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Adriana Lima Reveals Her Insane Victoria’s Secret Diet

While Victoria’s Secrets Angels are surely genetically blessed, don’t be fooled by appearances. These women do some pretty crazy things to look like they do on the runway.

The Telegraph chatted with Adriana Lima to find out just what her VS fashion show prep is like. It’s…well, insane. She’s been working out every day since August with a personal trainer, and has been doing two-a-days for the past three weeks. She jumps rope, lifts weights, and boxes. As if that wasn’t intense enough, there’s her diet:

She sees a nutritionist, who has measured her body’s muscle mass, fat ratio and levels of water retention. He prescribes protein shakes, vitamins and supplements to keep Lima’s energy levels up during this training period. Lima drinks a gallon of water a day. For nine days before the show, she will drink only protein shakes – “no solids”. The concoctions include powdered egg. Two days before the show, she will abstain from the daily gallon of water, and “just drink normally”. Then, 12 hours before the show, she will stop drinking entirely.

So…no food, no water, no problem? We appreciate Lima’s candidness, but this only proves just how unattainable the model ideal really is.

[Daily Telegraph]



  • Maliagriggs

    This is insane.

  • LaLaLand

    I picked the wrong time to eat a bagel.

  • Lilu

    all that just to look like a walking skeleton?

  • Anonymous

    Fact: Great place to start a pillow fight!!!

  • Dancerninja

    Just to highlight: the gallon of water a day, then a sharp taper up to show day, is called “hyper-hydration” and many athletes who compete in weight class sports use it to make weight. By drinking more than enough water for a stretch of time, you train you body to not retain the water. The 12-36 hours in which you sharply decrease water intake isn’t enough time for your system to adjust and you drop a few pounds of water weight (I’ve dropped up to 3kg). After the show / competition weight in, you drink electrolyte fluids to rehydrate. 

  • megan

    I personally think she looks disgusting.

  • Tito

    She’s hot. You gotta do what it takes.

  • Guest :)

    I think she is beautiful. Do i look like her? No. Do I admire her doing what she has to do in order to live her dreams? Yes.

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