I watched that one. Sad. They were calling her plan "high-protein" and occasionally mentioned low carb. I thought it odd, too that they forbade even DIET soda, but let her eat huge piles of fruit.

The pageant crash-dieter referred to her own "plan" as low carb... her daily menu consisted of an apple. Then, against the advice of the nutritionist, who told her to eat 5 small meals of protein, veggies and fruit a day, she decided it was "faster" to just eat cottage cheese for two weeks. RIGHT after the pageant, she went and gorged, gained a few punds back, and it said, went on another crash diet to get ready for the next pageant.

I could barely stand to watch the young wrestler starving and sweating to make weight. I felt for his Mom.

What I noticed with the girls that I've seen a LOT among chronic dieters, was the "Last Supper" mentality. How many of us decide we'll start on a particular day, then have a free-for-all the day before? The Pageant Girl's Mom asked her why she didn't just follow the moderate route and not pig out the night before. The girl said she needed to get all her favorite foods in before she had to starve herself for so long... and it would be MONTHS before she could eat "normally" again. Then the Mom shut up and ate right along with her.