| The best weight loss motivation is to be healthy and | | | | minute workouts and high protein meal replacement |
| happy in your own body. Celebrities find themselves | | | | shakes. High protein shakes put a severe load on the |
| under so much scrutiny and media attention that | | | | body to digest. Intestinal problems like bacterial |
| they sometimes go to extremes lengths to lose | | | | overgrowth are common and the load on kidneys |
| weight. | | | | can cause serious problems. In addition, shakes are |
| The worst thing about celebrities and weight loss is | | | | not part of a healthy lifestyle. |
| that the pressure to be so thin and beautiful causes | | | | Marie Osmond complained of the same slow weight |
| celebrities to feel the need to downplay the amount | | | | gain that affects many people. She decided to buy |
| of effort they put into losing weight. Britney Spears | | | | only "healthy food" so she bought salads, fruits and |
| said that she just does some aerobics and weight | | | | vegetables. True, these foods are healthy but they |
| training for three days a week to get back to her | | | | are only part of a healthy diet. You need protein |
| pre-pregnancy body. If it was that easy, we would all | | | | from animal meats, fish, eggs, cheese, beans, tofu |
| look like Britney Spears! | | | | and nuts. |
| Kristy Swanson used the Medifast system to lose | | | | Mariah Carey started a "regime" of water aerobics. |
| weight. These shakes are used as replacements for | | | | The word regime is of concern as it doesn't indicate |
| meals. While they have some nutrients in them, they | | | | a balanced approach to a healthy lifestyle. She also |
| are lacking in fibre and are not a balanced food. In | | | | restricted her diet to baked clams, rice, berries, |
| addition, they shouldn't be used long term but | | | | swordfish and vegetable soup. This isn't the worst |
| become addictive because, if you use them, you | | | | diet that a celebrity has tried and there are many fad |
| don't learn how to shop, cook and eat a healthy diet. | | | | diets worse than this but Mariah's diet is not well |
| Jessica Simpson trained for over two hours a day, | | | | balanced and varied enough to be part of a healthy |
| six days a week for her role as Daisy Duke in the | | | | lifestyle. |
| Dukes of Hazzard movie. This level of exercise is not | | | | Many celebrities lose their weight in a more healthy |
| advisable for most people as it will cause injuries due | | | | way. They have the time and the money to exercise |
| to repetitive strain, lack of recovery time and | | | | daily with a personal trainer and to have a personal |
| emptying of the body's nutrient stores. | | | | chef. This is just not an option for most people. |
| Heidi Klum regained her pre-pregnancy body with 90 | | | | |