Over the past couple of weeks Jessica Simpson has been on the talk show circuit promoting her new reality show, The Price of Beauty. It’s amazing to see this new attitude she has where she speaks confidently on issues about weight, body perception, men, romance and all of those other scandals of which the poor girl is a victim. This week, Jessica told Barbara Walters that she’s done obsessing about weight and she’s no longer going on diets. She explained,

“I don’t diet. I used to count calories. I watch what I eat, but I also let myself indulge.”

She claims that she is now a size 4 and even though she could probably lose a little more weight and still be healthy she doesn’t consider it a priority because she’s not a model but an actress and singer. She said,

“I think people are looking at what models look like. I am not a model. I am 5-foot-3. I don’t look like a model. That is not my profession.”

She did have some good insight on this global obsession with women and weight loss. She explained that when it comes to men, they like curves, they like something to hold on to. But when it comes to women, women are trying to lose weight and look skinny to impress other women, and not necessarily men. It’s as if women are still acting like 16 year olds battling it out to be prom queen.

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Amanda Seyfried is all the talk in Hollywood these days. After her knock out performance alongside Meryl Streep in Mama Mia she has worked with Megan Fox in Jennifer’s Body and now she has her own starring role in the upcoming movie, Chloe. Unfortunately, her fame has come at a price as she feels a lot of pressure to be thin in Hollywood and she unwillingly follows a raw foods diet in order to keep her slim shape. She said,

“It’s intense. And sort of awful,” she tells Esquire magazine. “Yesterday for lunch? Spinach. Just Spinach. Spinach and some seeds.”

In previous interviews she has admitted that if she didn’t run and workout there is no way she would have such an enviably slim figure and she wouldn’t get the roles she has been offered in Hollywood. She explains,

“It’s f***ed up and it’s twisted, but I wouldn’t get the roles otherwise. If I’d been a bit bigger, I don’t think they would have cast me for Mamma Mia!”

Amanda looked great while on the red carpet last week, (see photo above) but it’s sad to think that she is so unhappy with dieting and exercising but she feels it’s something she has to do in order to get work.

The 24-year-old is currently promoting her newest film with Channing Tatum called, Dear John.

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Julie Benz is the latest sexy star to join the Desperate Housewives cast. Just like Eva Longoria or Teri Hatcher it seems those stay-at-home moms know how to stay in shape. Julie recently gave some insight into what a daily meal plan looks like for her on a busy schedule. To start the day she has a big breakfast since she has to be on her way to filming by 4am:

Breakfast
Coffee, Fiber One cereal with yogurt and then later an egg and veggie burrito with fruit.

Lunch
Tuna fish with brown rice, avocado with a squeeze of lime, cooked broccoli and water with lemon.

Snack
KIND brand fruit and nut bar of almond and apricot.

Dinner
Persian chicken with a salad and a glass of pinot grigio and for a light ‘dessert’ a cup of chocolate-chip mint tea.

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Supermodel Gisele Bundchen gave birth to her son Benjamin in late December. The 29-year-old bravely gave birth in a bathtub at her house in Boston instead of going to a hospital. She wanted to experience the whole transformation of pregnancy and birthing in it’s most natural state so to prepare for the birth she practiced meditation.

“And once he was born, I never felt so empowered as looking at him and thinking, Oh, my God, we did it together!”

Gisele said she exercised regularly right up until the time her baby was due. She said,

“I did kung fu up until two weeks before Benjamin was born, and yoga three days a week.”

In addition, she chose to be ‘mindful’ about what she ate during pregnancy and didn’t want to be like other women who choose to be ‘garbage disposals’ while pregnant. Gisele stayed out of the limelight while pregnant because she didn’t want the attention. She only gained a total of 30 pounds but since she sees pregnancy as a ’sacred moment’ she wanted to stay out of the public eye.

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We keep hearing of more and more celebrities going either vegetarian or completely vegan. Stars like actress Alicia Silverstone, actor Chris Noth and even The Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper have moved to greener pastures. Now American Idol winner Rubben Studdard has joined the ranks of the green eaters, and he’s lost 100 pounds in the process!

Rubben appeared on The Wendy Williams Show recently and explained how he first started small by going vegetarian 18 months ago and then going full vegan 12 months later. Although he’s never really had a problem with the way he looked or felt, when he turned 28 the Big Teddy Bear as he’s affectionately known decided that he wanted to change his look completely.

For Wendy’s audience, Rubben explained what vegan cooking and a vegan diet is, as well as how he learned to cook vegan meals because he didn’t want to make himself crazy depriving himself and eating the same old boring meals. The soul singer has even found a few great vegan soul food restaurants in the South. He even bragged about his vegan mac and cheese and greens recipes.

Rubben also works out three days a week with a personal trainer for about 90 minutes.

Jennie Garth made an appearance at Grand Central Station recently to help promote better eating habits at the Hidden Valley Veggie Central event. The mother-of-three is the perfect role model for these kinds of events because she grows her own vegetable garden in the front of her house so her daughters are better educated about the benefits of not only eating their vegetables, but also organic foods.

