Kim Kardashian lost 7 pounds in 3 weeks of wearing Marilyn’s dress. But is it healthy?

A particularly rigorous diet program allowed Kim Kardashian to show up at the Met Gala 2022 in an evening dress that belonged to Marilyn Monroe. Only with an adequate size and a “modified” body could the reality star have in fact worn the iconic dress worn by the cinema legend during his famous performance of Happy Birthday Mr. President addressed to President John F. Kennedy in Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962, just three months before his death.

For the Met Gala, Kim therefore chose to appear in the legendary dress created by Jean Louis based on a sketch by Bob Mackie and originally costing $ 1,440, revealing in an interview with Vogue that it was not at all easy “to put yourself in the shoes Of Monroe. To literally get into it, Kim had to lose seven pounds in three weeks and, in order to do this, he wore a sauna suit twice a day, ran on the treadmill and completely eliminated sugars and carbohydrates, eating only vegetables and proteins. “I didn’t starve, but I was very strict with myself,” she said. And when during the final dress fitting she noticed that she fit her perfectly, “I wanted to cry with joy,” she explained, adding that There will also be tears of joy at the end of the gala, when he will finally be able to indulge in an extra-large pizza!

A drastic diet, therefore, which has nothing to do with the concept of balanced nutrition but which on the contrary, on a psycho-physical level, risks generating a dangerous boomerang effect. As the dietician and nutritionist explains Maria Papavasileiou.

“Such an example is not basic sound. Because in the specific case, we are talking about a person who was already overweight from the start, who underwent plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine and who uses many filters to correct her image; all behaviors that they denote an unbalanced relationship with one’s body and its acceptance. Also in this case, to “correct” something and get into a dress that belonged to her body, not hers, at all costs, she opted for the easier solution, that is a very drastic diet that allowed her to lose quickly. weight in no time. Suffering, of course, because it is not possible to reach such a result without having an important restriction that also creates a strong anxiety about performance », highlights the nutritionist. “All of these factors can generate a boomerang effectespecially on the frail people who already have incorrect eating habits and poor acceptance of their body and image», Specifies the expert.

What would be the right approach to weight loss instead? «Our science says that a balanced weight loss diet, studied by an ad hoc nutritionist, can lead to losing up to one kilo per week, 4/5 kilos maximum per month»Says Papavasileiou. «The mistake is to opt for the simplest way to reach a goal, because there is no goal with an easy way: everything we want to achieve in life, in general, requires commitment and sacrifice. And when we get there through an intermediate route, as in the case of an express diet that makes you lose many kilos in a short time, the side effects are not lacking ».