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by Alfa - Losing Weight Zone
10-15-2010

Celebrity Weight Loss

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Jessica Alba’s Diet and Exercise Plan

Jessica Alba is the picture of health and beauty! She is consistently on the top of everyone’s most beautiful list. So, how does this beauty keep her body fit and trim? Read on to find out!

Alba took nutrition and fitness very seriously from a young age. She said, Everyone in my family is heavily overweight. I wanted to be healthier, so I started cooking for myself when I was 12 years old. When I eat breakfast, I’ll have an egg-white omelette and fruit, or cottage cheese and a peach. For lunch, I’ll have a salad. Dinner is usually vegetables and chicken or fish. During the day I’ll have some dried fruit, or I’ll have a chocolate or strawberry frozen yogurt. I don’t really eat desserts or bread.” Alba also exercises control over the amount of food she eats. She keeps carbs and desserts to a minimum but does not fully eliminate them from her diet. “You need to indulge and have that chocolate cake whenever you feel the need,” Jessica advises. She also uses the expertise of Nutrifit founder, Jackie Keller, for diet and nutrition advice. Here is a sample of Jessica Alba’s diet plan, which consists of lean meats, whole grains, low fat cheeses, fruits and veggies:

Breakfast: 1 cup oatmeal with berries with 3-4 scrambled egg whites when working on the film set.
Lunch: Salad with 6 ounces of chicken breast or fish (salmon, tuna).
Dinner: Sashimi or 6 ounces of petit filet of beef or other lean protein with unlimited veggies and 3 small red potatoes.
Snacks: Handful of almonds or hot air popped popcorn.

As for Jessica’s exercise routine, she does cardio every day for 45 minutes to 1 hour. She prefers the treadmill or elliptical, which she does for 10-15 minutes and then moves to floor work which includes 50 lunges and crunches. She goes back to the treadmill or elliptical for another 10 minutes and then moves on to doing 4 nonstop sets of shoulder, bicep and tricep exercises. Alba also does Tae Bo, kickboxing, martial arts. Another important ingredient to her exercise routine is that she constantly changes it to keep her body from adapting. It also helps her maintain motivation.

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Jada Pinkett Smith Diet and Exercise Plan

Jada Pinkett Smith is an all around “do it all” woman. She juggles her own successful career as well as being a wife to the famous, Will Smith, and mother to three children. She not only is a super woman, she looks like one too. How, you ask? Because she keeps fitness and nutrition in the forefront of her and her family’s lifestyle. Read on to find out how she does it.

Jada makes nutrition an integral part of her family’s life. Even though the Smiths are a busy crew (remember Will Smith is a very famous actor and rapper, Jada has her own successful acting career. Add to that daughter Willow’s emerging career as a singer and son Jaden’s success in movies), they still make family dinner a priority. Studies show that family’s that eat together have healthier attitudes toward food and nutrition. She also enforces this basic but important rule for her kids: “I tell them, You have three bottles of water a day, then drink what you want.” This rule in fact does help one lose weight and maintain their health. It is one rule I would recommend if you want to lose weight or just improve your family’s overall health! Some other key things Jada does is to eat a protein rich diet and low GI foods, such as grilled chicken or fish and apples with peanut butter. Finally, Jada does not eat any junk food! This one may be tough for most but if you start by slowly eliminating junk food, over time, you can in fact eliminate those foods from your diet.

As for Jada’s exercise plan, she used to hit the gym and do a lot of weight lifting and cardio. However, she told Cookie magazine that that type of workout no longer motivates her. So, she changed it up – this is key to losing or maintaining weight! If you get bored with your exercise routine, DON’T STOP exercising…Rather, switch it up. Jada chose to move to doing a lot of outside sports. On her Christmas vacation, she focused on cross-country skiing. She also likes to hike and do yoga. Jada admits that sometimes it is very difficult to make it to a yoga class so she will opt for doing yoga at her home and even includes her kids in when exercising. She said, my kids like to join me when I do my fitness exercises. We do a lot of yoga exercises together. It is part of our connection time so I am killing a couple of birds with one stone.” One more thing it does is show kids the importance of exercise and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Bravo, Mrs. Smith!

by Alfa - Losing Weight Zone
10-01-2010

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Drew Carey’s Diet and Exercise Plan

Drew Carey surprised the world when he lost 80 pounds and appeared on the cover of Parade magazine. He started at 262 pounds and is now down to 170 with a goal of losting a total of 92 pounds by Halloween. He is no longer taking medication for type-2 diabetes and is in great shape – so much so that he easily keeps up with his fiancee’s 5-year old! If you have kids, you know what kind of feat that is! So, how did he do it! Read on to find out.

Drew Carey was in detox for the first two weeks of his diet. He was restricted to lean protein, lots of veggies, some fruit and starches and started using vitamins and nutritional supplements. He also drank at least 64 ounces of water a day. At week three he was allowed to choose from a core diet which included about 230 items to choose from including mahi-mahi, lamb, goat cheese and rice. He continues on the diet and keeps carbs to a minimum and eats lots of lean proteins and only drinks water.

