Food for Thought
Alicia Silverstone’s Weird Dog Gone Diet
Aug 24th
We all know Alicia loves her dogs, but who would have thought she would have this type of relationship with them??? That’s right, Alicia’s nutrition coach seems to be her dog! She claims that she actually taught her dog to train HER not to midnight snack. She trained her dog to bark on command when she opened the fridge after dark and told him to “speak” and then would reward him with a treat. Eventually, he started to run to the fridge and bark when he saw her heading there, which served as a reminder not to snack.
A clever trick to say the least! However, I think if a dog barked at me every time I opened the fridge, my neighbours would start to complain!
P.S. Alicia Silverstone is a vegetarian. Check out other vegetarian celebrities.
Christie Brinkley’s journal revealed!
Aug 24th
Christie Brinkley finds that keeping a food journal helps to to take charge of her eating habits and ultimately her weight.
There’s no real mystery about this: when you must write down everything that goes in your mouth, it forces you to realize exactly how many calories you consume through out the day. Keeping a journal is also beneficial because you can find patterns in your eating.
For example if you become ravenous at a certain time of the day everyday or if your meals and snacks are spaced too far apart. It can also be helpful to note your frame of mind you are in when you eat or even mention the circumstances. If you begin eating as soon as you get home from work it could indicate a stressful job or it could mean it’s simply just been too long since lunch. A basic food journal will require you to enter the food you ate, number of calories, amount of fat, and how much you consumed.
Throughout the ups and downs of Christie’s relationships in particular, the stress is bound to take toll on her body sometimes. This journal helps her to see her eating patterns, and hopefully her latest divorce doesn’t end her up on the coach eating cookies all night! But with a food journal you’re sure to catch patterns of emotional eating like that, and prevent yourself from eating for the wrong reasons in the future. You’d be suprised at how many of us do it!
To download a free food diary go to Smartcalorie (online diary) or Mealsmatter has a good one too (pdf printout version).
Scarlett Johansson burns fat the “smart” way
Aug 22nd
Scarlett’s a beauty, and she knows it. In fact she pretty much brags about it all the time. She claims she doesn’t diet, nor exercise and basically eats what she wants. Come on, everyone’s gotta burn those calories somehow!
However, there are many rumors and myths about how ‘n when the body does and begins to burn fat. The fact is that the body actually burns fat constantly, in a mixture of fat and carbohydrates. This comes from simply living. Things as breathing, thinking and digestion are all big calorie spenders. Wow, so thinking = burning calories??? I guess brains does equal beauty! And Scar’s got both so it only makes sense…
Lindsey Lohan a Fake
Aug 22nd
Yes a fake baker that is! Lindsey Lohan always looks pretty good (when shes not behind a wheel that is). She’s open about the fact that she fake bakes all the time. She says not only does it help her feel good (as the vitamin D from the rays actually help to promote a sense of well being), however it helps her to look skinny. She says getting a dose of the tanning bed followed by the mystic tan spray gives her silouette a very toned and curvy look. The shading you get from the mystic tan spray on an already darker skin tone creates the illusion that the person is skinnier than they actually are. Nice tip Linds! Or….you can just wear black 
Pamela Anderson brushes her teeth
Aug 16th
Pamela Anderson has this great trick, she just brushes her teeth when she feels the urge to binge on a craving. Another one of Pam’s secrets is that when she’s cooking she chews sugar free gum so then she won’t pick at the ingredients.
