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Question: What do professional ballet dancers really eat in a typical day!?
In the movies etc!., they're always shown starving themselves- but how would they get enough energy to dance!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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I'll let you know my diet

I eat no more than 1200 calories a day, I try and stay below 800 but that rarley happens!. For breakfest, I normally eat a low fat yogurt, a banana, or oatmeal!.

Lunch, I'll have a low fat soup or a sandwhich on double fiber bread, no mayo, sometimes more oatmeal or another yogurt!.

Dinner, whatever my parents make, they usually eat pretty healthy!.

I limit my snacks to low fat chips, apples, fat free popcorn, ect!. I don't drink sodas, only when I eat out and then I drink diet sodas!. Regular sodas are the worst thing for you! At home I drink green tea and water!. also when eating out, If I must order a burger I get a chicken burger, most of the time I just order a side salad!.

Only eat what your body needs to survive, no more!. Your body can survive up to 2 weeks without food, all it needs it water, just remember that!. Hunger is a state of mind!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Carbs! And lots of it! You should also eat a reg diet!. Just enhance the healthier food and decrease the junk foods!. Um, water, gatorade, and vitamin water!. All good choices!. You can get more in the book: Ballet for Dummies!. You should be able to get it at your local bookstore!. I hope all of this helps! Oh, and one more book choice: Diet for dancers- A complete guide to nutrition and weight control!. You need to get this from Discount Dance Supply!. I think that you should buy both (they are really good)!. I hope this helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

well, they have to be light on their feet and in order to be light on their feet they have to have a light body!. They must take B-12 shots and all be vegans!. I saw this movie once about horse jockeys and how they all had to be weighed before they rode in a race and so they were all bulimic and would purge right before they were weighed!. but I don't remember the name of the movie!. I can tell you this though-it wasn't about ballet dancers!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

lots of protein!.!. not much junk food!. water!.!. haha you know, just what anybody who eats healthly would eat!.

but we definately don't starve ourselvesWww@QuestionHome@Com