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Victoria Beckham’s Secret for Waiflike Figure: Salads and Espressos

Ever since Victoria Beckham broke off from the Spice Girls and started to make a name for herself in showbiz, talk of her having a secret eating disorder or, at the very least, eating as little as possible to keep herself so thin has never ceased to make the rounds. The star constantly denied all reports and, despite...

20 November 2009
15:31 GMT

Elizabeth Banks’ Workout Routine

Elizabeth Banks, although perhaps not a name that rings any bells with many, is the perfect example of gorgeous woman who is all the more lovable and popular because she doesn’t take her good looks too seriously. With her blonde hair, blue eyes, perfect features and a body to kill for, the actress knows she&rsq...

20 November 2009
13:31 GMT

Heidi Klum Needs to Lose Weight, Is Not in a Hurry to Do So

A little over a month ago, Victoria’s Secret Angel Heidi Klum gave birth to her fourth child, a baby girl she and husband Seal named Lou Sulola Samuel. Now, although still a long way to go to her former shape, Klum is preparing for the launch of the new line from Victoria’s Secret, where she will be actin...

19 November 2009
14:31 GMT

Take Up Dancing to Lose Weight

Usually, when we set out to lose some weight, especially if it’s more than a couple of pounds, we think strict dieting and working out until we’re numb from exhaustion. It doesn’t necessarily have to be so, fitness experts point out for Shape magazine, offering the alternative of taking up dancing t...

18 November 2009
15:31 GMT

How Tyra Banks Lost Weight and Changed Her Life

At the beginning of last month, former model and television personality Tyra Banks revealed during a glamor photoshoot that she had dropped four dress sizes and was feeling better than she had in years. Determined to make her weight loss more than just an isolated case and to help other slimmers as well, Banks brough...

10 November 2009
16:11 GMT

Too Much Working Out Can Lead to Fertility Problems

Health specialists encourage regular workouts because even mild exercise is good for the body, even if most of the times not enough. However, a new study, cited by the Telegraph, comes to show that, with working out too, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Apparently, women sweating themselves to the p...

9 November 2009
14:21 GMT

Gorgeous Thandie Newton on Her Incredible Figure at 37

At 37, British actress Thandie Newton has the body a model could perhaps kill for, it has been said. Appearing in a white, low-cut blazer in the latest issue of InStyle magazine, it certainly seems like there must be some well-guarded secret behind her trim figure, especially since she’s also a mother of two. S...

6 November 2009
13:11 GMT

Barack Obama’s Weight Is Called into Question

Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama are America’s number-one couple in terms of advocating a healthy lifestyle, based on eating well and working out regularly. However, reports in the US media have it that this, combined with all the hard work he’s been putting in as of late, might have taken its toll on...

3 November 2009
14:31 GMT

Teri Hatcher’s Secret Diet and Exercise Plan

It’s often been said that it’s extremely hard to feel any kind of sympathy towards Hollywood stars, especially as regards their weight and health. For starters, we tend to believe they have it easier than the rest of us just because they have money, which is clearly not the case. Teri Hatcher, for one, th...

2 November 2009
16:21 GMT

Victoria Beckham Works Out to Avoid Airbrushing in Magazines

Much has been said about Victoria Beckham and her slender body, including some of the harshest allegations a female star can possibly deal with, namely that she’s starving herself to be this thin. In the latest issue of fashion bible Harper’s Bazaar, the former Spice Girl turned respectable designer, reve...

31 October 2009
05:41 GMT

Kelly Osbourne Flaunts Newly Slim Body in OK!

Kelly Osbourne has long battled the extra pounds, even resorting to some of the most unorthodox methods to lose weight, like starving herself and taking fistfuls of laxatives. Until just recently, she never quite managed to keep whatever weight she lost off, and that’s mostly because her lifestyle was not healt...

29 October 2009
14:21 GMT

Nadya Suleman Reveals Secrets for Drastic Weight Loss

Nadya Suleman, also known to the public as OctoMom, gave birth to octuplets in January this year. The eight newborns, together with the other six young children Suleman has at home, have not stopped her, though, from getting back to her pre-pregnancy figure. What’s more, she didn’t even resort to the help...

27 October 2009
17:01 GMT

Moderate Exercise Makes Cigarettes Less Attractive

Smokers who are trying to kick the habit often find themselves in a position where they have to deal with the so-called triggers. These can be smoking-related images in the media, other smokers, or habits usually associated with smoking (a cup of coffee, catching up with an old friend, and so on and so forth). A new ...

