- [Stefanie] When I first moved to America…
I found my love for fast food.
- [Joan] Oh yes. The place to be.
- [Stefanie] And now that my parents weren’t with me…
Because in Germany, we would only eat fast food on like special occasions.
Like if I would get a really good grade in school,
we would eat fast food as like a bonus.
But now I’m in America alone…
I’m like, “Oh my god. I can eat whatever I want every day.”
So I put on a few pounds actually…
But because of modeling…
Yeah… I had to work out, start working out and…
Try to eat more healthy and kind of…
Fight that love for fast food but I still love fast food.
That's like my big.
- [Joan] Oh yes.
- [Stefanie] Big bad… It’s just salty and good.
I mean, what can you do.
- [Joan] For sure.
- [Stefanie] That’s like the honest answer.
I found out I mean, I don't eat fast food everyday.
I just went back kind of to my roots like...
Oh today, I will treat myself to some yummy cheeseburgers.
I try not to eat it every day.
Even though I could.
- [Joan] When I lived with my parents before going to college,
I would eat at home more often.
But when I moved to the Bay Area where late night was such a big thing...
I gained 17 pounds in college.
You know, Freshman 15?
I went above and beyond that.
That's how competitive I am.
I will do it.
You know there’s like this ice cream challenge in the Bay Area.
It's called the Fenton’s ice cream challenge.
And it's 12 pounds of ice cream and if you finish it in 12 minutes…
You win a T-shirt.
And all my friends were like, “You can't do that.”
I'm so stupid.
I’m like, “I have to do it. I have to prove to all these people that I can do this.”
- [Stefanie] You the ice cream queen. - [Joan] Don’t doubt me.
- [Joan] And so I completed it. - [Stefanie] That’s amazing.
- [Joan] I won the t-shirt and also developed lactose intolerance after that.
- [Stefanie] Two wins.
- [Joan] Yeah. No so… Don’t overeat.
- [Diane] Do you have the shirt still?
- [Joan] I do… - [Stefanie] I would keep that too.
- [Joan] It’s a yellow shirt…
With… I think it says “I completed the Fenton’s challenge.”
I don't know why I did that.
- [Stefanie] You’re young and…
- [Stefanie] Do fun stuff. - [Joan] And then that was the…
- [Joan] Road to Freshman 17 for me.
And then afterwards, I think after I graduated and moved to Korea…
That's when I started to get in this flow.
You know, eating…
- [Stefanie] Healthy? Kind of?
- [Joan] Well… Kind of. Not eating burgers…
- [Stefanie] Regularly?
- [Joan] I would eat two bagels in the morning.
And not just one two.
It's like one two, one two.
That's four servings of bagels.
I used to eat a lot of bagels in college.
Oh my gosh.
But I think that's when my skin started to get bad…
Because I went on this cheese tour.
I'm sorry.
I feel like I'm over sharing today.
- [Stefanie] I feel like it’s just…
Your story is Joan vs Lactose.
- [Joan] No like… I really…
I didn’t like cheese until this cheese tour.
And then the next day…
Well yes, one I'm lactose intolerant.
And two, the next day...
I noticed that I started getting some breakouts.
But then I didn't think it could be because of cheese.
But then afterwards because it got so bad.
I went to see a dermatologist and she said, “You need to change your diet.”
And I said, “Oh what food should I be eating?”
And she said, “No, you should stop eating like lots of processed flour and dairy.”
So I was like, “Oh…”
So the cheese that I consumed did this to my face.
So even though I love cheese, I do eat it in moderation.