Ricki Lake Celebrity Diet and Workout.  We have watched Ricki Lake struggle with her weight going up and down for years. Now at her thinnest ever it seems that Ricki has finally found a way of eating and a work out plan that works for her. Check out some of the highlights from her interview with Us Weekly.

The Highlights

What made you decide to drop the last 25 pounds?

I looked at the calendar after the movie [The Business of Being Born] got into the Tribeca Film Festival. I was so excited about people seeing the film, but I also wanted to feel great in my skin when I walked down the red carpet on April 29. And I did. I started February 7. I was so committed. I just wanted people to notice me.

You were at 150.

Did have a goal? I wanted to get to 135 pounds, and then I kept losing. When I started, I didn’t even want to get on the scale because I didn’t want to know how much I weighted. Now I get on it every day. I weighted myself this morning.

And…

One-twenty-three! My size 10s were tight when I started. I had a pair of pants of pants that I couldn’t get up and now they’re swimming on me. My body changed quickly. I went shopping for the premiere thinking I was a 6. I was told I’m a 4. I’m like, When am I going to wake up?

How did you do it?

I started on a food delivery program, Fresh Dining. I like that it’s easy. I get my meals delivered in the morning and I don’t have to worry. Calorie restriction is so much healthier than starving myself and over-exercising. I eat 1,200 calories per day. I think losing weight is 80 percent what you put in your mouth. I just try to practice portion control off the program. More salads. I may have a glass of wine, that’s it. The hardest thing is to give up was bread. Now I’ll eat one piece instead of the whole basket.

Did you see a trainer?

No, and what’s so funny is that my ex-boyfriend of three years was a trainer and I never worked with him. I hike. I go four times a week, I do a four-and-a-half-mile hike uphill in an hour and a half and I run down. Sometimes I take my dog. I can sing show tunes and the top of my lungs. I don’t go to church or temple – I hike. I like working out, but not in a gym. My really good friend is the yoga and spinning teacher that Jennifer Aniston uses, Mandy Ingber. I used to take her classes, but, well, I don’t like sweating around people I don’t know. Has weight always been an issue for you? I wasn’t heavy as a child. I did track, volleyball, softball. When I went to private school in my junior year, there was no sports program. I was eating all the time and I let myself go.

That’s when you landed the role in Hairspray?

Yes. I was 18 when I got all this attention for that movie. And it was so cool because I get the guy and I’m 200 pounds. And I took it to an extreme after that because I thought I was the cutest thing alive and I was fat. I was partying and eating all the time. Between the ages of 18 and 21, it got not so cute anymore. Being the fat girl was old. The guy I was with told me I was too fat. And then the work dried up. I got to 250 and I was a size 24.

The whole fat thing wasn’t working. I had a breast reduction. And I realized that the only thing I could control was what I put into my mouth, so in 1991, I went on this extreme diet. I used to faint because I wasn’t eating and I was always exercising. I bought a bike and I was always biking to this crummy gym in the Valley every day and getting on the treadmill. Afterward, I would pass out. Later, during the run of my talk show, I was as small as a size 6, and then I was also a 14. When I did Mrs. Winterbourne in 1996, the movie company hired a trainer and nutritionist. I was working out for an hour and a half every day and lost 30 pounds.

Are you afraid of gaining it back?

I am. Right now, I am a bit obsessed. I have to stop weighing myself every day. I used to turn to food when I needed comfort, but it hasn’t happened this time. I’m not eating when I feel anxious. I just am not doing it.After my premiere in New York, we went to this amazing place. I ordered meatballs and a pizza and I only ate one-and-a-half pieces because I was full. I was happy with that amount. It’s all about willpower. If I can do it, anyone can do it.

What do you think of super-skinny actresses?

I think I have no wrinkles because I always had fat on my face. Really skinny girls age so fast.

Do you ban certain foods at home?

No. My kids have drawers of snacks. I can’t let food become a priority. I’m going to Italy soon and I don’t want to worry. I may come back 5 pounds heavier. That’s OK. I don’t want my kids to worry about weight. My little one told me recently, “I am fat.” I said, “No, you are not fat. You are beautiful.” It scares me that kids get that at school or on TV.