27 October 2009
16:31 GMT

5-Year-Old Boy Sets New Record, Becomes World’s Strongest

When other boys of his age are probably playing outside and just being normal 5-year-old kids, Giuliano Stroe goes to the gym and works out with his dad, a practice he’s been keeping ever since he was just two years of age. Giuliano doesn’t mind and perhaps the fact that he’s just made it into the G...

27 October 2009
11:54 GMT

Lose Weight While Doing Housework

Women who favor cocktails over regular sessions at the gym may have found their answer to the ever-present problem of dropping a few pounds. Sky Sports presenter Georgie Thompson has set up a website that is admittedly the contrary of what women going on women’s websites would expect. IAmSuperChick boasts of of...

23 October 2009
13:41 GMT

How Dancing Made Kelly Osbourne Beautiful, Healthy and Slim Again

Controversial and outspoken Kelly Osbourne has long struggled to keep her weight in check. In the past, the only times when she admittedly managed to drop some pounds was when she was addicted to drugs, had a condition that prevented her from holding food down or went on a drastic diet. Now that she’s on Dancin...

21 October 2009
13:21 GMT

Alessandra Ambrosio: Keeping Weight Off Is Not Easy

Although it’s not long that rumor surfaced that all that Victoria’s Secret Angel Alessandra Ambrosio had to do to drop the pregnancy weight was just to be herself, as she had been blessed with incredible genes, the model herself tells People it’s not quite so. Yes, losing weight is easy for her, but...

19 October 2009
14:21 GMT

Hilary Swank: Working Out Is Like Breathing

Not many are the women, no matter whether they’re stars or not, who are so fond of their workout routine that they admit they’d go crazy if they skipped just one session. Actress Hilary Swank, for instance, is one of them, telling the latest issue of Marie Claire that she loves working out so much she sim...

9 October 2009
15:31 GMT

Kim Cattrall’s Diet and Workout Tips

There is no question that Kim Cattrall’s body has begun to show the first signs of the passing of time, but that’s far from saying that she doesn’t look good. Simply by thinking that, at 53, she continues to be the second most famous SATC girl, while also the most inhibited of the bunch, it becomes ...

8 October 2009
13:21 GMT

Gwen Stefani Works Hard to Look This Good

Gwen Stefani just turned 40 a few days ago. Not that age has any saying in terms of looking good anymore, but the singer is also the mother of two – still, her figure is as slim and her abs just as well-defined as they were the first time she was touring with No Doubt, when she first broke on the scene. It&rsqu...

6 October 2009
16:31 GMT

Amanda Seyfried Doesn’t Obsess over Losing Weight

Former model turned one of the hottest young actresses of the moment Amanda Seyfried is still at an age where she can afford to not diet and just throw in a couple of workouts every week to make sure she maintains her figure. Still, there’s more to looking this great than just working out, as the actress also s...

6 October 2009
15:31 GMT

BodyTogs Wearable Weights to Burn Extra Calories

Finding the time to squeeze in a workout each day is hard as it is, and this is precisely why one company thought of completely eliminating the half an hour or more needed to exercise. However, that’s not to say that there will be no workout at all – quite on the contrary, thanks to the BodyTogs Wearable ...

6 October 2009
14:31 GMT

Learn to Avoid Muscle-Building Mistakes

Putting in the extra time and, of course, the effort at the gym lifting weights may turn out not to be enough to build muscle mass, experts warn. If that be the case, it could very well be that there are other things that need to be changed about your lifestyle, like avoiding sugary treats, quitting smoking and drink...

5 October 2009
15:41 GMT

Playing Football Better than Running to Stay Fit

Women who enjoy doing stuff together, including working out, have now one more reason to do so, as a recent study cited by the Daily Mail says playing football is a much better alternative to staying fit than running. Not only is football more engaging, fun and efficient, but it also offers something that regular jog...

5 October 2009
14:41 GMT

AnnaLynne McCord’s Secret for an Amazing Figure

At 22, AnnaLynne McCord, the real star of the new “90210,” series as many have dubbed her, is one of the hottest young stars of the moment. With this kind of labeling stuck on her, the expectations are also high and, in true celebrity fashion, this also means looking a certain way. Luckily, McCord has jus...

