The Weight Loss Wisdom of Celebrities

Dolly Parton claimed that when she decided to lose weight she ate anything she wanted, all that good southern cookin', but she ate tiny portions. I tried that for years, but I realized that I juist couldn't stop with "tiny portions" with some foods.

Yes, the tiny portions thing never worked for me either. I'm better of with foods that have a low caloric density and greater volume. My favorite anti-binge weapon is a green pepper, a cucumber and celery stalk. Fill my belly on 76 calories! then maybe I can have a "morsel" of mashed potatoes or whatever.

As to Beyonce and the master cleanser (aka lemonade diet) with today's pressure to be thin, many look at her "after" pictures and say fine, that's worth it, not caring that she even says she felt like she was "dying." I'm doing Master Cleanse in April, but not for wait loss. I do it once a year to clean out my digestive tract and as part of my spiritual renewal for the coming year.

Beyonce goes on those types of fad diets because it's her "business" to be thin. But I thought the point of weight loss was to be healthier. (Though I realize most people just want to look better.) So I can't see the point of such a dangerous diet. There are other ways to lose weight without doing something so extreme. Not to mention if your unhealthy diet makes you thin, but sick, you're not going to be looking too good.

Eating "a morsel" when you are hungry is no way to lose weight. Eventually you will go and eat the whole thing.
There's no need to eat like a rabbit. Even when you're losing weight, you can still eat meals.

I wouldn't listen to the advise of any of these women, except maybe Kim Cattrall, who looks good; but what was the advise? (I do think Beyonce is adorable and foolish eating is the prerogative of the young.) The other two look either unhealthy or unnatural.

However, with the probability of national healthcare, the government (taxpayers) will be paying the medical bills. What will the government's role be in our eating and health habits? Will there be a public outcry against people who live unhealthy lifestyles?

I like Keira Knightley's "f*** it" diet, LOL.

Kidding aside, I would not take dieting advice from a celebrity. They have too much pressure to look a certain way and go to unhealthy lengths to achieve it.

And I find it ironic that after all the flap and hoohad made about Beyonce's diet and her "new look" it was Jennifer Hudson who took home the award.

Many celebrities claim that life is too short to diet, yada, yada, yada. Sure they eat whatever they want - in their dreams.

They want to give the impression that they don't have to sweat and follow strict diets to achieve their enviable figures, because they know that sets them apart from us. If you believe that Keira Knightly eats "bowls of pasta" on a regular basis, I have a great diet plan to sell you. I'll throw in the bridge for free. ;-)

Celebrities all lie about their diets and weight. Period. Like Red Panda said, they mostly pretend they eat tons and are genetically blessed, or they say they eat nothing, like Mariah Carey, when just a look at them will tell you otherwise (not that there is anything wrong with that - I think that aside from wardrobe, Mariah looks great, but that is not the body of a woman who starves and eats morsels...)

Tiny bites does NOT work for me. I try to select foods thoughout the day that are not very calorie dense.

But what helped me the the most was when I learned to not eat until I was full, but to eat until I was not hungry.

Big difference, and it made a big difference in my weight loss results

Brian

To peace cat: ^(high five) on that comment, I agree totally!

> There's no need to eat like a rabbit. Even when you're
> losing weight, you can still eat meals.

Not to mention rabbits are always actually hungry and want to eat fairly constantly. At least mine are. (=

Most celebrities don't exactly lose weight in a healthy way. For the most part, they stop eating and barely work out and many of them smoke, do drugs, drink loads of caffeine, and don't get enough sleep. Some celebs are actually honest about how much it sucks that they have to watch their physiques so much, but I cannot stand it when they say "I eat whatever I want and I never work out" when you really know they spend 3 hours a day working out and eat seaweed.

If one wants to follow celebrity advice, you probably couldn't do better than what I recently heard the Canadian singer Jann Arden say - she lost a lot of weight but over a long period of time, and seems to be keeping it off. Jann said she ate a lot of fibre, and ate all the time. This is what I have been doing too (not because Jann said so, I was doing it before that) - if you don't allow yourself to get hungry because you are full of things like whole grains, yogurt, fruits, veggies, and lean proteins, then you aren't tempted as much by fast food and other junk. I think Jann also did a lot of walking and running, and I walk a lot too, and have fun playing badminton and squash rather than "working out" at a gym which I hate. I am not losing weight fast, but the overall trend on my scale is a downward one.

It's true that you can't just trust whatever celebrities say. But by Mariah's physique, you can tell that if she didn't diet she would be quite obese.

So disappointed that Beyonce did that.