Skinny VS Curvy

Gwen Stefani, who recently told us that she puts on her elaborate make-up every day,  covers InStyle UK this month and she also brings by a few quotes on her workout and eating habits:

On maintaining a healthy lifestyle:
“In the past, I was a runner and kick-boxer. I also did weight training. These days, I do Pilates, yoga and a lot of walking – now, it’s more about feeling good than looking good.”

On eating the right foods:
“I’m conscious of what I eat, but sme days I cave and have cookies. On fun nights with the family, my husband cooks amazing things and there will be carbs.”

… says 42 year-old Gwen.

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“I exercise and eat well. I do it so I can indulge every now and then. I can have half a bottle of wine and not sit around thinking, oh my God, all those calories! However, when you’re working and getting up at 4am to train for three hours every day, drinking isn’t what you necessarily want to do. The discipline it takes to keep to that schedule sucks.”

… says Scarlett.

Pictured: The actress at the ” We Bought a Zoo” premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City, New York on December 12, 2011.

A pretty abrasive statement in the title – let’s find out the details from People:

Two months after revealing her new, 100 lbs.-lighter figure, Kirstie Alley is looking svelte and fabulous as ever, despite the pitfalls that come after losing weight.

“Maintenance probably is the hardest part,” Alley, 60, told PEOPLE at last night’s Dancing with the Stars. Her solution? Dancing.

“I dance almost every day,” says Alley, adding that her own run on the show “gave me something that I can do every day that I actually love that doesn’t feel like a hardship or a grind. Come on, getting on a treadmill every day would make me slit my throat.”

And she’s got her former dancing partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy to thank for keeping her exercise tedium at bay.

“To warm up, I do the cha cha that Maks and I did,” she says, adding that her current dance teacher does ballroom fitness with her, which “kicks your ass, it’s crazy.”

To supplement her dancing, Alley uses a weight loss product called Rescue Me that she also promotes. Thanks to it, she says, “I probably have more energy than I’ve ever had in my life.”

Britney Spears recently opened up to Stylist about her favorite food and her biggest challenges – let’s hear her out:

On Her Biggest Challenge: “Trying to get up and go work out in the morning. I haven’t worked out in, like, two weeks. Sometimes it’s hard to be motivated. But once you get up and do it you feel like you’ve conquered the world.”

On Her Favorite Foods: “Chocolate. Definitely chocolate. A lot of chocolate. I love Scores in the States, with the caramel in the middle, and every once in a while if I’m really hungry then a Snickers bar is good. And M&Ms are great, Hershey’s Whoppers are great, Raisinettes… Twixes are great too. And the new Hershey’s Cookies & Cream, too.”

… says Britney.

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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