What’s most exciting about your new weight?

For the longest time, when I was very heavy, I couldn’t cross my legs. I couldn’t physically do it. Love that I can cross my legs now. And I put on a size 27 pair of jeans and they were too big. So I got a 26!

And I was doing a pilot called The Middle for ABC and I told the wardrobe lady I was an 8. She came to my house with a rack of clothes — none fit! I don’t even recognize myself sometimes. My face has really hollowed out — that’s where I see the most difference. I don’t have a double chin anymore. And I have cheekbones! Someone told me that I have a beautiful neck. I never had a neck before. I had no waist and no neck. It feels like a different life. Even my shoe size is changing. My Jimmy Choos are too big now.

Ricki Lake Celebrity Diet and Workout.  We have watched Ricki Lake struggle with her weight going up and down for years. Now at her thinnest ever it seems that Ricki has finally found a way of eating and a work out plan that works for her. Check out some of the highlights from her interview with Us Weekly.

The Highlights

What made you decide to drop the last 25 pounds?

I looked at the calendar after the movie [The Business of Being Born] got into the Tribeca Film Festival. I was so excited about people seeing the film, but I also wanted to feel great in my skin when I walked down the red carpet on April 29. And I did. I started February 7. I was so committed. I just wanted people to notice me.

You were at 150.

Did have a goal? I wanted to get to 135 pounds, and then I kept losing. When I started, I didn’t even want to get on the scale because I didn’t want to know how much I weighted. Now I get on it every day. I weighted myself this morning.

And…

One-twenty-three! My size 10s were tight when I started. I had a pair of pants of pants that I couldn’t get up and now they’re swimming on me. My body changed quickly. I went shopping for the premiere thinking I was a 6. I was told I’m a 4. I’m like, When am I going to wake up?

How did you do it?

I started on a food delivery program, Fresh Dining. I like that it’s easy. I get my meals delivered in the morning and I don’t have to worry. Calorie restriction is so much healthier than starving myself and over-exercising. I eat 1,200 calories per day. I think losing weight is 80 percent what you put in your mouth. I just try to practice portion control off the program. More salads. I may have a glass of wine, that’s it. The hardest thing is to give up was bread. Now I’ll eat one piece instead of the whole basket.

Did you see a trainer?

No, and what’s so funny is that my ex-boyfriend of three years was a trainer and I never worked with him. I hike. I go four times a week, I do a four-and-a-half-mile hike uphill in an hour and a half and I run down. Sometimes I take my dog. I can sing show tunes and the top of my lungs. I don’t go to church or temple – I hike. I like working out, but not in a gym. My really good friend is the yoga and spinning teacher that Jennifer Aniston uses, Mandy Ingber. I used to take her classes, but, well, I don’t like sweating around people I don’t know. Has weight always been an issue for you? I wasn’t heavy as a child. I did track, volleyball, softball. When I went to private school in my junior year, there was no sports program. I was eating all the time and I let myself go.

That’s when you landed the role in Hairspray?

Yes. I was 18 when I got all this attention for that movie. And it was so cool because I get the guy and I’m 200 pounds. And I took it to an extreme after that because I thought I was the cutest thing alive and I was fat. I was partying and eating all the time. Between the ages of 18 and 21, it got not so cute anymore. Being the fat girl was old. The guy I was with told me I was too fat. And then the work dried up. I got to 250 and I was a size 24.

The whole fat thing wasn’t working. I had a breast reduction. And I realized that the only thing I could control was what I put into my mouth, so in 1991, I went on this extreme diet. I used to faint because I wasn’t eating and I was always exercising. I bought a bike and I was always biking to this crummy gym in the Valley every day and getting on the treadmill. Afterward, I would pass out. Later, during the run of my talk show, I was as small as a size 6, and then I was also a 14. When I did Mrs. Winterbourne in 1996, the movie company hired a trainer and nutritionist. I was working out for an hour and a half every day and lost 30 pounds.

