Your Most Outrageous Diet Tricks
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Weight loss isn’t easy, and it’s no piece of fat-free cake for the stars, either. Even they rely on some pretty crazy methods to drop unwanted pounds. When she needs to lose weight, Cameron Diaz cuts out all white food (like pasta and bread) because it can have high amounts of sugar, her trainer Teddy Bass told InStyle. And Lily Allen attended hypnotherapy sessions … at a reported $600 an hour! … to help curb her eating. We’ve heard of lemonade diets, soup diets … even cookie diets!
Now tell us: What’s the craziest thing you’ve done to lose weight? We promise not to judge!
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Mattie- I’m sorry, but I can’t agree with you eliminating gluten from your diet for weight loss. I don’t eat gluten because I can’t. Like your father, I imagine, I am a celiac and am intolerant to gluten. I cannot imagine why anyone would not eat gluten because they want to lose weight. That seems very insensitive to me.
I weigh less than 100 lbs., and I am regularly asked how exactly I stay so slim. My answer is always the same: a balanced diet and moderate exercise. Most people respond by telling me that this is crazy, and does not work. Which begs the question, if all those crash diets work and my sensible diet doesn’t, how do I stay slim while the crash dieters keep gaining weight?
I recently had a baby, and I have tried everything to lose weight.. i found that as soon as i stopped breast-feeding i stopped losing weight and actually started gaining it. first i tried master cleanse which left me feeling even more drained than someone would be when dealing with a newborn so i couldnt manage that. instead, I have been exercising 5 days a week and following along with the two Biggest loser dvds.. and i must say IT WORKS!!! i have already lost 5 pounds in 6 days and look toned. it really does work.. you MUST TRY IT.. oh yeah and i drink an insane amount of coffee with hardly any food.. maybe that not good. but im seeing results
I know being healthy is good but most of Hollywood is made of the “lollypops” they have big heads and tiny bodies. When is dieting bad?? Why do we have to be so skinny?? It’s not okay to be 300 lbs but is it okay to be 90? People just need to pick the right diet plan, Cameron’s is good but she is so skinny as it is does she need to be any more skinny?
if you eat fish youre not vegeterian…
I had my son almost 2 years ago, and havent been able to lose ANY of the weight.. I am going to try to cut out the breads and pastas maybe that will work for me…
I have started the Body for Life program by Bill Phillips, I had done his program three months before my wedding to loose 50lbs. It is not a diet it is a lifestyle. So if you are not willing to do both the Food for Life program and the Fitness for Life program then you will have less success. It is nice though because it only has a grand total of 3 hours per week in the gym, and that can be less too if you have cardio machines at home and free weights. Check out the full program online at http://www.bodyforlife.com
I’m doing the southbeach diet. For the first 2 weeks you can’t have any bread or sugary foods. It is a real test for all those who love toast, cereal and candy. It works great! After the first 2 weeks you learn to start incorporating healthy carbs. It actually improved my liver level results as well. I’ve lost 13 pounds and kept it off. My dad and sister lost 30 and my mom lost around 20 in a matter of about 2-3 months. It works great!
I did the Fat Flush Plan, and it was amazing. I lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks, but most of all I felt fantastic. The plan cleanses your liver and allows your body to make and distribute the proper hormone levels. I slept well for the first time in about 7 years, my cellulite went away, my skin looked younger, I had tons of energy. Get the book so that you can know the foundation of the cleanse. Then the key is to go online and get some of the amazing recipes people have created that are Fat Flush-friendly. The only reason I didn’t stay on it longer was I really didn’t need to lose any more weight, and I’m in graduate school and the prep time for cooking the meals was time-prohibitive.
no white foods???
I’ll try it (: