“One of the magazines admitted that it had added extra weight to the pictures, and it concerns me that young girls reading those stories don’t know that. All they know is that they are sitting at home, maybe four or five sizes bigger than me, and their role model is called a “big house”  -  what does that do to them?”

“Not just me  -  they have done it to Jessica Simpson and other young female celebrities. Every time you turn around a different girl is “fat” in the eyes of the media. And it’s not fair and it’s not true and it’s not smart because we are not fat.”

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Who would’ve thought the transition from Hollywood actress to Hollywood pole-dancing guru would’ve been the next logical one for Sheila Kelley? Best known for her roles on LA Law, ER and Lost, the 48-year-old now takes her new role as pole-dancing instructor to the stars just as seriously.

“I was a dance major at NYU, and had done every dance you can imagine,” she told People magazine. “I have never done anything so beautiful as this. I never had the kind of long, lean muscles I have now – and I still have the curves.”

Sheila now runs her own studio, S Factor, where she not only teaches the moves around the pole, but also incorporates yoga stretches and strength exercises. Some tend to think of pole-dancing as a sleazy stripper-like thing to do, but Sheila insists it’s fun, safe and sensual, and not at all about getting naked. Her clients are all shapes and sizes ranging from 18 years to 73 years of age, and says it’s a great fitness program specially designed for the female body.

While her celebrity client list includes Lindsay Lohan, Terri Hatcher and Jennifer Love Hewitt, it seems her star pupil is Kate Hudson.

“She just loves being feminine. Every movement for her is beautiful and sexy,” Sheila told People magazine. “The excitement of sharing it [with her boyfriend] was big for her. She wanted to do a routine, to share it.”

Sheila helped Lindsay get into character for her role in I Know Who Killed Me, choreographer Teri’s dance in an upcoming episode in Desperate Housewives and put Jennifer through her paces for a scene in her show The Ghost Whisperer.

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The stripper pole is going mainstream…

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Jennifer Love Hewitt was recently snapped playing tennis in a bikini and platform heels, and this month she’s been snapped in a bikini again – on the cover of Shape magazine. Now the 30-yeard-old actress, who has had her share of weight-loss ups and downs, shares her diet and exercise tips.

The Ghost Whisperer actress has a very healthy body image, and although she has her days when she finds it hard to fit into her jeans, she doesn’t beat herself up about it. Hewitt simply says that she’s the shape is because she’s suppose to be, and if we all looked the same, we would be very boring.

One of Hewitt’s diet tips is to never fill your fridge.

“Instead of piling up food in my fridge that says ‘Come eat me!’ I keep enough for only a couple of days,” she told the magazine. “And I rarely have treats around that might tempt me late at night, which is when I usually crave something really fattening.”

Hewitt also learned a few fitness tips from her new boyfriend, fellow actor Jamie Kennedy. Kennedy helps Hewitt by inspiring her to eat a salad with each meal as well as load up on fruit, fish and vegetables. And she’s helped Kennedy to exercise more.

“Last summer we were in Monaco. Every morning we ran for 40 minutes through the streets of Monte Carlo. It was an amazing way to see the city. Now when we travel, we try to explore the places by running.”

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The adorable Jennifer Love Hewitt is back and looking bikini-beautiful.  It’s been two years since the photos surfaced of her wearing a bikini and sporting a rather full figure but these days the 30 year old is confident and ready to show her stuff.  Jennifer has had quite a history with the tabloids in regard to her weight.  Last year she was on the cover of US Magazine revealing that she lost 18 pounds in ten weeks.  At the time she said the issues over her body made her feel,

“a little embarrassed. It made me a little sad. It hurt my feelings.”

But that’s ancient history for this actress.  She has decided to accept the way she looks and she has no qualms about showing it off.

“Not everybody can be super tall and super skinny,” she added. “You have to look inside yourself and find your own confidence. It wavers from day to day, but that’s human nature.”

As for playing tennis in a bikini and wedge shoes?  Well, let’s just write it off as being ‘eccentric.’

