Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Shania Twain follows a vegetarian diet Posted by Eric Williams at 1:48 AM

Country singer Shania Twain adheres to vegetarian diet and has gone all the way to even give up eggs forever. It is believed that Shania sticks to this diet even when she is touring. During a concert she gorges on fruits and vegetables. She avoids eggs even in her pasta, desserts, cookies and eggless muffins.

Megan Fox- Steaming Hot Posted by Eric Williams at 1:42 AM

Megan fox is best remembered for her role in transformers as “Mikaela Banes”, the lady love of Shia LaBeouf’s, which earned her nominations for various teen awards. She is known as a sex symbol and constantly appears in all the men’s magazines in the “hot” lists. She earned the title of the ‘sexiest woman in the world’ in 2008.

People who have seen her on and off screen cannot stop raving about her beauty and well toned body. In “Hope and Faith” she appeared to be on the fuller side but for Transformers she worked on her body, lost more weight and toned down a lot. Despite being naturally thin, this lissome beauty has to work on her body to remain looking so sexy. By her own confession, she said that she is very lazy and does not like to sweat it out. She has a personal trainer who comes home to train her three times a week. Her workout regime consists of

• minutes of workout on her ab- Butterfly crunch, front planks etc.
• is followed by some strengthening exercises such as knee- ups, leg swings and ball leg lifts for her upper body strength training
• also does Pilates and cycling for 30-45 minutes

Diet- Megan loves eating “healthy food” which consists of eggs and lean protein source. She always indulges in a heavy breakfast as it keeps her energized and ensures that she doesn’t overeat during the day. She loves to munch on to some fresh fruits and vegetables during the day and claims to be a lover of almonds.

Thursday, September 9, 2010 Kesha Sebert- tik tok figure Posted by Eric Williams at 12:06 AM

Kesha Rose Sebert is more famous by her first name Kesha. This Amercian pop singer, rapper and songwriter debuted with “Tick Tok” in the late 2009 which hit the top number in more than eleven countries. So far, this young singer has sold more than a million albums and around eight million singles worldwide.

Diet- Kesha is also known for a good figure but initially drew a lot of flake for her bad eating habits when it was assumed that she had low calorie diet which was not balanced. It was also rumored that her diet was high in sugar and low in protein. But later Kesha came out in the open and cleared the air when she said that she had portions of proteins accompanied by vegetables. May be this is the reason that she does not appear anorexic.

Kesha starts her day with a cup of green tea and handful of almonds followed by a snack of blue candies which she says that she loves having. For lunch she has different food products that she loves to dip in barbecue sauce. For dinner she has Tofu and avoids eating red meat.

Workout- Kesha is not particularly fond of exercising but she runs almost every day and does plenty of cardio while she is on stage.

George Clooney - forever young Posted by Eric Williams at 12:00 AM

George Clooney is known for looking better with age. This American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter has received two golden globe awards and an academy award. He is also known for being actively involved in social causes and has served as United Nations Messenger of peace since 2008.

Though he is in his late 40’s he can still make women swoon. Referred to “wine” his fans claim that he is looking better with age. But the good looks weren’t easy. George had to work at it. All these years, he has kept his body is top shape. At 5 ft 11 inch, he stands tall and has been the heart throb of millions of women. He is a method actor who easily gains and looses weight according to the requirement of his films. For his role in “Syriana” he gained 30 pounds by having lots of pasta. His diet and fitness secret are as mentioned below.

Diet: George Clooney has a balanced diet which is low in carbs.

Exercise : George Clooney loves to play basketball and was actively involved in sports till he injured his knee. Now as days, he does cardio by running on the treadmill.
He quotes. “Well, we do a lot of aerobics, a lot of dance, there is a lot of jazz-ercise, the ab-master, there’s the butt-blaster or whatever it’s called. And also there is a lot of yoga and I have also just finished doing a movie where I did (American) football with a bunch of 21-year-olds which I highly recommend. That’s going to keep anyone in shape.”

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Bruce Willis Stammers His Way to Stardom Posted by Eric Williams at 2:21 AM

People who have seen Bruce Willis on screen will find it hard to believe that he used to stammer as a child. This 49 year old actor accepted that his imperfect speech got the better of him but he struggled hard to overcome it. Bruce says "I was one of the fortunate people who grew out of it. Everybody has some kind of vocal flaw. It's what makes us unique. I was lucky enough in college to work with a speech therapist for a very brief amount of time, and he gave me some exercises to work on. The key to it was the fact that when I got onstage and when I was an actor, I didn't stutter. That was a miracle in itself."

