Seolhyun shares her dieting pains before AOA's comeback

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Article: Seolhyun shares her diet pains, "I check my weight morning and night"

Source: Mydaily via Naver

"Dieting was so hard for me. I wanted to quit. They wouldn't let me eat what I wanted and I had to always write down what I had eaten and check my weight morning and night." She then revealed she was on a 1 meal 1 day diet and that before her drama filming, "Like a real vampire, I didn't eat anything that I had to chew and swallow and just drank liquids for my diet.


1. [+1,325, -70] Her agency almost feels like her anti... they make her do things that they know will get her hate

2. [+1,136, -44] Wow.. the idol life isn't for everyone.. I bet she can't even eat fried chicken ㅠㅠ

3. [+1,000, -29] I just had dinner but I'm still hungry for a snack.. makes me feel pathetic looking at my stomach...

4. [+783, -145] Seolhyun's so pretty ㅠㅠㅠ Find strength

5. [+659, -40] These people aren't celebrities because they have great bodies... they're celebrities because they diet to this extreme to keep up a good body

6. [+147, -9] You can tell that she's the type where anything she eats goes straight to her weight. She's actually at a perfect weight right now. I think UEE and Seolhyun have similar body types.

7. [+127, -5] I don't hate AOA but I have to say this. I saw the broadcast and it was upsetting to see these young kids starve and eat once a day for these adult magazine gigs. How can their agency sleep at night knowing they're making money by exploiting these kids like this? They're literally making money by starving these kids... and using that money to feed their own kids meat. How can you have any shame forcing them to sing while starved?

8. [+93, -7] Sounds torturous... ㅜㅜ A shame because Seolhyun was pretty enough with some weight on her too

9. [+85, -4] But she looks pretty with some weight on her too ㅋㅋ

10. [+96, -17] The weight loss really did make her extra pretty in this concept, though. I never thought she was pretty but she made my jaw drop in this concept.


Source: Nate

1. [+547, -63] Stars like her are able to achieve these bodies because they work this hard. All the women who whine about not getting a great body like hers while eating late at night should start by putting down their chopsticks.

2. [+415, -45] Seolhyun's body is super pretty...!!

3. [+348, -19] We're all in this to live life in the end... stick to eating right and exercising if you're not a celebrity.

4. [+16, -0] What are the best replies even saying? So if you want a good body, don't eat anything you have to chew and live off of liquids for your entire life? You think a body achieved through such means is a pretty body? What a waste of breath... Overeating is an issue but so is starving like this. You think she's working hard for that? Imagine how thin she is off camera... I hope nobody ever follows this type of diet thinking they can achieve a body like hers. I hate how people copy wrong diets when they're just so wrong. Eat moderately, exercise moderately for a pretty body.


Source: Netizenbuzz naver nate

Comments

[torontok.livejournal.com]

Netizen 7 and 4 are on point

[huanyia.livejournal.com]

IA so much

[destined2beboss.livejournal.com]

I would die. Fuck that!

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

there needs to be something like the bechdel test for interviews w female idols. an interview can pass the test if 1. the idol isnt asked about her diet 2. her relationship or 3. her ideal man

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

it's still very vivid in my mind a interview that uee and choi woo shik gave together while promoting hogu's love and while he was asked about his career, from past to his future goals etc, they pretty much just asked uee about her diet.

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

disgusting. they dont even try to be subtle lol

when i typed my comment i was thinking about karas radio star scandal when hara cried about being asked about her breakup, and one of the mcs literally said "if we couldnt ask girl groups about dating we would have nothing left to talk about'

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

yeah, it's really appalling how they simply don't care to even pretend that they care about female entertainers.

[bubblyshades.livejournal.com]

that is vile. female entertainers work and strive just as hard - perhaps even harder considering the odds stacked against them thanks to institutionalized sexism - to get to where they are/further their careers. they have goals and ambitions outside of their appearance. it INFURIATES me that so many men are so egregiously shallow in their perceptions about women.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

Male entertainers have it easy, not that I’m saying that they don't face difficulties, but for them fame, everything, comes much easier, I mean, even nugu/midtier boy groups fare way better than some more established girl groups because oppa is handsome and fans will back them up for everything and anything, while women cannot look at another in a 'weird' way that they will be thrown down and taken down.

I mean I can use my absolute favorite Suzy as an example, the amount of people wanting to take her down or hoping that she will lose her status because she's not pretty enough, or talented enough, or isn't smart enough, or haven't really worked hard as she should, when male entertainers are often not even half of any of those and achieve much more.

This is why I end up siding/liking entertainers Han Ga In and Kim Tae Hee, because people shit on them so much, and many other actresses and idols, for those reason, but they often stan actors/male idols that are in the same level of talented/whatever or even worse, but because they are dudes they get free passes.