30 September 2009
16:31 GMT

Jessica Biel to Climb Mount Kilimanjaro for Charity

Working out is an important part of her life, as also is always staying healthy. Jessica Biel, former “Seventh Heaven” alum, will now have the chance to put her amazing physical condition to the test, as she has just pledged to climb Mount Kilimanjaro for charity, thus joining other celebrities who have a...

25 September 2009
16:11 GMT

Victoria Beckham Works Out Five Times a Day

Victoria Beckham is incredibly skinny, that much is a well-established fact by now. As a matter of fact, Posh is so thin, she’s often criticized for encouraging women looking up to her to aspire to be a size 0, which is neither healthy, nor appealing. A fervent believer that all she needs to stay in shape is a ...

24 September 2009
16:31 GMT

Nutritionist Says Working Out Is Useless for Weight Loss

Exercise is ideal if we want to improve our mood, tone our body and lead an overall healthier life. However, when it comes to shifting the extra pounds, it is fairly useless if not accompanied by a changed diet as well, a detail many of us overlook when we set out to lose weight, author, nutritionist and weight-loss ...

22 September 2009
16:41 GMT

Your Fitness and Health Advisor

The fast-moving world we live in compels us to pay more and more attention to our wellbeing and this is due to the ever-increasing stress and pollution we are exposed to on a daily basis. The lack of physical exercise and poor alimentation contribute to the generation and propagation of health problems for individual...

21 September 2009
13:21 GMT

Miranda Kerr Is Fit to Fly with Jukari

Reebok has teamed up with Cirque du Soleil and has created a new type of workout that is meant to return the most fantastic results, while, at the same time, making exercise fun again for women of all ages. To make the new workout even more tempting, it even got model Miranda Kerr to join the program and do some prom...

17 September 2009
15:31 GMT

Jennifer Garner and Valslide, the Hottest, Celeb-Approved Fitness Tool

“Alias” star Jennifer Garner has always been in top shape, especially while shooting for the spy-themed television series. Even after giving birth, she still looked amazing, managing to drop the baby weight in almost no time. She had a very strong ally, though, a little thing called Valslide, the latest a...

15 September 2009
16:31 GMT

The Secret Behind Michelle Obama’s Well-Toned Arms

As much as the media criticized First Lady Michelle Obama for some of her fashion choices in the past, the one thing everyone seems to agree upon is that she has wonderfully toned arms. Guesses have been made and they have all summed up to taking shots in the dark about what she does to maintain them in such great sh...

9 September 2009
15:31 GMT

No Diets, Just Workouts for a Figure like Bar Refaeli’s

Bar Refaeli is perhaps one of the few models of today that can boast an extremely athletic figure, as well as the ability to eat whatever she wants and just work out a bit more to burn the extra calories. Models usually claim they don’t diet or starve themselves, attributing their skinny frame to good genes: fa...

2 September 2009
13:11 GMT

Close Your Eyes When Weight Training

We all know by now that, in order to continue getting good results with our workout, we must constantly mix it up, avoiding routine and boredom. Another reason why we’re supposed to think of new ways of diversifying the type of exercise we get daily is because, once our muscles get used to the effort, we no lon...

28 August 2009
15:31 GMT

Power Balance Silicone Wristbands for Increased Energy, Flexibility and Balance

Whether we’re athletes or just regular people working out to stay healthy and in shape, we all need some sort of encouragement now and then. Should we ever fail to find it within us, it’s good to know we could always rely on the Power Balance silicone wristbands that claim to tap into our bodies’ na...

27 August 2009
16:41 GMT

Anna Paquin Reveals Secrets for Killer Figure

“True Blood,” HBO’s newest and very successful vampire series, continues to break ratings record after ratings record with each new episode, as we were also telling you the other day. One of the things that make the show so hot with audiences is former teen star, now established actress, Anna Paquin...

27 August 2009
14:21 GMT

Interval Training Ideal for Weight Loss

The hottest thing in working out right now is something called interval training, fitness experts tell us. However, unlike in the case of diets, this is not a fad that promises miracles, delivers nothing in return, and then slowly slips off the map. Interval training is not new on the fitness scene, even if its benef...

