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    How to Make Celebrity Diet Secrets Work for You!




    How do they do it? We mere mortals seem to struggle with every bite while celebs maintain their perfect shapes. To find out, we enlisted the help of John Stewart, the owner of Sunfare, a food delivery service that works with many of Hollywood's A-listers. John shared five celebrity diet secrets with us.


    1. Speed up your metabolism by eating five small meals: breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner bedtime snack. Yes - a bedtime snack! It keeps your metabolism working while you sleep. And remember - this isn't a license to pig out! Read on for how to eat!


    2. Each meal should have a balanced ratio of 30% protein, 40% carbs and 30% fats. Yes, fats! But good fats - nuts, avocado, olive oil and so on. Fats play an important role in keeping you feeling full and satisfied as well as regulating how much sugar is released into the blood stream.


    3. Spice up lean protein. Diet foods don't have to be bland and boring. Add flavor so you'll enjoy what you're eating. Lemon on your salmon. Herbs, spice, salsas. The possibilities are endless! And you just might like it so much you'll stop thinking of it as "diet food."


    4. Drink lots of water - 80 ounces a day. That's ten 8 ounce glasses. Besides keeping you hydrated, water can curb your hunger pangs. Drinking it before a meal can take the edge off your hunger. And drinking it with your meal can help fill you up.


    5. Plan ahead. Don't wait until you're hungry to decide what to eat. That only leads to bad choices! When you're making dinner, cook a little extra for another meal or snack. You'll be amazed at how well you eat when you're not grabbing for everything in the fridge!


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    105 comments

    • Anika  •  1 year 8 months ago
      OK, the best idea for eating what you want and stay slim or slimmer.....
      READY???
      A big bowl of ice-cream every night before going in bed. That's what I do forever and gained total 10 pounds and that's cause had 2 kids during that time. There you have it and most importantly.........enjoy!!
    • HOOTIE-MAN  •  1 year 8 months ago
      Celebrity diet my butt....these arrogant and self centered so called celebs are full of crap so they are never ever hungry....on the food these self centered b------ s throw away the world could eat for weeks
    • lesliew  •  1 year 8 months ago
      They are talking about 5 small meals. You cannot stuff yourself 5x a day and expect to lose weight. It does raise your metabolism to the point that after a week or so your body knows you are due for that next meal. If you stick with it within a few weeks you will see a difference on the scale. It burns more efficiently causing you to lose weight. It does work.
    • Eric  •  1 year 8 months ago
      Eating multiple times a day does not speed up your metabolism, but it does a great job of keeping you hungry all day and night.
    • Nell  •  1 year 8 months ago
      eat fresh subway is a great diet
    • AdamantiumMagnolia  •  1 year 8 months ago
      (Serves 4)

      Healthy Cheeseburger (for meat eaters)

      1 1lb pkg 90/10 ground meat
      1/2 envelop Taco seasoning mix
      combine well and form into 4 patties, grill to desired doneness

      Wheat or multigrain hamburger bun

      mustard
      greens (spinach, romaine, or whatever hasn't been recalled this week)
      tomato
      onions
      or other veggies of your choice

      ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      For the vegetarians, substitute a meat substitute patty of your choice for the hamburger
    • Matt  •  1 year 8 months ago
      5 meals a day. Get real buddy. 2 is more then enough. people eat to much already.
    • asdf  •  1 year 8 months ago
      This crap pisses me off...yesterday yahoo had some tool telling us that snacking late at night will make you fat, now we have another tool telling us its okay to snack at night? I eat when I'm hungry...not starve. I've been a healthy 115-120lbs since high school and I'm 38..been pregnant.... I admit I eat junk ( a lot!) but I love to walk about 3 miles a day.
    • Brett Dawson  •  1 year 8 months ago
      When he said "eat 5 meals a day", he meant eat 5 SMALL meals a day. You should always go for the serving size on the nutrition label. Im currently on a diet (although I don't like to call it a diet, I like to call it eating the right way) and I also run about 2 miles everyday. I keep it simple. I will break down my rules for you:

      1. Don't drink all of your allotted calories (I prefer to drink minute maid light [15 calories per serving, plus it tastes good], Powerade with the white label [its zero calories] and water. Occasionally, I splurge and have pop or kool-aid. The reason I don't drink too many calories is because the less calories I drink, the more room I have to splurge for a late night snack or something unhealthy.

      2. Don't eat or drink too much dairy. Dairy products are almost all fat (hell, that's why they taste so good!). You only need about 2 servings of dairy products per day (if you are pregnant, you should have 3). I usually only have milk with my cereal every morning, and I'll eat cheese only on salad.

      3. Try to replace high calorie condiments. I love to eat cheeseburgers. I still eat a lot of cheeseburgers even though Im on a diet. Before my diet, I would put mayo and ketchup, along with mustard on my burgers. I now only use ketchup and mustard. (For those of you wondering, I don't put cheese on my hamburgers anymore either). If mayo is required for a sandwich (or whatever you are making) see if you can replace it with salad dressing. Mayo is 100 calories per tablespoon, and all of those calories are from fat. Salad dressing is 70 calories per tablespoon, 60 calories from fat. I know that doesn't sound like a lot, but at the end of the day, cutting corners like this can really add up.

      4. Try to eat a salad everyday. I always eat salad in place of my lunch. Just remember to not put very much cheese or salad dressing on your salad, because it adds up quickly, and before you know it you are better off eating a big mac. I like to use a little cheese on my salad, but I put a lot of meat on it to make it taste good.

      5. Eat fruit everyday. Fruit tastes great. Fruit is healthy. Fruit replaces high calorie, high fat snacks too.

      6. My final diet tip is to eat every food group every day. If you don't know how much you should eat, always remember to go by the serving size on the nutrition label, and also look at a food pyramid.

      You should also get some exercise. I like to run 2 miles a day (its not really that bad, I know people who do 5 miles everyday). You should lose about 100 calories per mile RUN OR WALK. Basically, just go outside in this beautiful weather and run or walk for a half hour or so. It really isn't that bad.
      Those are my tips for losing weight. I don't want to sound egocentric, but I think I did a better job than the guy in the video.
    • Penn  •  1 year 8 months ago
      Best diet tip...don't pay attention to these kinds of articles and the "experts". Always talking about food makes you hungry. Just exercise and eat less.
    • riptothemacs  •  1 year 7 months ago
      well i 'll try it be cauce i try everything.
    • eric  •  1 year 8 months ago
      No you shouldn't eat many meals throughout the day. This has been publicized way too much and people have just run with it thinking it's the "proper way to eat" especially for losing weight. Your metabolism doesn't kick in like a furnace to burn that many more calories--it's negligible-- the actual amount of calories you burn from the digestion process--less than 50 kcals. You will be putting in more kcals than you actually burn from constantly digesting--it doesn't compute! The benefit of this is that people should snack ONLY on good foods like fruits, veggies and nuts--the problem is most people don't. On top of that, unless you are pre-diabetic or diabetic or are not eating at the right times, right foods, or right portion sizes, eating multiple meals a day is not healthy or practical for most everyone. If people can learn to eat ONLY when they are hungry and stop when they are ONLY about 80% full then everything will fall into place. From the beginning of time until less than just 50 years ago we ONLY ate when we were hungry. ONLY the rich could eat all day because they could afford it. Look back,very rarely did you ever see a poor fat person. Only now cheap food is everywhere--we don't have to hunt, toil in the fields or scavenge for food anymore for the most part in the Western World So why shouldn't we eat 5,8,10 times per day? It causes your stomach to continue to pump out gastric juices(acid) which causes GI distress, wearing down the lining of both the stomach and esophagus. Inevitably leading to cancer in either or both. He's got it wrong again...Also, you shouldn't eat right before you go to bed because HGH(Human Growth Hormone)is what will make you lose weight during your sleep and it gets inhibited by many things such as getting to sleep later than 12pm, sleeping less than 7 hours/night and yes, eating 30 minutes before you go to sleep, specifically 2-4 hours before bed. Wrong again on your carb intake, you need more than 40% in your diet. The ratio should be more like 20protein/60carbs/20fats. Too much protein is hard on the kidneys and liver. It is the hardest energy source for our bodies to break down. People who exercise a lot and want to maintain their lean muscle mass need a little more protein and carbs. Yes good fats are good for you and can actually help you metabolize more fat to lose fat weight, however it is difficult to eat 30% of your daily intake from ONLY good fats. Another celebrity"guru" who gets air-time--a little knowledge really can be dangerous.
    • eric  •  1 year 8 months ago
      By the way eating doesn't increase your metabolism, moderate steady physical activity/exercise increases your metabolism by, among a host of other things, excreting the proper hormones such as HGH, and testosterone. I could go on and on, but why bother. Celebs are "thin", notice I didn't say healthy, because they have the money to have everyone do everything for them, unlike 99.999999% of the population.
    • MG  •  1 year 8 months ago
      Anyone who mentions 8-10 glasses of water a day as a weight loss measure loses all credibility with me. If I eat carbs including fruit for breakfast I'm hungry all day. Proteins and fats will satisfy me with less calories because I won't be hungry again for longer. I don't think it matters what time of the day you eat but what the total caloric intake is. I don't eat late at night because it's uncomfortable to sleep with food in my stomach. If you snack all day you may feel like you never had a meal and ultimately intake too many calories.
    • AvgCitzn  •  1 year 8 months ago
      This is similar to the Zone diet.
      I started it about 2 weeks ago and have lost 6 lbs so far despite not staying on it well over both weekends. Better yet, I feel great and unlike many diets, I'm rarely hungry.
      The key is the eating 3 smaller meals and 2 snacks. I used to snack late at night while watching TV, but I would eat the wrong things (way too many carbs). The measured snacks keeps you satisfied. With the right ration of protein, carbs and fats, controlling how much and having the 5 small meals, the insulin is controlled and your not hungary.

