SISTAR’s Soyu Talks About Her Extreme Diet, Warns Against It

[theemii.livejournal.com]

On the June 24 episode of OnStyle’s “Get It Beauty 2015,” SISTAR‘s Soyu, who is one of the MCs of the show, will be discussing her diet history.

Produced in a special lecture format, “Get It Beauty” will be covering the topic of diets since it is the season of bikinis and beach bodies.

Soyu, in particular, discusses how she once lost eight kg (17.6 lb) in month. She describes how she “exercised like crazy and didn’t eat like crazy.” She would start exercising as soon as she got up, from hot yoa, weight training, and aerobic exercise to dance practice and running. For her meals, she would only eat a cup of milk and four quail eggs, minus the yolk.

Soyu warns against this type of diet and exercise regime, saying, “After doing this type of extreme dieting and exercise that make you so weak you can’t even support yourself, I learned that it only ruins your body.”

Source: Soompi naver

Comments

[shupagirl-uk.livejournal.com]

Why can't Korean celebs just eat healthily and exercise to lose weight?
As Soyu said, at the end of the day all they are doing is ruining and damaging their bodies.

[pseudo-shigure.livejournal.com]

i guess they always want a super quick result

[bubblyshades.livejournal.com]

we have to take into consideration the environment these Korean idols (I'm focusing on idols specifically b/c I'm more familiar with idol culture in Korea than other celeb cultures like the film industry) live in. day in day out they face enormous pressure to fit into this standard image of what is conventionally attractive to Koreans. their diets are extremely restricted most likely not out of choice. and even if an idol were to say they "chose" to limit their diet, that choice was not made in a vacuum. they may well know that they are damaging their bodies, but under so much pressure to look good, the pain in that moment is probably worth it to them.

[mamamoos.livejournal.com]

at least at sm an ex-trainee said their contracts make them relinquish their right to deciding what they eat to the company and i wouldn't be surprised if it was the same elsewhere

they certainly don't ever eat much and their bodies are constantly being damaged in general their metabolisms are prob out of whack but anyway point is they have no choice but to go on these diets whether they like it or not :\

[kaninasan.livejournal.com]

it's not just korean celebs, hollywood stars do it all the time too

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

im kind of annoyed at her for going into that much detail about her diet. like people are gonna try this now in hopes of losing 20lbs too

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

Soyu warns against this type of diet and exercise regime, saying, “After doing this type of extreme dieting and exercise that make you so weak you can’t even support yourself, I learned that it only ruins your body.”

[dokyungsoo.livejournal.com]

that is... insane. idk what to say... don't do this at home kids.

[somacomatose.livejournal.com]

damn she started exercising from the time she woke up w/o eating anything? my friend did hot yoga once on an empty stomach and she blacked out for a couple of minutes, can't imagine how soyu did her entire exercise regime w/o a meal. kind of stupid tbh.

[darkensunrise.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I'll go to the gym on an empty stomach in the morning only because I don't want to get cramps while I'm running, but I usually will down some water right after I'm done. But something like hot yoga on an empty stomach is not a good idea!!

[misspoirot.livejournal.com]

Out of curiosity, any guess (or even better, data) of how much she weighed before? Idt she had to lose 8 kgs tho before?

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

yeah she definitely didnt but she was considered the fat one in sistar bc she has a round face. shes talking about her weight loss for 'so cool' so heres some comparisons from that era


before vs during so cool

from the so cool mv

[pseudo-shigure.livejournal.com]

quail eggs. without yolk.
.......how even... what?

[platformfire.livejournal.com]

i know right these diets always have things i would have never thought of

[wishesgranted.livejournal.com]

I could not consume that little and remain upright and functional. Goddamn.

[bamboolover.livejournal.com]

Kudos to her because It's first time (as far as I can recall) of celebriyt actually honestly telling about those "super diets" and effects of them.

