Diet Secrets of the Rich, Famous and Fabulous!

#15 Alicia Silverstone

 
Many celebrities have gone vegan or vegetarian only to abandon those beliefs during their pregnancies but not Alicia Silverstone. The new mom followed The Kind Diet long before son Bear Blu came along. Alicia remains true to the vegan lifestyle and swears it helped her lose weight. Alicia breaks veganism into three stages: the first, "Flirting," is the perfect "trial run" to see if a vegan lifestyle is right for you. Warning: this is a serious lifestyle change that can truly extend to every portion of your life. It's a lot to handle, especially with everything else on a new mom's plate.
 

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15: Alicia Silverstone
Many celebrities have gone vegan or vegetarian only to abandon those beliefs during their pregnancies but not Alicia Silverstone. The new mom followed The Kind Diet long before son Bear Blu came along. Alicia remains true to the vegan lifestyle and swears it helped her lose weight. Alicia breaks veganism into three stages: the first, "Flirting," is the perfect "trial run" to see if a vegan lifestyle is right for you. Warning: this is a serious lifestyle change that can truly extend to every portion of your life. It's a lot to handle, especially with everything else on a new mom's plate.
14: Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey follows the Jenny Craig diet and made headlines when she dropped her baby weight with the diet program after her twins Moroccan and Monroe last year. The program is great for new moms that struggle with portion control because it takes the guesswork out of dieting via a pre-packaged meal/snack plan. Members are encouraged to supplement the Jenny meals with fresh fruits and vegetables so hunger is never an issue -- another plus for new moms who are learning how to just eat for one again!
13: Nicole Kidman
Nikky says she follows The South Beach Diet, “a food-lover’s diet." Divided into three phases -- the first two are the most strict -- the program is said to eliminate cravings, kick start weight loss and maintain for life. While there’s no counting calories or strict portion sizes, followers must say goodbye to bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, baked goods, and fruit – at least for the first two weeks. Relatively simple in principle, it replaces “bad carbs” and “bad fats” with “good carbs” and “good fats."
12: Audrina Patridge
Beautiful Audrina sticks with the Sunfare diet, another plan delivered straight to your doorstep. It offers three personalized meals and two snacks that are tailored to your tastes and goals. There’s no menu planning, shopping or cooking involved. Amen to cutting out the guesswork! “When I want to kick it up a notch, I get Sunfare meals delivered,” says Audrina Patridge. “I eat 1,100 to 1,200 calories per day, mainly lean protein, lots of green leafy veggies and low carbs.” We're a believer!
11: Sofia Vergara
Sofia is a devotee of Freshology. It is a calorie-controlled, low-carb, high-protein, all-natural gourmet meals delivered straight to your front door. Said to be the “Diet Plan of Choice for the Dancing with the Stars Celebrities," meal plans start at $48 a day. “The food is good and I don’t have to think about it!” says sultry star Sofia Vergara. But the best part? You’ll even get dessert.
10: Nicole Richie
Nicole Richie and the rest of Hollywood is juiced over this six-juices-a-day, 1,200-calorie intense cleanse. While on the Pressed Juicery diet, adherents receive a daily supply of juices specially delivered every morning. Each fresh, nutrient-packed drink is designed to replace meals and snacks, and all alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine should be avoided. “I drink these between meals to be sure I’m getting everything I need,” says Nicole. “I don’t go a day without a Greens Juice – kale, spinach, celery, cucumber and romaine. It’s really good!”
9: Jennifer Aniston
Jenny A follows the legendary Zone Diet. Jenny gets 40 percent of her daily total caloric intake from carbohydrates, 30 percent from carbs and 30 percent from fats. According to the author of the diet it balances the correct amount of amino acids with carbs helps control the appetite to prevent over-eating. Followers eat three portion-controlled meals and two snacks a day, preventing you from getting too hungry. Obviously, it's working Very, Very Well for Jenny.
8: Olivia Munn
Olivia, sweet Olivia, is an adherent of The Fresh Diet. The Fresh Diet delivers gourmet chef-prepared meals directly to your doorstep. Supposedly, it tastes so good you don’t even know you’re on a diet. Meals are customized according to your weight loss goals, exercise amount, food likes and dislikes, and also offers gluten-free and vegetarian options.
7: Eva Mendes
The gorgeous Eve Mendes is an acolyte of the 5-factor diet. The “five” in the 5 Factor Diet comes from the number of elements each meal should include – protein, complex carbs, fiber, fat and fluids. Followers eat five meals a day with recipes that contain no more than five ingredients. One cheat day is allowed per week where you can eat anything – and everything – you like, guilt free. Looks like it certainly work for Eve! Hey, Eve! If you ever need an Adam...
6: Christie Brinkley
Christie! Oh, my. Looking so good for so very long. Christie maintains her all-American good looks by being a vegetarian. She does not keep junk foods of any kind inside her home to make sure that she does not eat them when cravings occur. She snacks on sweet potatoes in place of candy bars and she adopts a liquid juice diet when she needs to slim down fast.
5: Claudia Schiffer
The German supermodel eats mostly salad and steamed vegetables for dinner and eats only fruits before the afternoon. While she's on locations, she prefers to eat black grapes and drinks tomato juice and herbal tea. Claudia: Such concentration! ...And it certainly pays off.
4: Gwyneth Paltrow
Many people may find it hard to believe that the perpetually slim Academy award-winning actress actually needs to diet. Gwyneth actually follows a healthy eating plan that's a lot like Oprah's, avoiding sugar and white flour. She usually follows a macrobiotic diet that includes eating foods like vegetables, brown rice and lean meat. She also eliminated dairy from her diet, and does yoga everyday.
3: Jennifer Aniston
The star of the big and small screens, Jenny mesmerizes audiences with her adorable comic sense. And ... she is also known for having one of the sexiest bodies in Hollywood. She appears on countless magazine covers. To stay trim, Jennifer follows the 40:30:30 diet method that contains of... 1/ 40% Low glycemic carbohydrates, foods such as beans, fruits and vegetables, legumes. 2/ 30% lean proteins such as tofu, fish, chicken, turkey, beef and low fat dairy products. 3/ 30% essential fats such as nuts and seeds, fish and olive oils. It is essential that every meal should contain macronutrients to attain the balance of hormones and maximum weight loss.
2: Oprah Winfrey
As the most successful talk-show hosts in the world, Oprah needs to maintain her physical appearance for her millions of audiences. Constantly battling weight gain, she has recently toned up her figure. She looks tremendous at age 50 by combining a regular exercise regime and diet plan. Oprah works out five days a week, spending 30 minutes on the treadmill and doing free weights. Her eating plan consists of low-fat beans, fish, nuts, fruits and vegetables, chicken and dairy products. Oprah limits her consumption of white sugar and flour and credits her trim figure to her habit of not eating anything after seven in the evening.
1: Kate Hudson
Let's face it: As Goldie Hawn's daughter, Kate Hudson had a significant head start in being beautiful and glamorous. That doens't meet Katie doesn't have to put in an effort. Here's how: The gorgeous actress gained 60 pounds during her pregnancy which she needed to shed quickly before commencing on her next film. Her eating plan is based on a higher protein diet that she consumes in smaller portions. Katie combines this diet with an exercise program including weight training and cardiovascular workouts. After getting a lot of flak because of her post-pregnancy figure, Kate removed all that baby weight in only four months and has gained abdominal muscles that gained the envy of many in Hollywood. Oh, yeah. We second that.