Besides the taunts, Rousey suffered from an eating disorder during most of her professional Judo career in an effort to make weight. “Being full was something I really had an issue with,” she says. “It didn’t feel right to be full.” So she didn’t eat. It was an unexpected decision that finally prompted her recovery. “I went vegan for eight months,” she says. “And when I went vegan I told myself I was allowed to eat as much as I wanted. I ate a lot and I learned to feel comfortable being full. When being full stopped being a novelty, that’s when my day stopped revolving around food.” Of course, Rousey still has to watch what she eats when she trains; she’s a strong proponent of the Dolce Diet, which advocates eating lots of greens and lean meat. As for how she stays energized during her grueling training hours, Rousey says, “I drink a lot of coffee. I eat a lot of food. And I drink a gallon or two of water.”
Like most of us, Rousey learned to feel more confident as she got older. Part of that meant finding her personal style. “When I was younger, I was dressing for everyone else,” she says. “Now, I see it as a way of self expression.” It’s an invaluable tool for Rousey, who didn’t speak her first sentence until she was six, due to slight brain damage sustained from a complicated birth. “The struggle to communicate has been something I’ve been dealing with my whole life,” she says. “Through fashion I’ve found another way to communicate without actually speaking.” It’s also given her a new creative outlet: “I used to spend my time trying to create the best Coldstone combination, now I’m going to hair and makeup and coming up with new looks.”
Rousey’s new book is proof she’s been fighting both in and out of the ring for pretty much her entire life. “My Fight/Your Fight isn’t exactly a memoir or a self-help book,” says Rousey. “It’s more like all the lessons I’ve learned from fighting, which have helped me overcome obstacles, or understand them better.” Her biggest lesson? “Probably that all of the absolute best things of my life have resulted from the most devastating,” she says.
As for her burgeoning Hollywood career, Rousey’s already set a lofty goal: “I’d love to play a grown-up B.B. in Kill Bill 3 and defend my mama Uma,” she says. Someone call Quentin Tarantino.
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