CELEBRITIES

What celebrities are doing with their weight...

Celebrity Beauty Buzz notes that Jessica Simpson has a plan to lose some weight that she has put on over the last few years. How will she do it? …by following a new detox vegan diet plan to shed the weight quickly. A vegan diet — a diet with no animal products — is not [...]

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Rahul Sabharwal in Hindustani Times reports on steroid use in Bollywood. They are Bollywood’s Greek Gods, with a seeming advantage even the Gods never had — steroids. What’s the advantage? Lean bodies and rippling muscles that they might never have without the use of steroids. A renowned fitness trainer, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed, [...]

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The Huffington Post has an item about actor John Goodman: John Goodman looked great on Letterman Wednesday night, and Dave brought up his obvious weight loss, saying, “You look wonderful!” It’s nice when someone gives you a compliment. We all like to hear when we look nice or have done something well, and actors and [...]

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Celebrity Health and Fitness reports that Jennifer Aniston has a secret to staying fit. What is it? …she ate a salad for lunch every day for 10 years, according to longtime friend and former co-star Courtney Cox. Now, you might think of a salad as a few wisps of lettuce. But that’s rabbit food. When [...]

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iVillage is concerned about the recent number of celebrity women appearing soon after the birth of a child, showing how they have regained their “bikini body.” All of a sudden, it seems that we can’t walk down a supermarket aisle without some famous new mother flashing her abs. So why the concern? They say it’s [...]

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Nadine Coyle (Irish singer, songwriter, actress, model and member of pop group Girls Aloud) is getting some attention about her weight. Says Marie Claire UK: Nadine Coyle has blasted critics who claim she is too skinny, claiming her recent weight-loss is the result of a healthy running regime. You can overdo anything, including exercise. But [...]

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It looks like marketers for weight loss products may have actress Gabourey Sidibe in their sites, reports Mike Howard on Diet Blog: The first (or at least the most publicized) of the circling vultures is acaisupply.com, who claimed in a letter that they were worried about her health, and that she ought to consider weight [...]

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The New York Times reports on what may be the next fitness fad, the hula hoop. It looks like actress Marisa Tomei is the activity’s biggest booster. LIKE millions of Americans, Marisa Tomei used to play with a Hula-Hoop as a child. And like most of those same Americans, she hadn’t hooped since. That is, [...]

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New York Daily News has an item about the president’s daughter Malia. The subject is childhood obesity. The First Lady recalled visiting the pediatrician and being warned that “he was concerned that something was getting off balance.” She hadn’t noticed the changes, Michelle Obama said, and the doctor suggested that she take a look at [...]

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Jezebel.com discusses eating disorders and “fitness” magazines: The hypocrisy of women’s “health” magazines becomes fairly obvious just by looking at their covers. For example, this month’s Self magazine features one cover line, “Be Happy And Healthy At Any Size” tucked below a much larger cover line: “3 Easy Ways To Lose Weight.” Now, that is [...]

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