Working out isn’t just about looking and feeling good from a physical perspective, but exercise also helps our state of mind.  Exercise releases those ‘feel good’ endorphins, and there’s nothing like a quick run around the park to get the positive energy flowing.  Jennifer Love Hewitt attests to this in her latest interview with Life and Style Magazine.  

In the past years we’ve always heard of Jennifer’s great diet and fitness regimes such as jogging, yoga and avoiding fast food.  But this time around, Jennifer admits that she’s been hitting the gym hard in order to mend a broken heart.  After her break-up with former fiance and Ghost Whisper guest-star, Ross McCall, Jennifer searched for inner balance by increasing her workouts.  She told Life and Style Magazine,

“Exercising has cut my anxiety way down, and it’s made me sleep better.”

In regard to her eating habits she said,

“I allow myself one really bad day a week when I can have all the cupcakes and whatever else I want to have. And the rest of the week, I just try to be really sensible about it.”

One thing is for sure, Jennifer will always be a Hollywood sweetheart and love will surely come her way again.  And as for now, hitting the gym is the best way to find the balance she searches for.

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It’s time to review the good, the bad and the ugly in celeb diets of 2008. First a brief recap of 2007. The picks for 2007 were for the most part right on. As predicted, Kirstie Alley did in fact fall off the wagon with Jenny Craig. No surprise, Ricki Lake continues to shine with her remarkable weight loss success as she adopted some key weight loss behaviors. Capping a remarkable turnaround for 2008, Britney went from the worst celebrity diet list of 2007 to the best celebrity diet list this year proving that you are what you eat.

This brings me to theme for the year in celebrity diets of 2008, specifically that “diets don’t work.” The key to sustainable weight loss is not so much a particular diet but the adoption of the proper lifestyle behaviors. It’s the reason why Oprah can’t achieve sustainable weight loss despite trying multiple diets and having all the resources in the world (personal chef, trainer, Dr Oz etc).

You’ll also noticed that this year’s winners all have one thing in common as they develop their new lifestyle dietary behaviors. They achieved their remarkable slim downs by increasing their intake of veggies and fruits. No crazy fasts, diet pills, supplements or miracle cures. Here’s to 2009 and hopefully you’ll find some inspiration from this year’s crop of winners. Enjoy and be healthy, Dr Marc

Best Celebrity Diets for 2008:
5. Jennifer Love Hewitt: Those unflattering bikini photos seem so long ago as this Ghost Whisperer star has been letting her body speak loud and clear; daily fruits and veggies do a body good.

4. Jessica Alba: Jessica exercised her superhero abilities on a regimen of whole foods, cardio and interval training to power her fantastic 25 pound post-pregnancy slim down.

3. Debra Messing: Eating gracefully, Debra lost 42 pounds of her post-baby weight by sticking to a diet high in unprocessed veggies, fruits and lean protein.

2. Kelly Osbourne: By fixing her refined carb cravings with her new addiction to veggies and fruits, Kelly Osbourne is reborn with a healthy new figure.

1. Britney Spears: Since ditching her “Toxic” junk food diet for veggies and lean protein, Britney is sporting a new outlook and an A-list slim down that has everyone wanting “A Piece of Me.”

And the Worst Celebrity Diets for 2008:
5. Carnie Wilson: Carnie proves that even gastric bypass is not a fix for sabotaging behaviors. Despite her much publicized surgery and weight loss, this Celebrity Fit Club participant regained 58 pounds. (Her yo-yo dieting continues; she most recently lost 50 pounds before her current pregnancy.)

4. Monica Seles: This former tennis star may have lost 33 pounds on a high protein diet but she also increased her risk of chronic disease. Advantage: heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis.

3. Hilary Swank: 47 ways to sub-optimal health. Reportedly downing 47 “million dollar” supplements a day, this Million Dollar Baby star is unwittingly subjecting her body to accelerated aging.

2. Kim Kardashian: Kim has kept her shapely “junk in the trunk” figure with exercise and a gig on Dancing with The Stars. However, her junk food diet will inevitably cause… too much junk.

1. Oprah Winfrey: The queen of media and yo-yo dieter is the poster child for “diets don’t work.” Proper weight loss behaviors and habits should be one of Oprah’s “favorite things.”