[mamamoos.livejournal.com]

So if you want a good body, don't eat anything you have to chew and live off of liquids for your entire life? You think a body achieved through such means is a pretty body?

drop the mic. still can't comprehend how close-minded people are about weight

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

First we have comment 7 blaming the company and then we have comment 10 with this shit "The weight loss really did make her extra pretty in this concept". Yeah the company does wrong but is because people really compare beauty with how thin you are, beauty is popularity and popularity is money.
And kind of egocentric to talk about this here but I have been always happy with my body until I started liking kpop. Now every time I see this idols I'm thinking: how would I look with a little bit of less thighs or ass? Should I eat less? And then a minute later I shake my head and realize how autodestructive I'm being.

[carra-mia.livejournal.com]

In my case it wasn't weight, I lost all hope anyway lol, but face. Some time after entering kpop I started to look in the mirror and all of those riddic things were coming to my mind like: damm, my face is so huge/my nose is potato etc. Fortunately it's in history but now as times go sometimes I catch myself on comapring to idols my age and going like "Damm, I look so much older than them, my skin is shit"etc. I know that they look better bc to look good it's basically their job, that they have people&money invested in it. I know it all, but still... So yeah, there are times when kpop can really fuck with your head.

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

Yes. In some way is part of their job and they have the resources for it. We're not being fair with ourselves to compare us to them.
PS. I always knew my head was big (I can't buy hats) but until kpop I didn't thought that was bad LOL

[chihana11.livejournal.com]

They have photoshop. Pics of kpop idols are very photoshoped, even selcas. They do not look like their pics in real life.

Even my fav Junsu (who is known for being talented not drop dead handsome) photoshops his pics and his selcas. His skin has lots of closed comedones in fancams close ups but he has perfect pore-less skin, like a doll in any official pic.

How much more is done on idols who are famous for their looks?

Please don't compare yourself to this pictures, because no one is perfect.

[dirrtypony.livejournal.com]

ngl getting into kpop has really made me dislike my body more and more. cant help and think damn why cant i be as thin as some of these girls.

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

Seriously. I think beauty and weight are two independent things, but the fact that you hear all the time how someone is prettier because is now skinnier gets in your head at the end.
And sorry, the fact than some guy says "I don like skinny girls, I prefer girls with some meat" does not make me go all "Thank you! Now I realize I can be loved". Other people perception doesn't matter is how I see myself and I'm doing all this time this awful comparisons.

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

Same tbh. Living in Korea makes it just as bad as well since so many people are idol thin naturally

[rocketqueen.livejournal.com]

Same. I want to stan for girlgroups but it ends up affecting me negatively so I just don't do it :/

[adenar.livejournal.com]

i don't mind the size of my body so much (although i do get a little shifty about my upper arm flab) it's more i look at my thighs or butt or belly or something and go, oh look how squishy and unfirm and untoned these are, look at all this 'cellulite', that's not right, these should be firm and smooth. except it's totally fine. i'm lucky in that i didn't really start thinking about my body & how it looks until recently so i have some foundation to protect me but the critical thoughts i've been getting about these parts of my body definitely coincide with me slowly getting into kpop

[myrrhcat.livejournal.com]

omg no! she's so gorgeous regardless of her weight, poor seolhyun... she did look a little more fleshed out during the "confused" era and i was so into it

[jrt131n.livejournal.com]

You know, you would think people would use common sense and do that when it comes to working on being healthy....but most people are lazy and want the quick fix without doing all the work.

[myrrhcat.livejournal.com]

i really would not call it 'lazy' to starve yourself

[magicpineapple.livejournal.com]

+1

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

i pray for the day that girl group members crazy diets won't be used by their companies to promote comebacks, and even mre, that they won't be forced to those crazy diets.

[pbutterlion.livejournal.com]

celebrities work all the time, without sleep, idols in particular have to dance and practice for weeks just so they can dance and practice and perform even more. They have to be awake early, wait for hours, sit or stand for fanmeets and variety shows just to promote some shitty song......... its ridiculous that they don't even get to eat?

i wouldnt b surprised if many of them have developed unhealthy eating habits and relationship w food, or worse, EDs..... its just sad and i hate articles like this bc they are always so triggering.

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

it really is triggering

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

Let them know you feel, Net 7 and 4. Damn.

[yohan94.livejournal.com]

im sure there is a way to keep at her current weight by not eating ONE MEAL A DAY and not even a real meal at that, sigh anyway hope she stays safe

[horichansenpai.livejournal.com]

FNC, stahp. Jimin, Chanmi and now Seolhyun (and who knows who else that haven't said anything yet). I always hoped that you'd treat your first ever girl group somewhat okay health-wise and all but nope you have to resort to these terrible diet plans and use them to create buzz about them, smh.

Hope more AOA fans discourage this. Generally they do but sometimes I come across ones that are happy members lose weight and even try to say their one meal a day thing "isn't unhealthy at all". Pretty sure I even saw on this forum thread where an AOA fan was bragging about how "all the [8] members look so much better having lost this much weight".

[supersunshiner.livejournal.com]

if this isn't forced anorexia idk what is

[celyn-jo.livejournal.com]

How can they even function throughout the day? 1 meal a day (plus water, I suppose) isn't enough to give you energy especially if you consider how hectic their schedule is.

I do think however that she's doing other things (such as exercising) to keep her figure. I just can't imagine going to the gym on an empty stomach. =_=

[steelsigns.livejournal.com]

ugh brutal