26 August 2009
16:21 GMT

Treat Yourself to Stay Thin, Trainer Carly Zucker Says

Carly Zucker, personal trainer with a solid reputation in the UK and, most recently, wife of Chelsea footballer Joe Cole, is in enviable shape yet not stick thin. Quite on the contrary, Carly is believed to have the body any woman would literally kill for, curvy yet perfectly toned. One of her biggest secrets to get ...

25 August 2009
13:31 GMT

5 Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight

Say you just decided recently that time was right you changed your lifestyle and lost some weight or got in a better shape. You’re eating healthy now, work out on a regular basis and stay away from all sorts of temptations, yet, for some reason or another, the scales refuse to go down below a certain threshold,...

24 August 2009
13:31 GMT

Work Out with Heidi Montag for Just $20

Many believe, and make no secret of it, that Heidi Montag is annoying and has almost no discernible talent that might justify the intense media coverage that she’s getting. Be that as it may, Montag also has one of the best looking bodies in the industries and, as she reveals in the latest issue of Self magazin...

21 August 2009
14:21 GMT

Jason Statham’s Secrets for a Lean Body

Jason Statham, the British actor and former swimmer that fans know and love from hit movies like “Transporter” and “Crank,” has always been in the most enviable shape, a very obvious thing from the many shirtless fight scenes included in them. It’s clear that he works out a lot to look t...

19 August 2009
15:21 GMT

Chocolate Junkie Vanessa Hudgens Keeps Thin with Pilates

Young, beautiful and talented, one might easily be tempted to believe that 20-year-old Vanessa Hudgens is in such great shape by pure chance – and, at the same time, be just as easily excused for believing so. A lover of chocolate and clearly not afraid to be vocal about it, one thing that this actress hates is...

18 August 2009
15:21 GMT

The Skinny Jeans Workout, Perfect to Zip You Up

Skinny jeans are here to stay, fashion experts say, so those of us hoping it was just a “fad” that would die down in a couple of months so they could stick to their mommy jeans might want to start thinking about losing some weight or getting in better shape. Luckily, there is a new type of workout that ha...

14 August 2009
15:31 GMT

Hydrate Properly When Working Out

Drink water when you work out – this must be the one line that trainers say more times perhaps than any other. There is very sane reasoning behind it too, because we lose a lot of water and essential minerals by sweating, and we have to replace them somehow for the optimal performance. Men, in particular, train...

13 August 2009
16:11 GMT

Scarlett Johansson Trained Hard to Fit Widow Lycra Suit

Earlier this year, in March, as Hollywood stunner Scarlett Johansson was still preparing to take on the part of Black Widow in the second “Iron Man” movie, rumors started to circulate about her choosing to lose weight for the role. While this was nothing unheard of, the amount of weight she seemed to have...

12 August 2009
14:31 GMT

Channing Tatum’s Routine for Killer Body in ‘Fighting’

The ladies love Channing Tatum, either because of his innocent, sweet face and heartbreaking smile, or for the chiseled abs he’s never ashamed to flaunt in front of the cameras. For the part in “Fighting,” though, Tatum had to do a bit more work to make the aforementioned abs better looking, his per...

10 August 2009
16:31 GMT

Inactivity Is Biggest Health Risk, Expert Says

The need to lead an active lifestyle is almost constantly emphasized in all fitness and health-oriented publications, mostly because it is the most efficient way of combating another problem we’ve been trying to deal with for years: the extra pounds around the waist and, in more general terms, the obesity pande...

10 August 2009
15:21 GMT

Bedercise – Work Out Without Leaving Your Bed

If someone told us a few years ago that we could stay fit without as much as getting out of bed, we would have probably laughed at the assumption – or immediately thought of something inappropriate, or that would require the presence of another person. These days, we have Bedercises, a new form of exercises tha...

10 August 2009
13:31 GMT

Exercise Does Not Encourage or Lead to Weight Loss

We’re constantly told that, if we want to lose the extra pounds we’ve been complaining about since forever, we should get a gym subscription and start sweating all the fat off. We’re also told we’re to eat healthier but, whether we know it or not, the two don’t really seem to go hand in ...

7 August 2009
15:01 GMT

Nicole Richie’s Balanced Diet and Workout to Keep the Pounds Off

Nicole Richie’s slender, close-to-skeletal frame has often generated talk of an eating disorder, with rumors insisting she was unhealthy and probably malnourished, no matter how much she denied it. Now pregnant with her second child, the singer, actress, television personality and fashionista has discovered tha...

5 August 2009
15:31 GMT


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