Seventeen magazine recently put together a mash-up of celebrities and the issues they had with their bodies when growing up. As part of their Body Peace Breakthrough campaign, Seventeen edited together comments by Shenae Grimes, Selena Gomez, Whitney Port, AnnaLynne McCord, Jordin Sparks and Katy Perry.

The teen magazine asked the gorgeous celebs what issues they struggled with and how they overcame them. It’s great to see the monthly magazine really getting involved with the issues their readers deal with on a daily basis, and getting the women the teens admire to show them that they too can overcome their insecurities.

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When Whitney Port moved to New York City to work on the reality series The City she learned how walking can be a great form of exercise.  The California native decided to take make the cardio portion of her workouts the walk to and from the gym and then once at the gym she’ll do strength and circuit training.  She said,

“I go to the gym three times a week, but I pretty much only do squats, lunges, and circuit training.”

She said she hardly ever takes a cab and her roundtrip walk to the gym totals 50 minutes.  For her petite frame that is definitely sufficient exercise.  Many people underestimate the power of walking, it is a great exercise that’s easy on the joints and you can go as fast or as slow as you want. To determine how many calories you burn while walking follow this formula:

Your weight x distance = energy used walking

It’s not necessarily the time you walk but it’s the distance so a beginning walker should work on distance first and then try to increase speed by power walking and maybe even someday by jogging.  A simple rule of thumb is 100 calories per mile for a 180 pound person.  So an hour’s walk would burn 400 calories, and that’s not too bad for a stroll around the park.

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Whitney Port, the star who had her life chronicled on the MTV reality show The Hills, and now on City also does her fair share of working out.  She does her exercises with trainer Danny Connolly and she recently wrote on her blog,

“He seriously does wonders!”

When training with Danny, Whitney does the Step-By-Step routine that involves traveling lunges to work the thighs and lower body.  For the upper body she does butt and hips and bicep curls, tricep dips and the weighted ball toss.  Below are a few tips given by trainer Danny on Whitney’s blog:

1. Cross-cable push/pulls. It emphasizes the obliques and core, in addition to working the shoulders, arms and back muscles.

2. The traveling lunge which is a standard trainer favorite.  I utilize them with all of my girls and Whit has benefited greatly from this move. It works thighs, butt and hips.  We always concentrate on keeping her upper body tall and erect to emphasize the abs too.  While they may not be one of her favorites,  Whitney does them perfectly! My form is very strict, or I should say that I am very meticulous about the manner in which I teach THIS move in particular.

3. The weighted ball toss (is) for toning the waistline and shoulders — it’s Whit’s favorite move we do!   We have her concentrate on controlling the momentum aspect.  We keep her arms as straight as possible, too.

4.This move is tough.  It takes a fair amount of upper body strength to lift the lower torso ‘off’ the seat.  This move indirectly targets the arms and shoulders, but is actually an abdominal movement.  It works primarily the lower ab region.

5. Alternating bicep curl. This one is another Whitney favorite.  It is called an alternating bicep curl with the tension bands.  She curls the bands across her body and controls the speed on the way down.

6. Lastly we have the tricep dips on a bench. She does these well every time!  We try to keep her upper body close to the bench as she lifts and lowers her body up and down.  This move works the shoulders and arms really well!

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Whitney Port, of MTV reality TV series The Hills fame and intern at Teen Vogue along with Lauren Conrad, reveals she gained “the freshman 25″ while in college at USC (aka University of Spoiled Children or Special Contacts, take your pick). Now 22, Whitney claimed she had “love handles” and has since slimmed down to 115 pounds.

Whitney Port: Diet
She stays away from carbs, sugar and fried food.

Whitney Port: Workout
She has been working out with fellow cast member Lauren Conrad under the guidance of trainer Del Bene for the past 2 months. She also engages in long walks and bike rides to keep in shape. Now she says “I’m satisfied with my body. I feel healthy and strong.”

Celebrity Diet Doctor Weigh in
The Hollywood formula for success is really quite simple; cut out the junk food and exercise. No detox diets, no Hoodia, no “Oprah” tea, no colon cleansing…. These are short term gimmicks that will not result in any long term weight loss.

Source: Us Magazine