Drew worked with trainer, Marc Vahanian, who started him on a fitness routine that included working out six times a week. He started by only doing 30 minutes of light exercise and has progressed over the last six months to doing 45 minutes to 60 minutes of daily aerobic activity. The activities include working on the treadmill or an elliptical machine. He celebrated his new found energy by running a 10k in August! Congrats Mr. Carey and welcome to the wonderful world of diet and exercise and healthy living!

by Alfa - Losing Weight Zone
09-21-2010

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Hugh Jackman’s “X-Men” Workout

Wanna know how this 6′2″ typically lean “Wolverine” gained all that muscle mass in preparation for the X-Men series? Well, his diet was simple: He ate 6 meals a day which were filled with lean proteins and veggies. He took in about 1,000 additional calories above his normal intake during his intense training period. As for his exercise plan, Jackman enlisted the help of trainer, Steve Ramsbottom who put him through phase training. The first phase was to build up mass by lifting weights at different speed intervals. For example, the first lift would be held for a 3-second count, the next a 1-second count and then another with a 4-second count up and down. The second phase of training really focused on strength training where Jackman lifted ultra heavy weights without a speed interval but rather short heavy intervals. When they got close to shooting the film, Jackman lifted weights once a day but also did yoga, pilates, running and stretching. The phases lasted from 6 – 12 weeks and training was 1 – 2 hours a day, 5 days a week. As if that was not enough, Jackman did boot camp training as well!

Here is an outline of his workout:

Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine Workout

Day 1

* Dumbbell Chest Press (Swiss ball and dumbbells required): While holding a pair of dumbbells, get into a table-top position with chest up and back to the floor, and with head resting on a Swiss ball and knees bent (imagine doing bench presses without the bench but using your core muscles and feet to stabilize your weight distribution).Keep hips up and shoulder blades pulled down and back together. Perform 12 reps (pick a weight so the 12th rep is hard); 3 seconds up and 3 seconds down.

* Push-ups: Do immediately after chest press.Keep head in line with the spine and support lower back by pulling belly button into the spine. Can be done from knees or toes. Perform 25 reps (take a break if you have to, but finish 25). Rest 1 minute and repeat Dumbbell Press and Push-ups for 3 sets.

* Lat Pull Downs (modular lat pulldown machine required): With palms facing away from the body, grip hands on the bend of the bar. Pull bar down below chin, keeping shoulder blades pulled down and together. Perform 12 reps; 3 seconds down and 3 seconds up.

* External Shoulder Rotations (tubing required): Do immediately after Lat Pull Downs . Use tubing with palms facing up and elbows in tight to body. Stretch out band, holding elbows at 90 degrees, thumbs outward. Perform 20 reps; 2 seconds out and 2 seconds back. Rest 1 minute and repeat Lat Pulls and External Shoulder Rotations for 3 sets.

* Cable Side Raise (adjustable cable pulley machine required): Grip a cable in front of the body with one arm, with a slight bend in the elbow. Hold posture, keep shoulder blades down and back. Perform 12 reps; 3 seconds down and 3 seconds up. Do other arm immediately.

* Straight Bar Curl (free-standing bar required): Grab bar shoulder-width apart and curl, holding a soft knee bend and without arching back. Perform 12 reps; 3 seconds up and 3 seconds down.

* Close Grip Bar Push-up (free-standing bar and squat rack required): Do immediately after Straight Bar Curl. In a squat rack, set up bar at waist height. Perform a push-up with elbows in tight. Do 12 reps; 5 seconds down and 5 seconds up. Rest 1 minute. Repeat Straight Bar Curls and Close Grip Bar Push-ups for 3 sets.

Day 2

* leg Squat: Slowly lower the body on one leg, bringing the hips back so the front knee does not go beyond the toes and squat until upper thigh is parallel to the ground.Perform 12 reps on each leg; 3 seconds up and 3 seconds down. Rest 1 minute and repeat for 3 sets.

* Balance Board Lunge (extreme or round board is required): Place one foot centred on balance board, back foot on toes behind in a lunge. Slowly bend both back and front knees into a lunge until front thigh is parallel to the ground. Perform 12 reps on each leg; 4 seconds down and 4 seconds up.

* Split Leg Box Jump (do immediately after balance lunge): Plant one foot on top of a box/bench that holds the front knee at 90 degrees. With weight mainly on the top leg, jump and switch legs. Do 30 jumps. Rest 1 minute. Repeat Balance Board Lunge and Split Leg Box Jumps – 3 sets.

* Jack Knife: Start in a push-up position with toes on top of a Swiss ball. Raise hips up slightly and draw the belly-button into the spine. Pull knees up towards chest. Perform 20 reps; 2 seconds in and 2 seconds out.

* Swiss Ball Crunch (do immediately after jack knife): Lie on top of ball with low back supported; pull in belly button to spine. Perform crunch, exhaling as you come up without allowing stomach to “pop up.” Perform 20 reps; 2 seconds up and 2 seconds down. Rest 1 min and repeat Jack Knife and Crunch 3 sets.

Day 3

Do 3 sets of the following exercises with no rest in between.

* Walking Lunges: Hold dumbbells at sides. Step through front heel and bring back knee towards floor. Do 30 steps.

* Push-ups: Do 100.

* Swiss Ball Crunch: Do 50.

* Sprint: Outside or on treadmill, sprint 1 minute at 80 per cent intensity.

* Inch Worms : In a push-up position, take tiny steps so the feet come towards the hands. Keep walking until you feel a gentle stretch through the hamstrings. Do this 30 times.

* Lat Pull Downs : Do 50.

* Stairs: Take every second step. Perform 20 reps (up and down is 1).