Britney Spears Prefers Surgery to Diet

After giving birth, Britney Spears has been struggling with weight and is now trying hard to get back in shape. However, she’s having trouble sticking to her diet because she just can’t stay away from junk food. The media is constantly showing pictures of her splurging on pizza and other unhealthy food.

Britney confesses that being on a diet is the definition of hell for her. The singer recently said that she would undergo plastic surgery to shed some pounds, rather than go on a strict diet, count calories and cut back on food.

Aside from junk food, she also loves to treat herself to some candy and croissants. Unfortunately, her sweet tooth has led her to gain about 14 pounds in a single month back in 2009, while on her Circus world tour.

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Sharon Osbourne Changes Diet After Colon Cancer

Since experiencing cancer herself, Sharon Osbourne has been working hard raising awareness to the cause. She’s been raising money for The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Hospital.

Though she’s working toward raising money for a cure, the 58-year-old reality star, who is married to rocker Ozzy Osbourne, claims that being diagnosed with cancer was the best thing that could happen to her.

Now, that’s the last thing you would expect to come out of the mouth of someone who had colon cancer!

But, Sharon reveals that her reason for saying that is that it completely changed her perspective on life. She’s become less self centered and is content with is realizing how important it is to reach out to help others.

Sharon has also learned to be content with a change of diet, believing that her dietary habits played a key role in her contracting the deadly condition.

Before her cancer scare, Sharon indulged in a lot of junk food and dairy. She even enjoyed late night milkshakes whenever they caught her fancy.

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Kate Winslet’s Tip For Staying Centered

Kate Winslet certainly knows how to wow us with her acting skills and she looks great on camera, so you wouldn’t think that she has any problems staying grounded or even staying fit. But, like the rest of us, the actress has to find ways to relieve her stress and just get away from it all for awhile. That’s why she turns to exercise.

After breaking up with husband Sam Mendes last year after seven years of marriage, Kate found herself needing a distraction. She began pouring extra time and attention into taking care of herself both physically and mentally.

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Kerry Katona Gains 14 Pounds After Dancing on Ice

Kerry Katona has been in the media before regarding her weight and fitness routine, so she’s used to being in the public eye every time she gains or loses weight. This time, after participating on the reality show Dancing on Ice, you would think that Kerry would be in the media for losing weight.

On the contrary; she’s gained nearly 14 pounds in just three weeks due to her emotional eating. It seems that being voted off the hit show has caused her to seek comfort eating take out and other forms of junk food.

It certainly makes the strict diet she was on in order to get fit for the show seem like a waste of effort.

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Lily Allen’s Eating Disorder

Singer Lily Allen has given up on her signing career after her very public miscarriage, though the lack of privacy may only be a contributing factor in her big decision to work with her sister in a vintage clothing store. Before the bad news happened, Lily shared a little of her experience with an eating disorder that stemmed from being in the public eye.

For her, being in the spotlight meant that she had to conform to certain standards she felt the public wanted in her appearance. In order to maintain her self imposed standards she turned to a form of bulimia, causing her to purposely throw up.

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Emily Blunt’s Ballerina Diet

Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis were forced to go through a strict regime to lose weight and get the skinny ballerinas figure for the Black Swan. But it seems they’re not the only ones. Emily Blunt, who’s playing a ballerina in The Adjustment Bureau, went through a similar regime.

The actress is playing the role of ballerina Elise Sellas in the movie and recently confessed that her diet consisted of carrots and almonds. That’s it. Aside from the fact that it’s as strict as they come, Emily said that this diet was the dullest she’s ever been on. She was also working out for 4 hours every day, for six weeks.

Mila’s regime for Black Swan wasn’t all that different. She was working out every day for five hours and went on a 1,200 calorie diet. However, when asked what her plans are after finishing filming she said she wants to eat and be a couch potato for a month.

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Tim Lincecum’s 3,150 Calorie Diet

Giants’ Tim Lincecum is far from being a healthy person. He recently revealed that his diet includes burgers, fries, shakes and everything junk food you could name in under a minute.

He usually dines at In-N-Out burger joints and his ‘giant’ meal includes three burgers, two fries and a shake, no vegetables included. That comes out to a total of 3,150 calories!

Giants’ Tim Lincecum is far from being a healthy person. He recently revealed that his diet includes burgers, fries, shakes and everything junk food you could name in under a minute.