Are you afraid of gaining it back?

I am. Right now, I am a bit obsessed. I have to stop weighing myself every day. I used to turn to food when I needed comfort, but it hasn’t happened this time. I’m not eating when I feel anxious. I just am not doing it.After my premiere in New York, we went to this amazing place. I ordered meatballs and a pizza and I only ate one-and-a-half pieces because I was full. I was happy with that amount. It’s all about willpower. If I can do it, anyone can do it.

What do you think of super-skinny actresses?

I think I have no wrinkles because I always had fat on my face. Really skinny girls age so fast.

Do you ban certain foods at home?

No. My kids have drawers of snacks. I can’t let food become a priority. I’m going to Italy soon and I don’t want to worry. I may come back 5 pounds heavier. That’s OK. I don’t want my kids to worry about weight. My little one told me recently, “I am fat.” I said, “No, you are not fat. You are beautiful.” It scares me that kids get that at school or on TV.

What’s most exciting about your new weight?

For the longest time, when I was very heavy, I couldn’t cross my legs. I couldn’t physically do it. Love that I can cross my legs now. And I put on a size 27 pair of jeans and they were too big. So I got a 26!

And I was doing a pilot called The Middle for ABC and I told the wardrobe lady I was an 8. She came to my house with a rack of clothes — none fit! I don’t even recognize myself sometimes. My face has really hollowed out — that’s where I see the most difference. I don’t have a double chin anymore. And I have cheekbones! Someone told me that I have a beautiful neck. I never had a neck before. I had no waist and no neck. It feels like a different life. Even my shoe size is changing. My Jimmy Choos are too big now.

Penelope Ann Miller Celebrity Diet and Workout. Her fitness plan keeps her fit and healthy. Penelope is 5 foot 7 and maintains a great figure by eating right and working out. Find out exactly what she does below.

Diet

When losing weight Penelope Ann Miller’s diet plan was 1600 calories with a little fat, protein and carbs every few hours (Mini Meals). Her trainer recommends if you are trying to lose weight, get your carbs from fruit and veggies, and avoid white rice, pasta, and breads.

Example of Meal Plan:

• Breakfast – Oatmeal with a handful of blueberries and raspberries, and low fat yogurt.

• Snack – Half a banana with almond butter.

• Lunch – Grilled chicken salad with tomatoes, light on dressing, no bread.

• Snacks – Honeydew melon and cottage cheese, or turkey rolled around low fat cheese and bell peppers.

• Dinner – Grilled seasoned fish, steamed spinach with garlic, side salad with tomatoes.

• Beverages – Water and occasional glass of wine.

Exercise

Penelope’s workout for her role in “Blonde Ambition” was 2 months prior to filming. Each workout was 60 minutes 3 times a week and 2 additional cardio workouts on her own.

• Day 1 – Warm-up: 10 minutes of stretching, light lunges, rotations with medicine ball, chopping moves and rope jumping. Circuits: 45 minutes of leg, core and upper-body exercises focused on the upper chest and back. Perform 1 set of 8-10 reps for each exercise without resting in between to complete 1 circuit. Repeat 1 or 2 times. Sample Circuit: Single-leg squats, push-ups on a rocker board, alternating with bent-over one-arm rows. Finish with 2 sets of crunches with medicine ball toss to complete each circuit. Cool Down: 5 minutes of stretching for all muscles worked.

• Day 2 – Warm-up: 5 minutes on a stationary bike at a slow pace. Cardio: 45 minutes on the bike a brisk pace. Cool-down: 5 minutes at slower pace on bike followed by 5 minutes of stretching.

• Day 3 - Warm-up: 10 minutes of agility ladder drills, footwork skills, zigzags, and hops to get mentally focused. Alternate either Running drills (20 minutes of various running techniques, skips, high knees, skipping for height, running with high knees, long strides, running at pace, intervals and speed work) or kick boxing drills (20 minutes of round, side and front kicks.) Core Stabilizing exercises: 15 minutes of hip workout, inner thighs and glutes. Perform 2-3 sets of 10-15 reps of exercises such as side-to-side walking with elastics on ankles, bridges for glutes, adduction and abduction work using pulleys and elastics, internal/external rotation of hips using elastics and pulleys. Upper body: 10 minutes of light workout including alternating pulley pulls, chopping movements and boxing. Cool down: 5 minutes of stretching for all muscles worked.

