Renee Zellweger's Amazing Weight Control

In 1994, I ran my best marathon, a Boston-qualifying time at the Marine Corps Marathon in DC. In 1995, I ran Grandma's Marathon in Duluth 30 minutes slower. For the next 10 years, I gained 20 pounds a year and no matter what I did, how much I worked out, how little I ate, I kept gaining, topping out at close to 300 pounds.

Over those same 10 years, I developed a littany of side effects, most of which my doctors wrote off as side effects of weighing too much. Three months ago, after having blood in my stools for six months, my regular doctor referred me to a specialist.

In less than 10 minutes with the PA in the specialist's office, describing my side effects, I had a preliminary diagnosis.... Celiac Sprue... the inability to digest gluten, the protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and oats. My body was starving due to the gluten having destroyed my body's ability to digest nutrients in food.

In three months, I've dropped 50 pounds. I hope to drop another 100 over the course of the next year, through working out... and hopefully, getting back to running.

If any of you are having difficulty with weight managment, consider your daily food intake... many food intolerances don't have specific negative symptoms. Rather, they are quaint annoyances, like weight gain and joint pain.

You have to remember that Renee is naturally a skinny woman. Weight that is gained rapidly is lost easily. It is all centered around an equilibrium weight that your body and lifestyle settle at. I can gain 10 lbs very quickly, but when I do so, it is easy to lose those 10 lbs very quickly as well. It's just how the weight works out. It has nothing to do with her being amazing and being able to lose weight well. She would have a very hard time losing more weight now.

Does anyone have any advice on how to lose 20 lbs, and keep it off? I too am amazed at Renee's rapid weight loss. I need some motivation and willpower! Please help!

EJ said:
Does anyone have any advice on how to lose 20 lbs, and keep it off? I too am amazed at Renee's rapid weight loss. I need some motivation and willpower! Please help! [...]

Hi EJ... If you click through to my site, (click where it says "Passion for Health" above, you will find some articles which I think will help you. On the homepage, look at "fat loss files" and if you go to "core articles", look at "The Natural Healthy Weight Loss Program". If you have any questions, feel free to use the contact form.

Cheers
Mike.

EJ, if you have 20lb to lose for starters, by exercising 5-6x a week for 40-90m at a time, and not eat packaged foods, junk, fast food, etc. and instead eating only natural foods, you'll lose weight.

I'm into trying to loss weight.Early December 2006 I weigh around 77 kg (169 lbs). Now its March my weight is around 74 kg. I jump rope 5x a week -30 minutes usually early evening . But i do 45- minutes during weekends.My goal is 65 kg. I want by december 2007. I will weigh 65 kg. Doing it gradually.

EJ- I started the Jenny Craig program in February & I've lost 20 lbs (in 14 weeks) Loosing 1-2 lbs a weeks is a good way to keep it off. It's basically a 1200 calorie diet & increase the movement. My original goal was to loose 30 lbs, but it's been pretty easy, so I'm going to keep going until I need a break -- up to 45 lbs. I paid for a full year membership -- it was a commitment that I needed to make so that I knew even after I lost the weight I would stick with if for a few extra months to learn how to maintain the right weight for me.

The program really is about portion control. For me, I didn't want to think about what to eat or what to buy etc. I wanted something where I didn't have to think. This is it! I am eating more fruits & Veggies than I have at any time in my life, I really do have more energy & feel good about how the weight is coming off. I’ve add some exercise, walking for 30-60 minutes a day. I wanted a routine that wasn’t too much of a change to my real life, that way I could stick to it later.
Now that I've reached my half way goal I can start thinking about the long term weight goals & how to incorporate everyday foods into my life. I try to bring my lunch to work anyway- so eating the JC food is easy. I never use to eat breakfast, so that was a great treat to add to my day. Dinner can be a challenge, but the weight is coming off easy so it's worth the disruptions.

I don't mean to sound like a commercial, but it really is working for me!

Good luck

I have been on a diet for the past 3 weeks and its mainly tuna and raw vegetables and alot of water only water though no juice no pop and of course no junk food and I have lost i have lost 15 pds and a little trick i learn from a friend that has been in beauty pagents put lemon in your water it makes you burn more and good for a healthy liver and also help with cellulite so give my diet a try it might work for you , but you need to be willing to take away all the snacking and junk food completly away. so good luck to a healthy you and a thinner one.

Linda, I think I invented that diet. Omelet for breakfast, canned salmon and raw carrots/brocolli at 4 intervals throughout the day?

Yeah, I used salmon instead of tuna. You might want to as well, considering the canned Alaskan salmon is very affordable and has more good fats than tuna. Also, less mercury. Good luck on your diet (but expect it to stall out pretty soon).

Just be sure when you go back to eating other foods, you introduce them in order of insulemic effect (nuts, fruits, legumes, whole grains) over the period of a month. Otherwise, you might gain all the weight back.

There really is no such thing as "naturally skinny" and I have no doubt that Ms Zellweiger struggles as most do... She is in the public eye and forever self conscious... I struggled with eating disorders some 30 years ago and today I am trim, vital, healthy and happy. One must "fix" one's mind set and get outside of the self "ME ME ME" that accompanies such narcissictic behavior... Stop obsessing and just live... it's a wonderful thing! :-)

There is no such thing as "naturally" skeletal. If 4,800 calories fattened her for a movie (not even obese), 2,400 calories would make her appear somewhat fat and 1,200 would make her seem thinner, and 600 calories would keep her skeletal.

Think: How many world-class fitness trainers or sports athletes (who exercise more and eat more nutritiously than the average Joe) have skeletal "naturally skinny" bodies? Zero. They all gain some lean muscle and maintain adequate calories.

i just got married this year and i am having a very big problem trying to lose weight i have gain 50LB. i go to the gym every day and work out for 60- 90 min cardio and weight training. i have a problem with my eating i can't control it. i try but eventually i give myself a reason of why i should have an extra serving of everything. can anyone help

Hey there, I did raw and meat for 6 months and dropped alot of weight, i went from 91/2 stone (135ish-140lbs) to 100 lbs (7ish stone). I have managed to get up to 8 stone in a month from eatng wrong foods again, but I'm going ot go back on my diet (paleo) and hopefully get back to my orignal weight. I managed to maintain that weight for months before, so I;m hoping My body will lose it...

You can lose it and keep it off.... good nutrition 3 of 4 days each cycle... I keep having success stories.... but it take time to figure out what each person eats.. the only time I have is for frenz...and most companies dont want to take the time to see what each person must eat--- THEIR OWN FOOD. That is the prob with diet plans. How about a lifestyle with no exercise that removes fat only with no sad bounce back.. No drugs.. Nothing special to buy.. It is out there..I is just not profitable. I am wearing the 70 pounds less myself. The prob is everyone wants to lose it all at once. I get so tired of the wah wah.

I waight about 200 pounds.Propobly 50 phounds to much.Tryed all: including bypass,lipo ,diets of all kind ,exercise....I"M SO TYRED AND SO SAD. HAD THIS PROBLEM ALL MY LIFE...EACH "FALL DOWN" MAKE ME WEEKER AND WEEKER.
IS THERE REALY ANY HELP OUT THERE?