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.”

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Katie Holmes Diet and Workout Posted by Eric Williams at 11:42 PM

Katie Holmes is famous for being Tom Cruises better half. But in her own rights, she is a renowned American actress who has starred in Dawson’s Creek, a television teen drama that ran from 1998 to 2003. In movies, she has starred in art house films such as Ice Storm, Abandon and Batman Begins. Before the birth of her daughter, this 5 ft 9 inch actress was in top in shape. In 2006, she had given birth to Suri, fathered by Tom Cruise. This made her put on a few extra pounds.

Immediately after giving birth to Suri, she was maligned and ridiculed by the media for loosing weight really fast as they thought that this set an unhealthy example to her fans. But now, Katie is slim and healthy all over again. It’s a known fact that Katie enjoys sweating it out in the gym to maintain her weight and loves looking after her body.

Diet

Katie Holmes consumed a diet that was 1000 calories per day comprising of high protein and low fat.

Workouts

Katie loves to do cardio and has also done Barry’s Boot Camp. But she does claim that there are times when she doesn’t feel at it and misses on her exercise regime.

On her fitness routine, Katie quotes “I grew up in an environment full of athletes and unfortunately I wasn’t one of them. My parents are very healthy. We go running on Thanksgiving – I mean, what family does that? It has to be before the big turkey dinner. My dad is really ambitious and makes us all go. Exercise is definitely important, but the long hours sometimes prevent me from being a good girl and getting my cardio workout.”

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.

Paris Hilton Plastic Surgery Posted by Eric Williams at 5:27 AM

Paris Hilton is the perfect example of the fact that money can buy you just about anything, even beauty. Paris Hilton had lazy eyes, the medical term for which is ambylopia. She had these fixed and the doctor has done a good job cos now she has big, smoldering eyes. It’s not just that, she has got a chin replacement done along with rhinoplasty. Later she also got a pout fixed and rumors have it that she also got breast implants to pump up her figure.

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.

Friday, July 2, 2010 Sylvester Stallone’s Hair Transplant Posted by Eric Williams at 6:03 AM

The original ROCKY AND RAMBO, Sylvester Stallone has an icon for machismo for decades now. Currently in his 60’s, he still looks extremely fit, with his muscles in place and oozes charm and sexuality. From the days of Rambo, where he essayed the role of a troubled Vietnam War veteran, sporting a mane of unruly hair, to this day where he is still flaunting normal looking hair, Sylvester has definitely defied age. Though in his movie “Judge Dread”, people noticed his receding hair line in the slick back look, now he’s back in action with his hair in place.

Though speculations are rife about him having undergone hair restoration in the form of hair transplant, there has been no confirmation from the sides of his spokesmen. Whatever the case, some doc has done an amazing job with his hair.

What is hair transplant?
This is a surgical method to restore hair. Surgical methods are incredibly quick and result oriented. If skillfully performed, they can last a life time, with a natural finish unlike the fake appearance that a wig offers. This is the most safe and effective form of hair treatment.. But it is important to note the caliber and density of hair on the posterior scalp as that is the donor region. Higher the density and better the quality, better the hair growth in the transplanted region. The procedure involve removing the healthy hair bearing portions with follicles that are genetically resistant to baldness and transplanting them onto the bald patch where they take root and grow as natural hair. Also termed as follicular unit transplantation, it can be best explained as redistribution of hair on the scalp. The follicular groupings are removed from the posterior part of the scalp by an elliptical excision and carefully dissected and divided into follicular units which are then added on the recipient site of the scalp. These sites are carefully created between thinning hair and the effect of this surgery can last for years.

Thursday, June 24, 2010 Janet Jackson’s Fitness Secret Posted by Eric Williams at 10:29 PM

Janet Jackson is famous for her “yo-yo” image where she tends to put on weight and loose weight rapidly. The way she loses her weight very fast and simple, she just works hard at it. When Janet is in weight loss mode she works with her personal trainer and does power-walking, jogging, weights and cardio. She has revealed that she orders her food from a place in LA which offers calorie packaged all organic food. By self confession she quotes that she has an eating disorder which disrupts her weight management regime.

Since she is in the glamour world constantly under the media scanner, she understands the intricacies and importance of looking good. Janet has her workout routine designed by her personal trainer Tony Martinez which lets her do intense work out to stay in shape.

Her work out regime includes

• She works on her legs, twice a week with workouts that include reverse lunges, toe touches and leg press where she pushes back her legs at a 30 degree angle.
• She works on her upper body twice a week and does push ups, pull downs, chest flyes, biceps and triceps supersets with shoulder lateral raises.
• The rest of the three days she does ab trainings.
• She also includes 5-6 days of cardiovascular workouts which include kickboxing, basketball, tennis, baseball, jumping rope and running.

