While Jane Fonda has no shortage of knowledge to share, I was particularly moved and fascinated by her recovery from bulimia, which she battled with for over 25 years.
I think her friends were worried that the bulimia might come back, about some psychological slide, and she was given breathing space to some extent by the media as much as she ever has been.
For the longest time, Indian women have been okay with being curvy. But I think the modern Indian woman needs to get toned. I don't endorse being thin. Anorexia and bulimia are a reality in India because everybody wants to be thin.
I had a very unhealthy relationship with food that turned into bulimia.
For me, the bulimia was about stuffing my emotions. So I stopped suppressing my feelings.
The problem with writing a book about bulimia is that whenever you go to the washroom, people think you're throwing up.
Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery.
I have something called exercise bulimia, which is where you rid of your calories by over-exercising.
I was my thinnest when doing 35 fashion shows a week in different countries because I didn't have time to eat. I've never bought the idea that models in fashion magazines cause readers to have anorexia and bulimia. And you can't be a model if you've got those conditions anyway, because you'll get acne and hair all over your body.
While I was never diagnosed with anorexia or bulimia at the time, I've learned that starving myself and bingeing means I had both.
