Paradox

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Karlie Kloss at Le Bain last night. More here. Photo by BFA.

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by 美撒guo, location unknown.

Genetically blessed

Consideration

An eventual return to your pre-diet weight is a typical consequence of consuming too few calories in an attempt to lose weight. According to Net Wellness, this can make further attempts to lose weight more difficult for two reasons. First, your metabolism is slower due to decreased muscle mass and second, the weight you gain back is fat that requires a high metabolic rate to burn.

Significance

If you are trying to lose weight, consuming too few calories in a day can significantly alter weight loss goals. According to the consumer health information site Net Wellness, if your calorie intake falls below 50 percent of your RMR, your body goes into starvation mode. As this occurs, fat metabolism stops and lean tissue and muscle mass metabolism begins. According to registered dietitian and writer Juliette Kellow, as you begin losing muscle mass, metabolism slows ever further as decreasing muscle and tissue mass requires less energy to function, and weight loss slows or stops.

Identification

You can divide the calories you consume each day into two groups; those you need to stay alive and those you need for physical activity. The number of calories in the first group, called your resting or basal metabolic rate, depends on factors such as your gender, age, height and weight. According to Flavia Herzog, a registered dietitian specializing in pediatric nutrition, the average RMR is 1,000 to 1,400 calories each day. Falling below this number has an effect on your body and your overall health.

How was your late teen years self like? What would you have told her?
I don’t think that my late teen self was too far from who I am today, I had a good head on my shoulders and knew what I wanted out of life. I probably would have warned her about her future boyfriends, but aside from that I think she had it pretty much together.

How do you deal with pettiness?
I let it roll off my back. When I was younger, things bothered me more, but as I got older, I realized that petty people are only unsatisfied with their own lives, and want other people to feel the same. I’d never let someone have that kind of power over me.

you said you were a huge nerd in highschool? did you like highschool ? or were you picked on
I was bullied, not a huge amount…but I was. The cool kids in High School are never cool later, they peak way too early…and end up as losers. I did enjoy highschool, purely because I really really enjoyed studying and I had some great teachers.

Hi Audrey, question. When it comes to relationships, how do you balance and manage it? being a young business woman with losts of projects and stuff, how do you deal with men, boyfriends, disappointments, does it affect your work?
hmm thats an interesting question. i think as a female you often have to fight your instintual urge to make your man/boyf the number one priority in your life: I have seen so many girls lose themselves because they focus entirely on a guy. you have to make yourself number one, always. and no matter how much you love a man, you must always love yourself more. there are plenty of men out there for you to fall in love in with but there is only one of you! and as for dissapointments, men are bound to dissapoint…so i guess just prepare yourself emotionally, channel your energy in the things you love- like fashion! and saying that….if men let you down, fashion NEVER will! :)

I’m currently at durham and from following you i’ve gained the impression you didn’t particularly like the overall experience.. just out of curiosity can I ask why?
I guess there wasn’t many people at Durham I could relate to. As great as some of the students are, I never felt at home there. I left Durham with two or three true friends…the girls are soo wrapped up in all this weird conventional shit I didn’t get and my god, they were bitchayyyy. I much prefer London and now Paris.

typical awesome frassy day?
I wake up at 8, go for a run, coffee, cig and then work till 1. Make lunch, work until 5 or 6 and then have some fun in the evening!

Twitter ‘About Me’ #1

Social circles and first impressions are very real. It doesn’t change no matter where you are. Hotness however and attraction is completely subjective but that’s why the initial mention is important, to garner the attention.

I haven’t seen things with so much clarity in a while now. All I can say I’ve learnt is that all this can’t be forced. The thought, the mind chooses what it wants to think of. Emotions are directly linked to thoughts, that’s the only simple explanation to it. Just do what you love and do it well, people will love it if you’re sincere, doing it for the right reasons. When you truly lose yourself and focus on what you love and blank out the rest, that’s where true pleasure is and that’s something you can’t mirror, you can’t fake, you can’t force another person to feel. The little minor things that you keep in mind, it’s of little worth to the bigger things around you. Everyone is self-critical to a point but not necessarily everything you judge about yourself is something another person agrees to.

Truth is, there is always something to be said about everyone and those who don’t bother to give a damn and live the life the way they want to, constantly on the go and on what’s next, that’s the kind of strong ideal everyone wants to be. Not a stagnant lowlife with little understanding of themselves and their interests, passion, liking something just for the sake of it. This is what defines you. Life is too short to be living for what’s right to others. Think of all the wonderful things others have done by age 18 and think of what you’ve done, what you’ve experienced. No one can blame a rocky start but can you blame yourself for not putting yourself out there, to be taught and to learn subconsciously through the most power there is in the world, experience. This is maturity for you, honey.

Human interconnection shouldn’t be taken lightly. You’re a part of someone else’s life and you affect it whether you want to or not, you can be fine and dandy about it or you can choose to care and be infectious. You’re here for the long run. To have something thoroughly thought out is the dream but not everything can be that way. Just be confident that you’re doing the best you can and what you think is right at the very moment and situation and if it doesn’t turn out the way you want to, learn and learn and learn. Foresight, hindsight, no tunneled vision. That’s what I yearn for.

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