Post this, she worked with her Nutritionist David Allen and cut down on her calorie intake to just 1,150 and 1,450 calories, having food in very small portions, with just enough food to satisfy her palates and keep her moving and active. The meal was also balanced to keep her healthy and thin. She omitted the junk from her food and cut out processed foods, white sugar and white flour, alcohol and sodas. She drank at least 2-3 liters of waters in a day to keep her body detoxified.

Loose Weight like Oprah Winfrey Posted by Eric Williams at 5:26 AM

Few know that this dark beauty and one of the most successful women in the world was once overweight. She had confessed that this was due to her eating disorder due to underlying depression. The result was a fat, ungainly Oprah who was shy of stepping out in the public and suffered from low self esteem. Oprah took a firm decision to lose weight after her doctor warned her of dire health problems if she continued to carry so much of weight around. She made full commitment to lose weight and signed a contract with herself stating that she will follow her diet program and today boasts of a fit and toned body.

Here is what she did to look ravishing even at the age of 50.

• No to any food that’s white- Oprah gave up anything that looked white in her diet. This included flour, potatoes and sugar. All these are common in processed food such as bread.
• Oprah hired Bob Greene, her personal trainer who helped her shed all those extra pounds by constantly motivating her, pushing her to go the extra mile on the tread mill and warning her off the calories in food. He did not just advice her on losing weight but also about maintaining it and Oprah had the will to follow it.
• Athletic- she runs marathon, and stays fit through strength training, cardio and Pilates.
• She suffered from a lot of emotional upheaval and termed that as the cause of her habit to over eat. She worked through her emotional baggage and was finally able to overcome the habit to binge when it came to food.
• No alcohol- She was smart enough to realize that consumption of alcohol will only disrupt her weight loss program and controlled the urge to drink.
• She stopped eating after a set of time. Post dinner and snacking in between meals were avoided.
• Water- she increased her intake of water and drank lots of it during the course of the day.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Drew Barrymore’s Fitness Regime Posted by Eric Williams at 5:24 AM

Drew Barrymore was always pleasantly plump with an hour glass figure and heavy assets. She drew a lot of flake for her weight during the 2006 golden globe awards. With a height of just 5 ft 4 inch, it was hard to hide the flab. Losing weight was no easy job for her as she admits that she was very lazy when it came to work outs. She was also adamant that she won’t join a gym so she started working out at home.

She attacked her excess weight very intelligently by opting for healthy diet coupled with work outs. In 2006, she was heavier by 20lbs, but smart weight management got her back in shape in no time.

Drew Barrymore’s fitness secret
Exercise – Drew worked out more just 3 to 4 days in a week, lest she gets bored. Even the work out regime was a different one each day, so that she enjoyed them. She juggled between jogging, swimming, dancing, yoga and Pilates.

• She started off with jogging for at least three miles in a week. Jogging helped her build her stamina and helps in quick loss of surgery.
• Swimming – Besides the fun of splashing in the water, it also helped her get rid of the fat on the back while making her arms and legs toned and strong.
• Dancing- The most fun way to lose weight, it also proved to be a complete work out.
• Yoga-This helped her relax and manage stress through breathing techniques.
• Pilates- Like most celebrities, Drew found Pilates very helpful while losing weight. It strengthened and toned her muscles and increased her endurance. Since it’s the one of most balanced work outs, it did not bulk her muscles.

Food- Drew loved food, so she did not give up on her favorite food altogether, but started having smaller portions of it. Later she switched to more organic vegetables with occasional food like taco and low fat desserts as a treat.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Angelina Jolie’s Goes Slim Even After the Second Pregnancy Posted by Eric Williams at 1:41 AM

For celebrities, it is very important to look good even in unreal circumstances such as a few days post pregnancy. Angelina Jolie, mother of three biological children and three adopted children was back in shape within weeks. As she had caesarian section for both the pregnancies, getting back into shape was quite a challenge particularly after the birth of the twins.

After the second pregnancy, she attributed her weight loss to her children’s computer games. Her son Maddox introduced her to the games of Nintendo DS online which included “Lets Pilates”. Post this she tried to get an hour of Pilates three times a week resulting in the svelte figure that she flaunts now.

What are Pilates?

Pilates is program that focuses on core postural muscles that provide support to the spine. It is an easily adaptable exercise program that trains the body's mind and muscles to work in unison. The core postural muscles are the internal muscles of the abdomen and back. Developing core strength is the basics of this exercise .Pilates trains the muscles to perform better and strengthens them such that they support the spine better. This exercise makes the person more aware of his breathing and corrects the alignment of spine.

Post pregnancy, the abdominal muscles are stretched and lose much of their tone which results in loose, ugly flab. The lack of muscles can make women susceptible to back injuries. Pilates focus more on the core muscles hence they are perfect to shed off the excess fat that women garner post pregnancy. Women who have been practicing Pilates before and during pregnancy bounce back much faster than those who start afresh after child birth.

These sets of exercises work also work very well for athletes, dancers and senior citizens. Pilates make the body stronger, leaner and able to perform heavy work with grace and ease. In case of caesarian section, the post natal Pilates should start after six weeks.