Thursday, September 2, 2010 Gwyneth Paltrow Gets Hotter Posted by Eric Williams at 2:38 AM

For the role of “Pepper Pott” in Iron man-2, Gwyneth Paltrow had to slog her to be her slimmest best. She must have done her good job, as all those who saw her in the movie could not take their eyes off her.

She worked with celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson who monitored her work out and diet regime. "Well, I am not going to lie, the process was an arduous one," Paltrow quoted in her newsletter Goop. Like most women Gwyneth too loves being all dolled up and wears sexy clothes. She understands that in order to do so, she needs to needs to have a great body. On her workout regime she quotes "This regime got me into the shape of my life and I continue to return to it when I have a specific event so that I can do ridiculous things like be a 37 year old mother of two and wear shorts!"

Gwyneth’s workout includes practicing yoga and Pilates combined with some cardio. Her diet consists of strict macrobiotic diet though she says that she has controlled that after becoming a mother. She ensures that her diet does not contain sugar and dairy products. She loves to munch on veggies and has plents of whole grains and legumes. Besides, she keeps her fluid intake high by drinkning plenty of water through the day.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Jennifer Lopez Workout and Diet Posted by Eric Williams at 5:16 AM

Jennifer Lopez, also known as J.Lo is one of the most sought after celebrities in America. She is a successful actress, singer, record producer, dancer, fashion designer and television producer. Besides being a successful woman professionally, she is also a power mom as she has been juggling a career along with looking after her twins. This gives the general impression that between all this, she must have hardly any time left to look after herself. Wrong!! Post a few months of giving birth to her little angels, she was back in her normal figure.

Jennifer is known to have the best “butt” in Hollywood and she has somehow been able to maintain that. Seven months after giving birth, she ran a triathlon proving that she was back to being fit from fat.

• Jennifer spends 60- to 90 minutes a day doing workouts. Her routine workout methods keep changing ensuring that she is not bored of exercising and all parts of the body get equal attention . Her trainer is Gunnar Peterson, a celebrity trainer who has helped shape the body of many Hollywood big-wigs.
• Cardio- Jennifer Lopez does not spend more than 30 minutes on a machine. On regular intervals she switches from the treadmill, elliptical, stair stepper, rowing machine and stationary bike.
• Dancing- Jennifer Lopez loves to dance. Among all the forms of exercises, this is her favorite. She does hip-hop and jazz, her favorite dance forms to burn calories. She also thinks that this is a fun way to workout.
• Yoga- Jennifer Lopez uses yoga to relieve herself of stress and worries.
• Weight training- She uses weight training to increase her endurance and strength.

Diet-

Jennifer Lopez practices “portion control” where she eats everything in moderation. If she has to loose a few pounds, she limits her carbohydrate intake.

Friday, August 27, 2010 Brad Pitt - The Troy work out Posted by Eric Williams at 2:48 AM

Trust Brad Pitt to make a man look HOT in a skirt. He did that in Troy and had all the women asking for more. No one could have managed to pull off long locks and skirts and still look every bit a man but Brad. To get that body, he is said to have gone off cigarettes, beer and chips though he stuck to his McFlurry milk shakes in order to get a taste of home. During the training for his role, he was on low-carb, high protein diet and he trained for over a year to finally get the body of a Greek god.

The workout:

Chest:
Bench press - 5 sets, 6-10 reps
Incline bench press - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Cable crossovers - 6 sets, 10-12 reps
Dips - 5 sets, to failure
Dumbbell pullovers - 5 sets, 10-12 reps

Back:
Front wide-grip chin-ups - 6 sets, to failure
T-bar rows - 5 sets, 6-10 reps
Seated pulley rows - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Straight-leg deadlifts - 6 sets, 15 reps

Legs:
Squats - 6 sets, 8-12 reps
Leg presses - 6 sets, 8-12 reps
Leg extensions - 6 sets, 12-15 reps
Barbell lunges - 5 sets, 15 reps

Calves:
Standing calf raises -10 sets, 10 reps
Seated calf raises - 8 sets, 15 reps
One-legged calf raises (holding dumbbells) - 6 sets,12 reps

Forearms:
Wrist curls (forearms on knees) - 4 sets, 10 reps
Reverse barbell curls - 4 sets, 8 reps
Wright roller machine - to failure
Biceps:
Barbell curls - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Seated dumbbell curls - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Dumbbell concentration curls - 6 sets, 6-10 reps

Triceps:
Close-grip bench presses (for the all three heads) - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Pushdowns (exterior head) - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Barbell French presses (interior head) - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
One-arm dumbbell triceps extensions (exterior head) - 6 sets, 6-10 reps

Shoulders:
Seated barbell presses - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Lateral raises (standing) - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Rear-delt lateral raises - 5 sets, 6-10 reps
Cable lateral raises - 5 sets, 10-12 reps

Abs:
30 minutes straight until failure.