      And, its something you can adopt and continue after you get your weight off.
    • big dee  •  1 year 8 months ago
      what there stating here sounds exactly like the zone diet
    • Lulu47  •  1 year 8 months ago
      I STARTED LOSING WEIGHT AT THE END OF JAN....IT WAS BECAUSE OF A SHOW I HAD SEEN ON DOC OZ ABOUT ALL THE SUGAR AMERICANS CONSUME....I WAS ALWAYS DRINKING A GALLON OF SWEET TEA WITH 2&1/2 CUPS OF SUGAR. EVERY 3 OR 4 DAYS ID MAKE ANOTHER GALLON.....I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH MY DOC THAT I ALSO WANTED TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT & HER ADVICE WAS :YOU NEED TO EAT SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY! WHEN YOUR RUNNING ON EMPTY YOUR BODY IS NOT GONNA RUN RIGHT...AND YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO BURN . LONG STORY SHORT....I HAVE LOST 15 PDS AT A VERY SLOW RATE & I FEEL & LOOK GREAT!
    • Giant Banana Woman  •  1 year 8 months ago
      what a joke

      "eat 5 meals throughout the day"

      "eat before bed to speed up your metabolism"

      makes me wonder why obesity has multiplied since this dietary advice because the norm.

      I myself lost weight eating 3 big fat meals.

      Dumb person:
      "oh no, if i dont eat every 3 hours my body is gonna store fat because it thinks im starving"
      FYI: your body is wont starve to death if you don't eat every 3 hours, and if it was starving you wouldn't hold on to body fat. you would actually use it up"
    • chris  •  1 year 8 months ago
      Drinking water before meals is a good habit. However, I read that it's best not to drink fluids with a meal, and, if necessary, not to drink more than one ounce of water per four ounces of solid consumption. And, then, to wait, at least an hour before drinking more water. The reason being is that the stomach is given the opportunity to process the nutrition out of the food. Otherwise, the water that the food is floating in ends up being processed quickly out of the intestines along with the majority of its nutrients. With the microwaving of foods which kills ALL the nutrients in the food and the gulping of water with foods, it's no wonder that so many people are lacking proper nutrition. It's bad enough that the food industry has so many poisons in our foods, to begin with. Also, when promoting salsas, please, recommend homemade ones. The store ones are loaded with Sodium. People would easily drop 20 lbs. if they were to cut back on foods that were high on Sodium. I was forced to eliminate a lot of Sodium from my diet for TWO whole weeks. I thought I was going to die, even though I did lose 20 lbs. However, again, if going to eliminate Sodium altogether, one should take an iodide supplement (ask dr. for dosage) so that thyroid problems don't develop. Other than the drinking of water with food and not specifying homemade salsa, I give your article a thumbs up!
    • bob  •  1 year 8 months ago
      i am 6'1" 170lbs... i eat half a dozen doughnuts or half a pizza as a "midnight snack" ... if you want to be skinny, go ride a bike!! alot!!! like 4 hours a day!!! youll burn like 800 calories an hour!!!