[pbutterlion.livejournal.com]

shes either doing this diet when shes not working out and jst running errands mb ? soyu girl did a lil bit of white lying to make it look like shes a hard working person dedicated passionate ambitious............................... like i get models and singers/idols always go under extreme diets during 'prep' but honestly i dnt believe ha

but if this diet if fr lmao soyu u gotta get it straight u cant be a 'fit idol' and eat like a bird bye bye

[memei5.livejournal.com]

she did it back during so cool era, around 2011. she's been more vocal of actually eating well and exercising properly nowadays though

[bloodtaki2.livejournal.com]

"beach bodies" please...

At least she's saying not to do that. But I wouldn't have gone on so much details about what exactly she ate. Impressionable teenagers will throw away caution because at least it's got result1!!!1

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

Well... I'm glad she realized how bad it was for her body and has started doing other kind of exercises instead of those extreme diets...
I want to hear more about what she's doing now because she looks so good and toned, but I know I'll never have the motivation to do like her lol

[mamamoos.livejournal.com]

i know she was on that show i live alone and showed at least something of her workout routine there was a post on here about it

[cosmopudin.livejournal.com]

Well, I was in a similar 'diet' once and passed out while working out because my body couldn't handle it? I'd eat 300 cals worth of food and burn 600, so my body wouldn't take it. I doubt she JUST ate that when she is doing dance practicing AND working out.

[bomsnose.livejournal.com]

i assume something that got lost in translation can be along the lines of her not eating a full meal as in a full korean meal with many different banchan next to the main dish, but eating that egg yolk thing instead... plus some other minor meals, which don't really count in korea as a meal, like a salad, or a bit of kimbap, etc.

...this is just the assumption i made, can be totally off.

edit: sorry, i missed the plural. so she really had only that multiple times per day. wow.

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

I honestly thought she was one of the few idols that ate a good balanced diet, she always looks so healthy at least.

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

shes really vocal about being healthy now. i wish this article clarified more bc it makes it sound like this is something she did recently when shes actually talking about a crash diet she did in 2011

[e-bone (from livejournal.com)]

I don't get it. People can empathize with the struggles of idols but when it gets down to the nitty gritty, no one wants to hear it? *confused*

[mamamoos.livejournal.com]

mte like do people realise they have to do this if they want their career in the company's eyes? she said she doesn't like it but do ppl just expect her 2 leave sistar.. it's horrible things are this way but it's the fault of the companies and celeb culture i think it's nice to hear an idol at least saying how awful this is bc most just kinda brush it off or joke about it

[tree-star123.livejournal.com]

that diet ... :( idk how she even did it.. quail eggs r tiny & without yolk. I feel sick drinking milk on empty stomach.
I'm glad she seems to be eating better and more aware. Maybe ppl r upset that she released this info & younger kids may not realize the consequences & follow it for the sake of losing weight.

[pinkiikis.livejournal.com]

I don't get these ppl.

[tungatunga.livejournal.com]

Out of curiosity I check how much calories it is, and with whole quail egg having 14 kcal and glass of 2% milk with 122 kcal, she was on less then 200 kcal a day (!!!), I have no idea how that even possible without ending on ER.
I'm glad that she is talking how shitty such a method is, but wish the article put much more emphasis on that, rather than go on detail on so called "diet", because it can really screw you body beyond repair and effect won't last once one start eat more normally.

[huanyia.livejournal.com]

at least she's never going to do that again

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

The comments here and on NB were really pissing me off esp as a person who had an ED.

Appreciate Soyou's honesty and I wish more idols spoke against these diets and were honest like her. I really respect her a lot for it and how she really promotes a healthy and honest way to diet/exercise and stay fit.

[unicornios.livejournal.com]

I like that she's being so open about it and hopefully it helps the kids realize that they have to watch their health.

I've seen she's very into health and working out so good for her. She looks so good and has a banging body, work it sis.

[love-keiko.livejournal.com]

i'm so happy she's out of that and is out promoting healthy eating and exercise.