30 Diet Tips that Work

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1. “I do Kettlebellls.” says Katherine Heigl. “It’s a weighted ball with a handle. Every exercise you do you’re either lifting it or flinging it. It’s cardio and weight training at the same time.”

2. Mena Suvari borderlines obsessive when it comes to healthy eating! “I believe in healhty, organic food and I don’t eat sugar – I’m pretty anal,” she says. “I’m very particular and it can be hard on set. I need to look at food before I eat it as I can visualise how it will affect my body.”

3. Actor John Cusack stays away from “everything white” including flour, sugar and wheat.

4. The envy of many a woman, Paris Hilton manages to eat McDonald’s and Taco Bell without bulking up. But the party girl has a secret. “I just take a few bites.” she says, so she never feels deprived. Clever!

5. ‘If I’m hungry I’m a monster and I get grumpy if I don’t eat,” says Rachel Bilson, who comes prepared to avoid picking on fatty snacks. “I always have things in my purses. I love candy but I’ll also have healthy granola bars so I’ll be at a party and I’ll have an apple in my bag or cookies or crackers.”

6. Denise Richards says she has “felt better consistently drinking noni juice.” an antioxidant-rich Tahitian fruit juice that claims to boost immunity and energy.

7. Kelly Osbourne says dieting is all in the mind. “I find that when I get depressed that’s when I get it all back,” she says, “As I start working and I’m productive and I feel good about myself, the weight just goes.”

8.”Order an appetizer as an entree and get something that requires a little work like an artichoke,” says Rebecca Romijn on eating out. “I try not to order things that obviously have too much fat, but also too much soduim. Soups have a lot of salt,”

9.  Actress Ashley Judd starts off her day with a mug of hot water and lemon, to flush out her system and kickstart her metabolism.

10. Demi Moore also swears by prunes – to flatten her belly before an awards ceremony. The wonder fruit contains free radicals to zap wrinkles, too!

11. Sandra Bullock says that it’s all about training yourself to eat better. “I really changed myeating habits from pizza and diet coke to something like a piece of chicken and vegetables,” she confesses.

12. After battling with anorexia, Christina Ricci admits she has to keep a close eye on how she loses weight. These days she says she allows herself the odd chocolate fix and just “five minutes a day to be insecure” about her appearance. “Going through the day being selfconscious,” she says, “is not fun.”

13. Matthew McConaughey is all about the action. “Work up a sweat at least once a day. That’s my rule,” he says. Oh, and the toothbrush trick, of course!

14. You need energy to work out, says Emma Bunton, who advocates getting the right nutrients to keep you going, but “in smaller portions”.

15. Reese Witherspoon opts for a frozen yoghurt rather than calorie-laden smoothies.

16. Hilary Duff says she sticks to a strict diet of lean proteins and vegetables to keep her in shape.

17. Singer Rihanna says that as soon as she stopped skipping meals and started eating four healthy meals a day – she lost weight almost instantly.

18. Cameron Diaz drinks a vegetable broth before dinner to fill her up, and chews on sugar-free gum to reduce cravings for lollies and sweet foods.

19. Owen Wilson swears by asparagus and parsley because they repress hunger and reduce bloating.

20. “When the waiter puts bread on the table, I immediately – and without hesitation or thought – dump my entire glass of water on it,” confesses Uma Thurman.

21. Lauren Conrad works out tiwce a week using smaller weights with lots of reps to tone rather than build muscle.

22. Fergie grazes every three hours on light snacks to keep herself feeling full and to keep her metabolism up. Carrots dipped in humous is her fave snack, along with plently of almonds.

23. Jessica Simpson is a big fan of junk food, but keeps tabs on her sweet cravings. “I have a sweet tooth – and I love sugar-free Jell-O,” She says.

24. Apart from being good karma, following a vegetarian diet helps keep Alicia Silverstone svelte. “You don’t have to diet,” she explains.” Just focus on your own health. Eat whole grain, plant-basedfood. Eat this way and you can’t possibly be fat”.

25. Curvaceous Kelly Brook credits her shapely figure to lots of bedroom action with boyfriend Billy Zane combined with a healthy lifestyle. She says, “I hardly do anything to keep in shape – sex keeps me healthy. I’ve never been on a crash diet or gone binge drinking and I’ve never taken drugs.”

26. Janet Jackson finds it difficult to keep off the weight, so she turned to US diet guru David Allen to get her back on track. The singer ate four or five healthy low-fat meals a day. Combined with exercise. “It was all about the discipline,” confesses the yo-yo dieting star.

27. US TV presenter Diane Sawyer drinks plenty of water, but adds ice cubes and a dash of lime to jazz it up!

28. Jaime Pressly took drastic action to kickstart her post-baby weight loss. “I did the cabbage soup diet,” she confesses.

29. Kristin Davis says she never lets herself get hungry. “I went through periods when I said I can’t have this or I can’t have that. Now I don’t deprive myself. By giving myself permission I fuond that I don’t crave sweets as much anymore.”

30. Nicollette Sheridan – Uses weights and ropes to perfect her pins. She says. “I’ve discovered this thing called Gyrotonic. It’s similar to pilates but it uses circular motion on a special pulley system. It really changes your body quickly.”

31. Jennifer Lopez – Swears by drinking litres of water to suppress her appetite.

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