He usually dines at In-N-Out burger joints and his ‘giant’ meal includes three burgers, two fries and a shake, no vegetables included. That comes out to a total of 3,150 calories!

The Giants ace managed to put on 11 pounds this spring but considering his diet, how is that a surprise? However, he does work out like crazy to stay in top shape. He runs the stadium stair for 35 minutes and does weight training in the gym.

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Jordin Sparks’s 30 Pound Weight Loss

America Idol winner Jordin Sparks showed off a way slimmer figure at Muhammad Ali’s Celebrity Fight Night in Arizona. She sure dropped some pounds, even if she previously stated she would not be one of those obsessed size zero celebrities because she just loves her curvier body.

Maybe she’s not yet that “stick-thin”, but the 21-year-old star managed to lose about 30 pounds. The same year she made the above statement, Jordin hired a personal trainer to work out with, while on Jonas Brothers’ tour.

She confesses that even though sometimes she doesn’t feel like doing anything but lying on the couch, her trainer pushes her to get up and exercise. She’s learned to enjoy being an active person.

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Vanessa Hudgens Ditches Junk Food

Appearing on the cover of fitness magazines, Venessa Hudgens is obviously in shape now days. She hasn’t always been that way though. In 2007, while participating in High School Musical, Vanessa had an embarrassing eye opening experience. After no longer being able to fit into her costume, she realized that it was time to give up all the junk food she’d been consuming.

When the musical took a break and she came back heavier than before, she wasn’t the only one who noticed she barely squeezed into the costume. The experience left Vanessa with the realization that exercise is good (it was keeping her weight down even with the junk food in take) and a change of diet was necessary.

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Rihanna: Curvy and Loving it!

Known for her music more than anything, singer Rihanna is known for her beauty as well. She’s got a set of pipes many women would kill for and a rockin’ body to match. Being in the spotlight, she has to endure critiques from people about more than just her singing; the public loves to critique the entire lifestyle of a celebrity, including weight.

But, Rhihana has decided that she loves herself, curves and all, just the way she is. She loves those curves and rightly so!

There has been some debate lately as to what constitutes “curvy“, but Rihanna’s figure seems to fluctuate between a size 2 and a size 4.

In order to keep that sexy figure she works out by doing quite a bit of cardio and weight lifting. Her diet strategy is to stick to a low-carb diet.

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Doutzen Kroes’ Post Baby Weight Loss Tips

Summer is almost here and many new mommies are busting their humps to get back into shape because heaven forbid they miss a summer in a bikini, right? Or worse, go out and show they world they haven’t lost the baby weight yet. (gasp).

To a celebrity, it seems that is the most horrific thing that could happen, to not be ready for bikini season even after giving birth only a few months ago.

Victoria’s Secret model Doutzen Kroes is no exception. Giving birth just months ago, she’s already back to work and happily showing off her hot body as if she never was pregnant.

But, the 25-year-old model says that, like always, she has had to work hard to get and keep that incredible figure.

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Abbey Clancy: Looking to Lose the Pregnancy Weight

After just a week, Abbey Clancy is preparing herself for the post-pregnancy regime. She’s anxious to start dieting and working out so she can lose the weight she’s gained during the pregnancy. From her statements, you can tell she’s determined to shed the pounds as soon as possible.

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Laura Hamilton Lost Weight but her Breasts Haven’t?

Dancing On Ice star Laura Hamilton recently confessed that, since she joined the show, she’s managed to get fit and feel better than ever. When she started out, she was a size 8 and, with all the daily training, she has slimmed down a bit. However, she’s unhappy that certain parts of her body haven’t shrunk also.

The 28-year-old has been working hard for the show and, although she’s lost 8 pounds so far, she still feels disappointed that her boobs aren’t getting any smaller, in proportion with her tiny figure.

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Take That Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow Go on Diet

Take That band-mates Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow are on a diet marathon, trying to see who can lose more weight until their next tour in May.

Apparently, their inspiration was Christian Bale’s astonishing 60 pounds weight loss for the Machinist. However, they’re not so keen on following the same strict regime as Bale’s, whose daily diet included some tuna, an apple and a cup of coffee.

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Vanessa Hudgens’ Kettlebell Workout

Vanessa Hudgens is looking great, especially after training for her role in Sucker Punch. One of the workout routines she used to get into her toned new physique was a kettelbell routine.

