3:07 am - 12/02/2012
Vegan Anne Hathaway flaunts 25-lb weight loss
Actress Anne Hathaway, who lost 25 pounds on a crash diet for the film, "Les Misérables," looks sporty and sassy in the January 2013 issue of Glamour.
The slender 5-foot-8 Anne dons a white tank top and black underwear that accentuate her lean thighs. Hathaway, 30, admitted she essentially starved herself to look the part of the emaciated Fantine in the tragedy, "Les Misérables."
"I had to be obsessive about it; the idea was to look near death," Hathaway told Vogue. "Looking back on the whole experience, it was definitely a little nuts. It was definitely a break with reality, but I think that’s who Fantine is anyway."
Anne lost 10 pounds before shooting began, and then lost another 15 pounds during a two-week break in filming by eating only two thin squares of dried oatmeal paste a day. Hathaway's competitive personality enabled her to stick to her extreme low-calorie diet.
"I like to fight for a job," she says. "You feel like you've emerged from the scrap, and you're like, 'OK, this one's mine. Did it. Done.' "
Transforming herself physically is nothing new for the dedicated Anne, who worked out five days a week to play Catwoman in "The Dark Knight Rises." In addition to gym workouts, Hathaway underwent stunt training, did strength exercises as well as 90 minutes of dance every day.
Anne, who switched to a vegan diet while training for "The Dark Knight Rises," has really embraced the plant-based eating plan.
"I don't go the soy-meat route; I have a really plant-based diet," she said. "So I wind up cooking at home a lot. Kale is amazing. Spelt [a kind of wheat] pasta is amazing. I can't do the white-flour stuff. It makes me really ill."
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The slender 5-foot-8 Anne dons a white tank top and black underwear that accentuate her lean thighs. Hathaway, 30, admitted she essentially starved herself to look the part of the emaciated Fantine in the tragedy, "Les Misérables."
"I had to be obsessive about it; the idea was to look near death," Hathaway told Vogue. "Looking back on the whole experience, it was definitely a little nuts. It was definitely a break with reality, but I think that’s who Fantine is anyway."
Anne lost 10 pounds before shooting began, and then lost another 15 pounds during a two-week break in filming by eating only two thin squares of dried oatmeal paste a day. Hathaway's competitive personality enabled her to stick to her extreme low-calorie diet.
"I like to fight for a job," she says. "You feel like you've emerged from the scrap, and you're like, 'OK, this one's mine. Did it. Done.' "
Transforming herself physically is nothing new for the dedicated Anne, who worked out five days a week to play Catwoman in "The Dark Knight Rises." In addition to gym workouts, Hathaway underwent stunt training, did strength exercises as well as 90 minutes of dance every day.
Anne, who switched to a vegan diet while training for "The Dark Knight Rises," has really embraced the plant-based eating plan.
"I don't go the soy-meat route; I have a really plant-based diet," she said. "So I wind up cooking at home a lot. Kale is amazing. Spelt [a kind of wheat] pasta is amazing. I can't do the white-flour stuff. It makes me really ill."
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Also this bigger reason is because usually there is no option for people who are vegetarian in these scenarios, so they can't eat... and so they are either asked why or mention that they can't eat and then it becomes an "issue". People who eat mean get endless options when going out, vegetarians get snubbed more of the time when it comes to food, especially at parties or events.
Then the inevitable "It's just a little bacon.". Oh. *sigh*
I'd been to Cracker Barrel numerous times before I read the small print that basically said "Everything has an animal in it. EVEN THE AAAAIIIIIRRR". I think I ate salad and fries after that? :(
My husband was mid mouthful of hashbrown casserole when I made the discovery. He nearly shed a tear when I told him he might not want to take another bite.
We've grown so much since then.
Usually the end of the semester in my department is celebrated with a dinner out. Last year we went to a pizza place where I had to announce that I don't eat meat. That's cool we ordered a veggie pizza, and the rest of the class got two with meat. Everyone agreed the veggie pizza looked super good and and decided they wanted to eat that instead of the meat ones. I got one piece of the pizza I could eat and was told if I wanted more food I could pick the meat off of the other pizzas.
It's like, if you're going to put me in the situation where I have to make the extra effort to ensure I have food to eat, can I at least eat it??
Edited at 2012-12-02 07:03 pm (UTC)
tell me about it. when i first became a vegetarian & was home for the summer, my mom would almost always feed me potatoes and carrots (like a mixed mash), which was awful to have more than once. after i ended up losing a shitton of weight since i wouldn't/couldn't eat (lol i'm the only vegetarian when i'm with the fam, so ... they didn't buy groceries for me. as a result, i ended up looking like how i used to in my ED days) + i began demanding (lol like seriously arguing with my parents) to at least get me a few veggie things food i could eat (boca burgers, anything), my mom started learning veg dishes so that she can have something for me while i'm at home.
that woman can now do magic with veg meals omg. even my dad, who is a hardcore meat-eater, has veg dishes every once in awhile now :)
I was on a film shoot where there was a limited amount of vegetarian food available. My husband was also on the shoot and we were the only vegetarians. Every day, I literally had to fight to get the veggie food for us or we had to go without. I started buying food to bring with us just in case, but it was ridiculous. It wasn't even a paid shoot so food was the ~luxury.
I tried explaining to people that as meat eaters, they had the option to eat the meat dishes. As veggies, we had one shot and that was it. I basically got blank stares.
I am now super protective of my husband on shoots and make sure he takes something with him just in case :/