/detox?? It’s on her website. If she follows the recommended plan, it’s a starvation diet. She lives off flavoured water, a smoothie and a small piece of chicken/fish each day. The treat is the water!!!
She’s starting to look like a steamed vegetable. That recent photo of her pale, shapeless body in an unflattering bikini was nothing to be proud of.
Goop is underweight, anemic, vitamin deficient, and has osteoperosis. She is exceedingly unhealthy. Weighing more than her doesn’t mean having “extra” pounds — it means having pounds your body needs in order to function properly.
I pity her completely. All the money in the world and she lives a miserable, self-hating, terribly deprived existence. Plus she’s stupid.
right on Emily C. – especially about the osteoporosis. While I’m not advocating indulging in mammoth size portions of restaurant food (which is usually full of cr*p and not very nutritious), I do think she needs to eat more than vegetables if she wants to preserve whatever bone mass she has left.
Hopefully the restaurant scene is atypical of her usual eating patterns and she takes in more than mere vegetables. Seriously Goop, if you want further bone deterioration, keep up with the water and vegetables + Tracy Anderson cray cray workouts.
Meh. Different people eat different things.
No wonder she has the bone density of an 80 year old!!!. Great example for her kids..
“When Bruce died … , Paltrow decided to eliminate dairy and gluten from her own diet.”
Eating disorders are not about food; they’re about feeling in control in the face of things you can’t control.
This girl screams eating disorder.
Yuck, her body is terrible. She has no shape (except her legs which are quite good) no bum, no hips. Its embarrassing she works out 6 days a week and that’s as good as it gets. You can’t change your shape.
And another thing, for a woman with such a supreme diet she has terrible skin. I am exactly the same age as her. Keep dreaming G.
I think she has the reverse of body dismorphia. When she looks in the mirror she thinks she has good skin, looks good enough to go sans make up, has great non saggy little tits and has a banging sexy body in general. Ya, keep on dreaming.
Uggh no one cares about your self-induced anemia or malnutrition Gwen. Put fancy terms on it all you like, but you ultimately promote anorexia as a lifestyle.
Maybe she just didn’t feel like eating pasta and pizza. Maybe she doesn’t feel well after such a meal. Maybe they were really tasty steamed veggies.
Honestly, veggies (steamed or otherwise) are supposed to taste good! If they don’t, there’s something wrong with the crop (especially if bred for transport or machine harvesting) or they hung around in the store too long or they were improperly prepared. The way my mother prepared veggies was awful, she cooked the life out of them. Anyway- I love pizza and consider it good food, but many times I just don’t want to eat it. Same with pasta. I also know that my body doesn’t react well to either in larger quantities and not at all when I’m under various stresses. So sometimes I eat something else that’s tasty (which includes veggies, although I prefer raw — have you ever tried carrots and peanut butter, perchance? Another food of the gods, along with of course watermelon) because I need to avoid unpleasant consequences or need to concentrate. Would you believe that I sometimes even go many months without pasta or pizza and don’t feel at all deprived? Anyway- let the woman enjoy her steamed veggies in peace. At the restaurants she can afford, I’m sure they were amazing.
goop looks like a nutrient starved 50 year old.
I agree with the commenters above who said that the issue is not Goop’s possible self-deprivation, but the inconsistent back & forth about what she eats & what she allows her kids to eat. One week her mother has to sneak the kids out for ice cream & not tell Goop, the next week the kids are eating Oreos & Cheetos & “it’s all good.”
I personally don’t care what anyone else eats; I only care when they preach to others, are judgey & condescending about other peoples’ habits & then flip-flop every other week about their own.
Also, her smoking—I am not judging her, as I am an ex-smoker who misses it very much. My only comment on that is that it’s a bit wrong-headed to think that her Dad’s death from throat cancer wasn’t affected by his smoking. If that is her true reason for her restricting her diet, then she forgot about deleting ciggies as well. I also suspect that her cigs help her to control her food intake.
I think her food attitudes will affect her kids’ food behavior in the future, as well.