Vanessa’s trainer says that she didn’t think she would be able to build up the strength required, but this workout routine proved herself wrong.

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Vanessa Hudgens’ Workout Routines

We’ve been following Vanessa Hudgens‘s hot new body for a few posts now. These are a few more workout routines that trainer, Logan Hood, likes to use on her to help get that full body toning that gives her such sex appeal.

Up-Down Plank
Works: arms, chest, core
Use: bench

• In front of a plyo box, get down on your hands and knees in a plank position so that your body is in line from head to toe.
• Put your right hand on top of the box, then the left hand.
• Return to starting position in front of the box and repeat, this time starting with the other hand.
• Complete 16-20 reps.

Box Jump
Works: butt and legs
Use: plyo box or step

• Facing a box or a step, stand with your feet shoulder width apart.
• Extend your arms at your sides and squat.
• Allowing your arms to help propel you, jump up onto the plyo box.
• Step back down to starting position.
• Repeat for 20-25 reps.

Push-Press
Works: butt, legs, shoulders, and triceps
Use: kettlebell

Note: This is an intense workout, but Vanessa had to do 500 reps in during one of her workouts. Are you brave enough to attempt it?

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Claire Richards’ Weight Loss

After one year, Claire Richards is finally ready to show us she’s kept her promise to herself to lose weight and get back in shape. The former Steps singer has posed in a bikini for a magazine following her amazing weight loss and she now says she feels like “a yummy mummy”.

The 33-year-old gained weight during her pregnancy last year and went up to 210 pounds. Although she’s constantly struggled with weight, this time she has made a promise to herself to lose weight but by following a healthy diet and workout regime that could also help her maintain her weight after that. She said that she doesn’t want to lose weight fast, but in a healthy way, even if that takes longer.

Claire remembers just how hard it was for her to take care of her children and still find the energy to focus on herself and taking care of her body. She was so unhappy with her figure that she used to think she “looked like a person wearing a fat suit”.

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Britney Spears’ Latest Diet to Lose Weight

There’s no kidding with Britney Spears these days when it comes to her dancers and alcohol. The 29-year-old singer is trying so hard to change her lifestyle that she’s made it a rule for her dancers not to drink alcohol before rehearsals. And then there’s her husband, who is not allowed to bring any junk food home so she doesn’t get tempted and cheat on her strict diet.

Britney is determined to get back in shape. Her diet consists of six high-protein meals a day, and she’s also working out for three hours a day. In order for her to stick to her diet, she found that the best solution was to make some house rules. Her dancers are not allowed to mention alcohol or drugs around her, and her husband is not to bring junk food to the house.

Considering the family’s addiction to fast food, especially hot dogs with pasta, this first step is to be admired.

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How Richard Simmons Became a Weight Loss Celebrity

Sixty-two year old fitness fanatic Richard Simmons has made quite a name for himself in the fitness industry with his crazy antics and silly enthusiasm. Years after the success of his DVD workout videos first catapulted him to stardom, he’s still sharing his own weight loss journey with others.

Growing up in New Orleans as an overweight child, he had very little self-esteem and, knowing that he didn’t like himself the way he was, he began trying anything he could to lose weight. Richard even took to trying an extreme method of weight loss– laxatives. Lucky for his fans, he eventually figured out that he was on the wrong road, instead going from 268 pounds to 148 pounds with a good diet and exercise. His success with the healthy weight loss method inspired him to help others overcome the emotional and physical obstacles he did and so launched his career.

Believe it or not, Richard started his fitness empire with earnings he saved while he worked as a waiter. The very first fitness center he opened is located in Beverly Hills and has been in business now for 36 years. Richard’s basic mantra is to enjoy losing weight.

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Workout

Gwyneth Paltrow is an all-around entertainer: she can act, sing and dance. She also maintains her own website, Goop. And her best role so far is being a wife to rocker, Chris Martin and a mother to Apple and Moses. At the age of 38, how does Gwyneth keeps fit?

Gwyneth credits her exercise workout under personal trainer Tracy Anderson for her fit body. She does 45 minutes of cardio and aerobic exercise for five days a week. She also does muscular structure work, which involves toning, realigning and lengthening of muscles for 45 minutes.

When Gwyneth started her dance aerobics class under Tracy, she was having a hard time learning the choreography. She considers herself as uncoordinated when it comes to dancing. It took her a long time before learning the moves but now she loves her dance aerobic classes to bits since it’s fun!

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