Thursday, August 26, 2010 Jennifer Aniston's diet and exercises Posted by Eric Williams at 10:57 PM

For all the years that paparazzi has hounded her, no one has ever managed to catch Jennifer Aniston out of shape. This American actress, film producer and director had Brad Pitt eating out of her hand of the five years that she was married to him. All these years, she has remained a stunner, flaunting a bikini body and has become a style icon due to her hair do. From television to movies, this lissome lass has tasted success in various genres and looked her pretty self in all of them.

Jennifer takes her fitness very seriously. In an issue of OK magazine she had declared that if people followed her fitness plan, they could loose 7 lbs in 7 days. Aniston advocates zone diet. As per this diet plan, a person should consume calories from carbohydrates, proteins and fats in a balanced ratio. This diet was popularized by biochemist Barry Sears and Aniston says that she has benefited greatly from this. She also states that she works out regularly to maintain her gorgeous physique.
Jennifer is totally against starving herself and does not follow any crazy diet plan. She states, “Look, I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to. I don’t starve myself in an extremist way. You’re not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I’d be devastated. My advice: just stop eating sh** every day.”

As far as working out is concerned, her fitness regime includes swimming thrice a week and spinning twice a week. She also performs other activities to increase her endurance and stamina which include light weight lifting, Pilates, yoga and climbing stairs. It is said that she sticks to her fitness plan even while traveling. No wonder she is able to maintain her weight!!!

Monday, August 23, 2010 Jessica Simpson Skin Issues Posted by Eric Williams at 5:31 AM

Jessica Ann Simpson at 30 has beautiful young skin that makes her look like a youngster in her early twenties. From 1999, she is has been a very success woman in her own rights as she juggled singing, acting, television and fashion with élan. She has delivered hits like "I Wanna Love You Forever" and "I Think I'm In Love With You"

But what is little known about this actress is that her skin used to have regular breakouts of acne and blemishes. Jessica has always been a star performer with great stage presence. While filming videos, her chin and skin had to be digitally enhanced so as to hide the flaws. Jessica Simpson has been very open about her battle with acne breakouts.
She says that this used to get her worried about making public appearances and affected her performance.

The paparazzi have captured her with her skin issues on stage and Jessica has commented that the images had mortified her. On her skin woes, she has commented that “I was on my first tour, and the stress was amazing. I had a terrible, terrible breakout. I just started looking sad because of the blemishes that I had. And when I shot my videos, they had to go in and digitally fix my chin. It was to the point where I was embarrassed to go onstage or do photo shoots. I was just embarrassed to be Jessica Simpson."

Jessica has had pimples on her cheek bones and chin area. Lately she was seen on TV, endorsing a product that helped her get clean, healthy and radiant skin.

Madonna - The Queen of Pop Posted by Eric Williams at 5:19 AM

Madonna, even in her 50’s can make teenagers sigh. Post delivering two children, Madonna still has the diva image, with a body that most women only dream of. But she follows a very tough regime to get that body. Despite the luxuries, she is said to have a life style that is obsessed with fitness.

Her day starts with Ashtang yoga, which she practices at her personal gym. This helps her tone her muscles and build her cardio ratings. She practices the third series of Ashtang yoga which is equivalent to that of Olympic athletes. Post this she cycles to do Pilates in the North London Pilates studio. Post lunch, she mixes her exercise routine between floor dance workout, cycling, swimming, biking and martial arts. She also does horse ridings on sundays to keep her thighs toned. This ensures that she does not injure or overuse a particular group of muscles and also prevents injury.

Even while she is in her office, taking calls, she is continuously working out in one form of the other. Madonna also indulges on three sessions of hour long shiatsu massage which helps to relieve the strain in her muscles.

