Kang So-ra reveals picture before losing 20 kg "31 inch waist"

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

Actress Kang So-ra revealed a picture from the past.

On the SBS TV program "Kang Heart", Kang So-ra said, "I was 72 kg when I was in school".

"I love bread and pastries. Eating them as snacks and not a meal made me gain weight".

She couldn't wear what she wanted then, and her 30-inch waist didn't make it easy to find anything in a female section so she had to find clothes that fit at the male section or find baggy hip hop clothes in Itaewon. She was also tall and well fit so many people thought she was an athlete.

After deciding to go theatrical school, she started on a diet. "I lost 5~6 kg with only eating 3 meals. I made sure I had my 3 meals of the day". Sin Dong-hee then agreed with her and said, "Only eating 3 meals a day makes you lose weight".

Having succeeded in losing weight with the right diet and working out, Kang So-ra said, "I am maintaining my body without any side effects for two years now. With permission from my management, I get to eat bread and pastries once a week".

Those who saw the program say, "She's pretty even when she's bloated", "She's even prettier and cool for confessing it truthfully", "She's not like Kang Ho-dong at all, she 's so cute", "Body is important for girls" and more.

The cast for this days program includes, Koo Bon-seung, Kang So-ra, Kong Hyeon-joo, Seol Woon-do, Alex, Park Hyeon-bin, Jeong Jong-cheol, Yoon Hyeong-bin, Secret's Hyo Seong, voice actress Seo Hye-jeong and more.

Source : news.nate.com/view/20... ( Korean ) via hancinema

Comments

[adropofcitrus.livejournal.com]

I love carbs too much.

[hina.livejournal.com]

She's clearly not overweight at all in that photograph tho, I mean look at her arms, they're totally normal. 30 inches is not big for your waist.

negl I went and measured my waist after reading this. e.e

With permission from my management, I get to eat bread and pastries once a week".
It's so creepy that she has to get permission to eat certain foods.

[weaselbee.livejournal.com]

omg, i did too! and it was 30.5" and the article made me feel bad about myself. kind of. mostly it made me want a pastry.

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

72kg is quite high though imo, comparing to her height (which I'm sure is not very high)

From what I've noticed, Korean girls tend to have very skinny arms no matter what :( So jealous lmao

[feel-my-mind.livejournal.com]

She is 168cm according to her official website. According to BMI (which is nothing definitive), that does puts her overweight, but barely so.

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

I would say she's probably a bit shorter irl, but that's not as short as I expected tbh

[feel-my-mind.livejournal.com]

I assumed the same, but talking about weight/height is always walking on glass and I can only go with the official information.

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

True!

[crystalheng.livejournal.com]

Asians have a smaller frame, after all. 30 inches is fat from where I am.

[rubberseoul.livejournal.com]

sensible diets in my kpop? hallelujah

[birdofpray09.livejournal.com]

shit. She only weighs 52 kgs now? This makes me feel like a giant . . .

[laeryn.livejournal.com]

A normal diet instead of just starving, I was starting to think I wouldn't read sth like that in any kpop related site.

[hellafun.livejournal.com]

mmmmm pastries

[weaselbee.livejournal.com]

i know right, this just made me hungry

[jela-ow.livejournal.com]

now I know I still have hope!!!

[kanghodong.livejournal.com]

[bolingi-aii.livejournal.com]

negl she looked like a gargoyle in that pic. Congrats on the weight loss though, its good she eats those things in moderation now.

[chinagirl4evr.livejournal.com]

Wow, I have a 31 inch waist and can wear alot cloths in the US. I can wear a size 6 and 4 in US. I guess if I go to Asia, I can't find many sizes that will fit me.

[lazmy.livejournal.com]

That's how I am. I'm a 2/4 in US clothes but my feet are big and so are my hips so looks like I'd be shopping in the hip hop areas of Itaewon :P

[cbfantastic.livejournal.com]

Now I know she could find the some clothes in the women section. You would think she was obese.

[elizajet.livejournal.com]

it would be hard to find clothes for a 31 inch waist here, honestly. I have friends who are around that size and tall and most women's clothing don't fit them at all.

The clothing sizes here are super-tiny.

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

ia, I have quite normal feet for my height (245~250 depending on the shoe, which is an American 7.5 iirc) and I can barely find nice shoes here.

[shodrive.livejournal.com]

gahh, same here... and it's really hard for me to find athletic shoes as well because my feet are broad, and all the female ones are narrow... so I end up buying the ones meant of men. ;___;

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

I haven't even tried to get them here;; I can't imagine..

[feel-my-mind.livejournal.com]

Attempts walking on glass....

I wouldn't cal her obese or anything before, but with her height (168cm according her website) puts her slightly into overweight category (not that bmi is absolute measure for anything. I STRESS that it was slightly) and while the diet is healthy compared to most kpop ones, its actually technically better for a person to eat 5-6 small meals than 3 regular sized meals. But overall she sounds really healthy and looks really pretty. :)


Oh, and just a little fact: a 30-in waist should be a size 10 in American size, so either people here have average size hips (how jeans fit now a days relay more on your hips than waist (a 4/6 is anywhere from 36-39 inch hips) or the sizes are crazy inflated. Or a bit of both.

I want to go to Korea to shop now. ^^;

[kittycurious.livejournal.com]

I figured they were talking about dress sizes when the people in the comments said they wear a 4/6. As for crazy inflated, they may be vanity sizes.

But yeah, you pretty much said everything I wanted to say.

[feel-my-mind.livejournal.com]

Dress sizes would make more sense, becuase they can be all lose or what not.

inflated (size inflation) is another word vanity sizes, so we're completely on the same page.

[royalantares.livejournal.com]

She looks cute either way. Carbs aren't that bad, especially complex carbs which keep you full longer. It's the fat and sodium that're hard to work off.

Re: bread and pasta forever

[lilipute.livejournal.com]

Pasta is the best!

Re: bread and pasta forever

[jabeum.livejournal.com]

I'm moving to Seoul soon and I'm already a little terrified for when I go shopping there... because of my bust -.-

[heartflood.livejournal.com]

...I have a 30 inch waist... but I'm also 5'10 and wear a size 6. I guess that's still fat in Korea.

[fluttering.livejournal.com]

ah, she just seems healthy to me now. she's not dieting in an unhealthy way and is maintaining a healthy weight, and she seems happy so i don't see why people are criticizing her. i'm jealous of her resolve, if anything. lol