Food is one of the greatest pleasures of life. Everything in moderation, of course. Obviously, the death of Gwyneth’s father really traumatized her. I get that. My dad died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 61. I was a “daddy’s girl” too – I know how it hurts. But the lesson I took from that was to live for the day because tomorrow may never come. I started doing all my “bucket list” things. Gwyneth has gone the other way. While I learned that death is inevitable and to live every day like it’s your last, Gwyneth is fighting it. She thinks if she eats only steamed veggies or avoids carbs or does cleanses that she can reduce her chances of death. Interesting approach given that the chance of death is 100%. Maybe she just wants to live longer (another “be careful what you wish for” thing.). My grandmother lived to 96 – and she didn’t want to. Life is all about quality, not quantity. I’d rather live 50 years eating good food and enjoying the many pleasures of life than live to 100 by starving and denying myself.
Gwyneth hasn’t looked healthy in years. Maybe in the 90s when she was in her mid-20s she could better pull off the gaunt, thin, ice-blonde, ice-queen look to more effect. But when you get to her age, you need a few kilos / pounds (especially around / on the face) to combat the look of aging. She just looks taut now — like too little butter scraped across too much bread (to paraphrase Bilbo from The Fellowship Of The Ring, LOL). Not that she’d eat either of these things! It’s funny. I don’t like cookbooks, and I especially don’t like cookbooks written by women who don’t look healthy. *shrugs*
It sounds like at least some of Gwyneth’s food issues are linked to the grief she feels about losing her father.
Instead of living off of steamed vegetables, maybe she should find someone who can help her deal with her dad’s death.
I guess it’s good that she doesn’t seem to be restricting everyone’s diet. She came across like that before like she was totally controlling everything her husband and children ate. But, her kids have to notice that she’s not eating the same thing that they are. If she does struggle with food issues, I hope she is at least honest about it with her kids.
I completely agree it sounds like this eating “disordered” thinking is linked to her grief. Just hypothesizing, but trying to gain control during an issue where she had no control. Too rigid in her thinking about food.
I don’t get pushing eating healthy, working out but then continue to be a smoker. Contradictory.
She looks like Ekhart Tolle.
I find it hard to believe that a fancy Hamptons restaurant would not have anything besides steamed veg for gluten intolerant types.
And another thing, that bikini is something J Lo would wear. Not some scranwy white bilbo. You can just tell she really thinks she is hot.
She fancies women long to look like her?? Who?? I cabt understand who says she “has a great body” ???
That photo of her jumping is AWFUL. She doesnt have one ounce of sexiness, she looks haggard, pinched and dried out.
Yes, do her air diet if you desire for the waif look, herion chic look or the pre-pubescent boy look. AWESOME!!
Eating disorder 101.
I can certainly say that I’m not a fan of this woman, that said, she should be able to eat in a restaurant with her family without being scrutinized. I think her problem is that she is extremely polarizing…people either hate her or buy into the lifestyle that she is advocating and selling. That lifestyle of course is out of reach for average person..e.g. one who doesn’t belong to 1% club. I don’t think she looks emaciated just very gaunt and gangly which is becoming much more noticeable as she grows older. She is probably going to be one of those women we label “handsome” when she reaches old age…that is good or bad depending on how you look at it. To me she isn’t unhealthy looking but neither is she sexy…not at all.
I checked out her cookbook today – was on display at the library. I don’t know if this veganistic diet is what gives her the straw hair with frayed or her hairdresser is a frenemy. if you can find it at your local thriftstore Amy Vanderbilt’s complete cookbook is much better – it is a treasure.
I eat vegan 2 days a week, vegetarian 2 days a week, eat fish one day, chicken/pork one day, and red meat one day. I try to stick with a Sunday vegan, Monday fish, Tuesday vegetarian, Wednesday chicken or pork, Thursday vegan, Friday red meat, and Saturday vegetarian. I might switch it around depending on special events/meals out, but overall, I pretty much follow that schedule. I kind of go heavy on the vegetarian during the day time on all but vegan days and have eggs for breakfast on the not vegan/vegetarian days. It works for me. I also run 4 days a week and do pilates once a week (unless I’m training for a marathon or half marathon, in which case I run 6 days a week.) I won’t throw shade at Gwyneth for her food choices, but I find her insufferable on many many levels.
So if pizza is so unhealthy, why is she letting her family stuff themselves with it?