Thread: A-Z celebrity diet secrets revealed

Nearly all movie stars, TV anchors, top models and singers look like gods. Perfect legs, slim waists, cool hairstyles, tanned bodies. They look effortlessly beautiful, but you should not be deceived by the appearances. Aside from a handful of people, all the rest have to work hard at it.

Dieting and workouts are among the most important things in the life of a high-powered star. Because if they don’t look right, they don’t get contracts and they are soon out of the public minds and hearts. Such is life in Hollywood. And just like any place where money and ambition meet, there are a lot of people trying to push this or that idea as the best thing since sliced bread, or something like that. And celebrities many do fall for this stuff, mainly because celebrities are just like the rest of us and have a hard time finding a diet that works.

Since we are all a bit different from each other, there’s no single diet that works the same for everybody, which means that one has to try this or that eating plan in order to find which one is best. And the search can get a bit rough sometimes. Famous model Claudia Schiffer, for instance, is not on any kind of diet. Naturally, she ahs tried a lot of them and has finally concluded that diets are messing with her metabolism and that she is better off sticking to a three meals per day plan. The meals are rich in vegetables and fruits, which are fast digested by the body, and she tried hard not to resort to snacks during meals. However, she does give in to temptation every now and then and eats a bit of chocolate or some other forbidden food.

The crucial thing is not to give in to the temptation of eating a whole box of sweets. Three meals per day rich in vegetables and fruits is also the cornerstone of Geri Halliwell’s eating plan. After going through excessive exercising and a long row of bizarre diets, Geri decided that enough is enough and turned to what she calls “sensible eating”. She is now part of the growing trend of celebrities that would rather have a nice set of curves to show than a skinny figure. So a bit of fat here and there is no longer a problem, which means that she can be less stressed about the whole dieting thing.

The same basic idea worked for TV presenter Claire Sweeney, who chose the Weight Watchers diet precisely because it let her eat foods that she likes and that other diets forbid. She had already gone through a detox plan, which she could not stick to, an Atkins diet that gave her a kidney infection and a dozen other dieting ideas. Weight Watchers worked for her better than anything else and so she’s still on the program. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has been on a macrobiotic diet plan for years. She would not touch meat, eggs, dairy products and caffeine and stuck with it until her recent pregnancy.

After giving birth to her daughter, Apple, Gwyneth returned to her eating plan, but she says she is not as strict as she once was. While still avoiding foods that drain her energy, the actress has found that a relaxed attitude is better than looking like a bean pole. It seems that the stick figure is slowly going out of style after the excesses of the ‘90s. More and more stars find that maintaining a healthy balance between their cravings and their image is better than denying themselves every pleasure in order to reach an unreasonable beauty standard. And it turns out that this is not a bad approach at all.

Nowadays, many celebrities take laxatives tea in order to lose weight. Britney Spears seem to be one of them. Britney has always admitted that she loves junk food. She has also been seen shopping for laxatives, smoking, and drinking coffee and Red Bulls. Jennifer Garner, Kate Hudson, Elizabeth Hurley and Catherine Zeta-Jones all lost their post-baby bodies by following a diet that is low in carbohydrate-based foods (breads, pastas) and high in protein (fish, chicken, lean beef). More celebrities are enrolled or using different weight loss programs that are really effective for them! Check our list...

Even celebrities go through the same difficulty as other people when it comes to losing weight. It's good to know that some of them choose healthy methods to lose weight.

Well, there are a lot of diet plans that celebrities are rumored to have used but not all of them were verified as true. Like Angelina Jolie using Portion Control as weight management but it's not 100% verified.

I also heard about Catherine Zeta-Jones being linked to Atkins Diet way back in 2003 and there was no truth to it either. I think she even tried to sue.

I think celebrities have much more time and money for making their body in shape, and also it is important for them to be in shape otherwise they will be out of market, and we the common people cant even imagine to work like that.

I'm not sure about having much time because most of the popular celebrities don't have much time because of how busy they are. But I agree that they have lots of money to help them get in shape, otherwise they won't be as popular and be out of job. I heard that Jennifer Aniston had to eat the same salad for 10 years while she was doing Friends (Cobb salad that Jennifer doctored up with turkey bacon and garbanzo bean)m which I think takes a lot of self control. I just couldn't do that for a long time. Anne Hathaway said she consume egg white and steamed vegetables for breakfast to get the necessary calories and energy to keep her dynamic all throughout the day. I don't think they enjoy their food so much but that's what keeps them in good shape.