If you're anything like me, you spent the latter half of Thanksgiving week gorging yourself on turkey and cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, a few bricks of stuffing and assorted pies for dessert. But you know who is nothing like me? Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima. I know this because A) I have never gone by the nickname "The Voluptuous Virgin" before giving
http://www.foxsports.com/boxing birth to Serbian basketball player Marko Jari's child B) I have never donned any sort of 1500-carat black diamond-encrusted Fantasy Bra valued at over $8 million and C) Unlike me, Lima's Thanksgiving dinner entailed no solid foods. The 30-year-old supermodel told The Daily Telegraph that for nine days before a VS runway show -- the 2011 version aired Tuesday night -- the only thing to pass her lips are powdered egg-enriched protein shakes. These filling concoctions allegedly fuel her twice-a-day workouts. Twelve hours pre-show, she stops drinking liquids entirely, a tactic which often results in a loss of up to eight pounds. "I just have an athlete's mind," she explained.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESlWnVoiilkI'd never want to discourage women from working out or dis their routine for somehow not being good enough. But the bottom line is, while I love their Tall-length leggings and Hanky Panky knockoffs, I have a major chip on my shoulder when it comes to Victoria's Secret. Perhaps
http://www.top-boxing-gloves.com/rival-boxing-gloves/ catalogs that stubbornly appear in my mailbox week after week.) Reading Lima's dietary confession only served to intensify the bitter taste in my mouth. I'll continue to wear their perfume, as Rapture has become
http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Boxing my signature scent over the past decade and I don't want to confuse the olfactory senses of friends and family, but Lima attempting to elevate her disordered eating tactics to those of a real competitor is, at best, insulting to athletes; at worst, it's dangerous and triggering to real women.