• Day 4 – Warm-up: 5 minutes of dynamic stretching Cardio: 45 minutes of moderate, steady paced, running Cool-down: 10 minutes of walking followed by stretching.

• Day 5 – Repeat Day 1, varying exercises for circuits Warm-ups: 10 minutes of dynamic stretching, light lunges, rotations with medicine ball, chopping moves and rope jumping. Circuits: 45 minutes of leg, core and upper-body exercises focused on shoulders and arms. Perform 1 set of 8-10 reps for each exercise without resting in between (except for setup) to complete 1 circuit. Repeat 1-2 times. Sample circuits: Squat with overhead press, dumbbell triceps moves on stability ball, side-arm raises with elastic band, abs on the ball. Cool down: 5 minutes of stretching for all muscles worked.

Diet

Courtney Love was known to be on the Macrobiotic Diet for years, but later found it did not work for her and actually caused her to gain weight. In 2007 she lost 52 pounds by replaced two meals a day with liquid shakes, follows a no carbohydrate diet.

“I drink shakes and exercise. Two shakes and one meal: fish and broccoli really does work!”

Exercise

Courtney does yoga to stay in shape, we are not sure what form.

Quotes

“I gained 40 to 50 pounds on macrobiotic food. I had Gwyneth’s cookbook, who does macro food. I thought, It can’t make me fat (then she) saw those pictures and thought, Oh my God! 182 pounds. does not look good on me. Nothing fit.”

“I didn’t have a scar for gastric [bypass]. I’m not eligible for that. It’s illegal for me to get that. You have to be 100 pounds overweight, you have to be grossly obese,” Love said at a private party

“My daughter Frances has her carbs in one drawer. I don’t know where it is.”

Sources: US magazine, People Magazine

Diet

Claudia Schiffer eats 3 meals a day with nothing in between. She eats Low calorie and uses portion control. She also only eats organic, which is proven to contain more vitamins and nutrients than non-organic GMO foods.

Exercise

Claudia does Pilates, other details not known as of yet.

Quotes

“I like my food to be as natural and unpolluted by chemicals as possible so I always eat organic.”

“I don’t diet because it messes up your metabolism”. “Instead I eat three meals a day, particularly lots of fruit for breakfast because it’s cleansing and quickly digested by the body and I try hard not to snack in-between meals. But if I want a piece of chocolate or a biscuit, then I have one. Denial makes you crave for something even more.”

Diet

Barrymore’s diet is balanced with lots of organic vegetables. She eats basically low calorie, and low carbohydrate. Drew enjoys coffee and allows the occasional treat, like a low fat dessert.

Exercise

Drew sticks to working out 3 or 4 times a week. Jogging, dancing, swimming, yoga, and Pilates. She like boot-camp style workouts routines to stop boredom. Drew has worked with personal trainer Kathy Kaehler and Mark Blanchard.

Tips & Secrets

When Drew wants something sweet, she drinks Diet Coke or has low-fat jelly.

Quotes

“I wish I could say there was a miracle cure, but it’s all really quite boring. I’ve always hated those people who say that eating right and exercising is the only way to lose weight, but now I’m with them, I’m one of them.”

“I use a StairMaster, go to Pilates classes and run regularly. I run as far as I can. I don’t cook, so I get all my food from healthy takeaways in Los Angeles. You can order really delicious, fresh steamed fish or chicken with steamed vegetables. The difficult thing is that now I’ve lost the weight, I’m trying to maintain it.”

“Losing the weight has given me confidence and a sense of pride, but I’m not about to go down to a size zero. Don’t worry about me because I would never fall prey to all that bulls**t.”

