From: Isabelle Bracamonte
Subject: singer-friendly diets
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

Hi, gang. It's actually me (Isabelle) and not my
immensely talented friend Mary who was wondering about
various teachers in New York... I'm still forwarding
her all the replies, which she GREATLY appreciates.

But here's my topic: Some opera singers (I'm trying
not to generalize!) need to lose weight. I myself
have fallen into the trap of feeling like I really
NEED the extra "oomph" buffer of having a layer of
bulk to lean against in my support. However, I may
have gone too far. I'd like to look like a Mimi
again. I already exercise every morning (20 min. on a
bike), and it's just not doing the job.

Did anyone read the article in Vogue about Denyce
Graves and how she is a buff diva? It had a bit about
how Vaness lost a bunch of weight without hurting her
vocal technique, although she said she had to relearn
some support concepts after she was thin.

Is there a diet that is more singer-friendly than
others? I am particularly interested in this new
low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet, which -- if you get
past the hype and read the research studies on it --
sounds like an efective way to lose fat but not
muscle. Does anyone have any experience with it? Or
others?

For those non-bulky readers: are you fit and trim?
How do you do it?

Since this can be a sensitive subject, if you're shy
about it, you can reply to me privately and, if you
indicate, I will take off your name etc. and post only
your message text back to the list.

Isabelle, one-woman email server extraordinaire


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Isabelle Bracamonte
San Francisco, CA
ibracamonte-at-yahoo.com



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