Okay, I'm not denying that Mila Kunis most likely worked her butt off (literally, ha!) to lose 20 pounds for her role in Black Swan opposite Natalie Portman. I don't doubt that one bit. But I still think she committed a fan fail when she revealed the big diet/exercise lesson she learned from the experience to British Glamour: People who say they can't lose weight are lying.
Oh, snap. That was harsh, Mila!
I get where she's coming from. It's classic I-did-it-and-so-can-you thinking, the same kind of attitude you get from people who've recently given up vodka or gluten.
Says Mila: "I'm a huge foodie, I love food. But when people say 'I can't lose weight', no, no, no, you can! Your body can do everything and anything, you just have to want to do it."
Maybe some of Mila's fans will take that as a pep talk. Maybe? Or maybe not ...
I feel like women who are spending hours sweating at the gym and counting every calorie and still not seeing any progress (or frustratingly slow progress) are going to read that quote and say, "You know what, skinny b**ch? I was gonna let Friends With Benefits slide, but that's it! I'm never forking over my hard-earned cash to see you in a movie again!"
Adding insult to injury is the fact that Kunis was never even fat to begin with -- not even the slightest bit overweight! She had to lose 20 pounds because she was playing the most stereotypically emaciated character on the planet: A ballerina.
Plus, it's a lot easier to lose weight when you're already thin and your metabolism is in decent working order -- oh, and you're 27 years old.
It could very well be that the majority of Mila's fan base is male, and I'm betting they're not going to give a rat's rear what she thinks about weight loss.
Still, if she ticks off all the female readers of British Glamour, it's going to be a lot tougher for their boyfriends to get a Mila movie fix. You have to figure that up until now, it's been easy -- "Sure sweetie, I'll take you to see that chick flick."
Back to Anne Hathaway and Reese Witherspoon, boys.
Image via Nick Slide/Flickr
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it's a lot harder to loose weight if you are all ready thin. Body is at a healthy weight and you try to take more off it fight you because it's good where you are at.
Her quote sounds like she's trying to encourage! Like yes you CAN lose weight, it's just gonna take work. I've got a few pounds to lose, I love Mila and I'm still gonna let Friends With Benefits slide lol.
Actually I agree with her. I am way overweight and always said "I wanna loose" but till I believed in it I wasn't gonna loose a pound. Now I've lost quiet a bit because I put my mind to it and am doing it the right way. I think her words were true and if people don't like it well tuff beans!
As far as weight loss goes, you can do it if you want to. Unless, you are obese and require surgery.
And if it's not YOUR fault that you're fat, WHO'S fault is it? Hmmm?
1. I didn't take her quote offensive and I'm a big girl. 2. It's actually HARDER to lose weight when you're already skinny. The bigger you are, the faster you lose. As you get smaller and healthier, it becomes much harder to lose. 3. Yes, it IS possible to lose weight (barring a medical condition), and if those who are trying to lose weight would remind themselves of that as they have a harder time or hit a plato, then maybe people wouldn't give up! 4. I'm looking forward to seeing Friends With Benefits, I think it looks cute.
I'm failing to see the issue. I agree with what she said. She didn't say it was easy, she said that it was possible.
I completely agree with her. You have to want it bad enough to bust your ass to get where you want. I think she ment it in a motivation type of way. I was in the same position as KailaCheyenne, telling myself it was too hard to lose weight and I couldn't do it, then one day I just decided that I could and would. I am 40lbs lighter with only 30 to go till my goal weight. You can only do what you set your limits to.