Rachel Hunter Celebrity Diet and Workout. What regiment keeps this 5 foot 10 inch model in amazing shape? Rachel eats a healthy and sensible diet. She isn’t afraid to work out either. Rachel takes good care of her body and it shows. Find out all her body, diet, and weight loss secrets below.

Diet

Rachel Hunter is known to be a vegetarian. Rachel says “As I ‘ve gotten older, I can’t eat as much as I used to.” Her calorie cutting weight loss includes 190-calorie slim fast shakes for breakfast and lunch, and then a sensible dinner.

Exercise

Rachel has her own cardio kickboxing workout videos on VHS, they are hard to find. Recently she cut out wheat and alcohol. For exercise she is does regular pilates and spinning classes.

Country music’s superstar Carrie Underwood is on another cover this month, this time it is Glamour Magazine for the January 2008 issue. The former “American Idol” winner sat down and spilled the beans on all kinds fun topics with her southern charm, lucky for us some questions had to do with her celebrity diet and workout. Here are the highlights!

Diet Highlights

GLAMOUR: Do you feel pressure to be thin?

CU: I…檓 OK talking about it, because I feel like I do things the right way, the healthy way. I work out. I like cardio. That big exercise ball, we…檙e friends. I…檓 slightly obsessive-compulsive about what I eat, more than I should be. I write down everything that I eat- I started doing it last year. And in the last year is when I…檝e gotten more healthy and lost weight.

GLAMOUR: So that Luna bar you just had, will that go on the list?

CU: Yes. I haven’t thrown the wrapper away because I…檓 going to take it back to my room and write it down. (Source: Glamour Magazine)

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Carrie Underwood Diet and ExerciseCarrie Underwood on Self Magazine 2007

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Diet

“Before, I was a junk food junkie.” But now Audrina follows a 1250 calorie diet which includes fish and salads. Latin food and In-N-Out burgers are some favorites, but with some portion control, she told TV Guide.

“I order whatever I want when I’m out, but I don’t eat all of it,”

Exercise

Once a week Audrina works out 15-30 minutes on the elliptical, she then uses 5-pound weights toning and defining her arms and shoulders. For a flat stomach she does crunches on a balance ball and lifts her butt with squats and lunges. Commenting on her workouts with “Hills Trainer” Jarett Del Bene she says “Now my arms, stomach, and legs are cut!” Audrina also keeps very active doing laps in her backyard pool, hiking in Runyon Canyon, boogying in dance classes and even factors in vacuuming for her calves.

“I go to the beach on the weekends and play volleyball. Or I’ll go kayaking in Malibu. I like finding things to do outside. I hate being cooped up in the gym.”

“When I’m sitting in front of the TV, I lift 5-pound weights or do squats. And I wear heels when I vacuum because it works my calves and my butt.”

Each of Jarett’s programs combine personal training with ‘critical to success’ fitness elements including life coaching and nutritional guidance. – workoutwithJarette.com

Quotes

“My mom has a good body, so I’m lucky to have the body I have. I’ve always been in shape; I’ve danced since I was really little and I was on the swim team.”

Check out “The Hills” Girls Trainer Jarett!

Source: Us Magazine, TV guide

Country music’s superstar Carrie Underwood is on another cover this month, this time it is Glamour Magazine for the January 2008 issue. The former “American Idol” winner sat down and spilled the beans on all kinds fun topics with her southern charm, lucky for us some questions had to do with her celebrity diet and workout. Here are the highlights!

Diet Highlights

GLAMOUR: Do you feel pressure to be thin?

CU: I…檓 OK talking about it, because I feel like I do things the right way, the healthy way. I work out. I like cardio. That big exercise ball, we…檙e friends. I…檓 slightly obsessive-compulsive about what I eat, more than I should be. I write down everything that I eat- I started doing it last year. And in the last year is when I…檝e gotten more healthy and lost weight.

GLAMOUR: So that Luna bar you just had, will that go on the list?

CU: Yes. I haven’t thrown the wrapper away because I…檓 going to take it back to my room and write it down. (Source: Glamour Magazine)

Related Carrie Underwood Stories

Carrie Underwood Diet and ExerciseCarrie Underwood on Self Magazine 2007

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