Despite all these exercises, Madonna does not go easy on her food. She is into micro biotic diet where she knows the calorie content of everything that she eats. She also avoids frequenting restaurants as she does not like eating substance which she does not know the contents of. She is said to be so obsessed with her fitness that she stays only in those hotels that have excellent gyms.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Is Angelina loony?? Posted by Eric Williams at 1:28 AM

Angelina is said to be quiet evil and conniving in real life. Things like, wearing her ex-husband, Billy Bob Thornton’s blood in a vial around her neck and painting the back of her shirt with her first husband Jonny Lee Miller’s name had made people question her sanity.

Besides, there have been reports that claim that at one point in her life, Angelina had contemplated suicide and had even undergone treatment for the same.

Though she has Brad as her arm candy, has adopted three children from under-developed countries, there are some facets of Angelina that are yet unexplained and bizarre.

Kim Kardashian and her bootylicious body Posted by Eric Williams at 12:36 AM

Kim Kardashian is famous for her bootylicious body, with her butt getting some special attention. She has one of the most toned bodies in the business and is able to maintain it well. But how does she do it?

Kim follows a rigorous regimen which includes severe cardio workout in the form of dance and the treadmill. She also frequents the gym with her personal trainer to work on strength training as well as develop cardio resistance. Kim states that she does lack the drive to get up in the morning and sweat it out, but believes that being in shape is worth it. She also knows that her beautiful body is her biggest asset and she needs to work on it to make it look good.

She keeps tweeting that at times, she does manage to skip her workout regime to catch on to some extra sleep. One of her tweets states “I overslept and missed my workout! Wow I feel lazy! I need motivation guys!” This just goes on to prove that though she values her good looking body, she is not obsessed by it.

For dieting, she keeps switching between the zone diet and Trimspa diet plans and believes that it keeps her toned, fit and maintains her weight.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Mariah Carey - The diva & pop and hip hop singer Posted by Eric Williams at 10:08 PM

Mariah Carey, the diva who’s the heart throb of millions has sold more than 175 million albums, singles and videos all over the world. She is been listed among the world’s best selling music artist and has bagged awards like Billboard’s Artist of the Decade Award and the World Music Award for Best-Selling Female Artist of the Millennium.

Being an American R&B, pop and hip hop singer, actress, songwriter and record producer and an actress she’s always in the lime light. Mariah has never been a stick thin model, but proudly displayed her well rounded assets, curvy finger and care-a-damn attitude whenever she made public appearance.

She is among the rare breed of celebrities who were never too fitness crazy and resorted to healthy eating while loosing weight. Whenever she had to loose weight, she followed the simple rule of not eating carbohydrates and proteins in the same meal. This is based on the theory that these nutrients are absorbed in different areas of the gut. So eating those at different times will ensure that they are absorbed more efficiently which in turn helps in better weight loss than having a balanced meal. Otherwise Mariah has a good diet that comprises of lots of fruits, lean protein and good fats which provide the necessary 1,000 to 1, 5000 calories in a day. Based on this diet, she was able to drop 20 pounds. When she needs to cut down on calories immediately, she goes on a bleak diet that consists of “basically soups and fish prepared really blandly”. Her workouts consist mostly of water aerobics which she does with her trainer Patricia.

Though her career saw a slack for a few years, she was back with a bang with her tenth studio album, The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) which contained contributions from producers such as The Neptunes, Kanye West and Jermaine Dupri.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Kate Winslet - at Her Voluptuous Best Posted by Eric Williams at 12:16 AM

Kate Winslet, of the Titanic fame has always flaunted her voluptuous body and believes that you can be look and feel beautiful if you are healthy and not “sickly thin”. Mother of two beautiful children, she hates the idea of starving to get into the mold of sexy actresses. With a beautiful body and flawless skin, this actress works out occasionally and is quite a loves to eat.

To be at her healthiest best, she does not eat bread and has given up on alcohol. She has also limited the amount of processed food that she eats as she says that they have additives that are harmful. She has only natural healthy food and works out once in a while on the treadmill to burn off some fat and quotes “I don’t drink, don’t eat bread and limit processed food as it tends to be full of additives. A little bit of running on the treadmill every now and then helps. It bores the hell out of me, but you’ve got to do it.”

Kate has always been bony and never in the league of actresses who claim to be size 0. Post the birth her daughter; she tried to shed the extra weight with the help of facial analysis. This involved consuming food based on the spots and changes on the face. These external symptoms represented the nutritional deficiencies of the body. On this practice she quotes “The weight just dropped off, my skin’s much better; I never feel tired. I just feel great.”