Skinny VS Curvy

We all love models + their diets stories, so here’s an interesting one that tells us what supermodel Adriana Lima has been doing in order to look like her hot Angel self for this year’s Victoria’s Secret show – from The Daily Mail:

Adriana Lima admits she goes to dramatic lengths to perfect her body in time for the annual show – including working out twice a day and living on a diet of protein shakes made from powdered eggs. The mother-of-one also drinks a staggering gallon of water a day – and no liquids for 12 hours ahead of the show on Wednesday.

Adriana, 30, told The Telegraph: ‘No liquids at all so you dry out, sometimes you can lose up to eight pounds just from that.’

The model has spent countless hours in the gym boxing and lifting weights, working out every day from August and bumping up to twice a day three weeks before hitting the runway. For nine days, she will have no solid foods.

She said: ‘It is really intense, it’s not really the amount of time you spend working out, it’s the intensity: I jump rope, I do boxing, I lift weights, but I get bored doing that. If I am not moving I get bored very easily.’

Wow, it definitely sounds very (too) strict and intense! What do you think about her diet and workout regimen?

See more pictures of Adriana preparing for the show on the next page!

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In 2009, Jaime King was one of the actresses that had the public worried for her extreme weight loss and super skinny figure (picture on the right). We haven’t seen much of her since then, except at an event where she appeared much healthier in 2010 (see the post here) and today, she has an explanation for her yo-yo-ing – from Daily Mail:

Actress Jaime King, 32, admitted that she developed an obsession with having a 20-inch waist in the early Nineties, when the super-skinny heroin-chic look was in vogue (indeed, she did more then just look the part – for a time she even became addicted to the drug).

‘I grew up in Hollywood, and my whole life I’ve believed that I have to look like a 14-year-old.

‘I’ve had this weird expectation that I should weigh 118lb even though I’m 5ft 8½.’

Even today, though she is addressing her problems with a nutritionist, she admits she ‘eats like a toddler’.She says she exists on ‘little bites of lots of different things, like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, turkey bacon, oatmeal and chocolate-covered pretzels.’

Here’s a little food-related quote for you all. Courtney on her eating habits:

“I eat healthy, but I do cheat, on occasion, with pasta or bread and butter. And I do eat a lot of cheese and nuts, which is probably not the best idea.”

Do you consider eating pasta CHEATING?

Olivia Munn is featured in and on Shape Magazine this month, where she talks about her idea of a diet and about believing in the numbers on the scale:

Shape: Obviously, your TV habit isn’t making you pack on weight. In fact, we hear you lost 16 pounds in two months a couple of years ago. How did you do it?
Munn: First, I made up a diet I called, “If I can’t see it, I don’t buy it.” For example, if you buy a roasted chicken at the store, it sounds healthy, right? But those brown juices in the pan are made of what? Sugar? Soy sauce? If I don’t know for sure, it’s not going in my mouth.

Shape:Do you use a scale?
Munn: Absolutely. I need to see the hard numbers in order to stay on track. I don’t believe in the “jeans” test because it’s easy to cheat – I have a pair that fits like sweatpants because I haven’t washed them since 1998! God forbid I’d have to go through the pain of stretching them out again.

… says Olivia.

New mom Jessica Alba recently revealed on Twitter that she started exercising and dieting to lose the baby weight:

“I did my first day of workout since I had the baby, just cardio for 40 min. -it’s a start. Anyone else starting a fitness regimen?(sic) My doc told me I could start after 2 wks. -im going light, stationary bike and elliptical. Start with walking and throw in 3 sets of lunges 20 per leg. U could do it while strolling ur baby. Commit to 10 min a day for a wk then add another 10 until u get up 2 40 min a day. It’s easier to ease into it.(sic)”

As for her diet…

“I would keep ur diet as healthy as possible 6 days a wk and give urself 1 day to indulge.(sic)”

Pictured: Jessica in LA yesterday.