The former Beverley Hills 90210 actress persuade her husband, Twilight actor Peter Facinelli, to turn parts of their Hollywood property into a vegetable garden partly because she missed being able to grow her own fruits and vegetables – Jennie grew up on a farm.

“We have lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, sugar snap peas, and strawberries. The girls love getting dirty and picking vegetables they want to grow every year and watering them and growing them. I let them help me cook them, which puts a different perspective on it,” she says. “I’m not just serving the food to them and forcing them to eat it. They really are invested and they care about what they’re eating. Kids like the vegetables when they’re raw, actually, and they can dip them into ranch dressing or chocolate; I don’t care as long as they’re eating their vegetables!”

Now that’s what I call a super mom.

Celeb Diet Doc Says…
And who says kids don’t love veggies. Jenny is a genius and has her kids invested in their health. They nurture the very veggies they eat… You want your kids to eat veggies then get them invested! Have them make the salad for dinner.. You want to make a bet as to whether they will eat it. I’m willing to take that bet!:)

I always enjoy reading about ridiculous fad diets inspired by celebrities. The latest one is the Air Diet, inspired by Dolce & Gabbana’s campaign featuring Madonna. Created by the French, the diet is pretty self-explanatory – you eat only air.

The biggest and probably only rule of the diet is to eat nothing except water and salt soup. You can, however, do everything else like buying groceries and preparing the food. Setting the table and serving the food. You can even hold it up to your mouth as if you were about to eat it, but then put it back down and not eat it. (Ridiculous hey?!)

Apparently the diet has been around for quite some time, but was made famous by Dolce & Gabbana. According to the Institute for Psychoactive Research in England, the goal is to breathe more by setting aside time every day for concentrated, rhythmical, deep breathing.

“Eventually, the effect will spread over the rest of the day, even when the technique is not being consciously performed, and you will be able to breath deeper. Without any change in the rest of your diet or exercise regimen, you will slowly start to lose weight.”

Celeb Diet Doc…
Sounds like torture to me…

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Molly Ringwald, 1980s starlet and actress on the hit show The Secret Life of the American Teenager, debuted a sexy post baby body in a stunning purple gown at the Oscar’s over the weekend. The 42-year-old strutted across the stage and her X-Generation fans couldn’t have been prouder. Eight months ago she gave birth to twins and she’s already back to her pre-baby shape. When asked how she did it she responded,

“I try to make sure that I eat something green. I think that’s just really a good rule of thumb.”

She goes on to say that she loves all kinds of vegetables but thinks the green ones are the best for a proper diet. It was six weeks after the birth of her children that she made the commitment to get in shape but she approached it in moderation and got regular exercise. Her sensible diet included,

“….cutting down on sweets and upping the vegetables and protein, less starch, and I just worked out a lot, I’d say about three or four times a week.”

Celeb Diet Doc Says…
Upping the greens/veggies is one of the best diet strategies to help lose the post baby weight.

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The Hills reality star Audrina Patridge has a cute little figure. She has shapely curves and a healthy glow and in past interviews she has revealed that she does do light exercise and watches what she eats but she’s not obsessive about it. Most recently, she has revealed that she is a fan of the delivery meal diet plan, Sunfare. Here’s a glimpse of what a typical day’s meal plan looks like for Audrina.

Breakfast

Irish oatmeal with fresh berries and a grande English breakfast tea from Starbucks.

Lunch

A turkey wrap with vegetable soup and a passion fruit iced tea.

“I’ll admit it, I love ranch dressing so the fact that I get a little to dip my wrap in is amazing,” revealed Audrina.

Snack

String cheese, kiwi and a few almonds

Dinner

A perfect portion of steak with veggies and a small side salad.

Audrina’s daily diet plan has good portion control which is something easy to do when you use a meal delivery service. For those of us who can’t afford that, it’s a good idea to hang a chart of food servings on the refrigerator as a reminder of portion sizes and invest in kitchen scales for weighing foods like chicken, steak and salmon.

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Who knew that the health guru Dr. Oz was also a chef? Well, a chef in the home at least. His day job has him giving Oprah Winfrey health and diet advice but during his personal time he likes to cook with his wife. He likes to use the grill when cooking and since his wife doesn’t eat red meat he has learned to do plenty of fish and chicken dishes. In addition, he likes to cook because he can save money and he knows what ingredients are being used. He explained,

“You know exactly what you are putting in your meals rather than trusting someone you don’t know to limit salt, sugar and fat.”

Here’s his latest and greatest dish, a spicy chili.

Dr. Oz’s Spicy Chili Recipe
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ pound ground turkey or ground meat substitute
½ onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes, undrained
1 can (15.5 ounces) kidney beans, drained
4 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
½ teaspoon turmeric
½ teaspoon salt
pinch of cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon maple syrup
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar

Heat oil in a large saucepan. Add the turkey, onion and garlic and cook for five minutes being sure to stir frequently. Add remaining ingredients and simmer uncovered for 25 minutes.

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