Skinny VS Curvy

Here’s Hilary Duff in her workout clothes, clothes that are tight enough to let us inspect Hilary’s current size and shape.

Hilary’s Body Shape: Even though she doesn’t have particularly large breasts, Hilary is positively a V shape (or reversed triangle / cornet) because she’s got pretty broad shoulders and she always gains weight in her top half first: face, neck, shoulders, upper arms. Even though she’s slim, her collar bones are rarely visible because of her shape.

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Fergie got married a few days ago and today, her wedding picture surfaced!

She’s been working out a lot lately… and now it kinda makes sense: She didn’t choose a puffy, princes-like wedding dress that could hide rolls, bumps, flabby hips, gelly thighs and a bunch of other stuff under it – she chose a very tight mermaid one instead, a dress which showed off her shapely and toned booty. 

How do you like Fergie’s dress / the way the dress looks on her figure / hair / overall look?

I wouldn’t have posted these Amy bikini pictures if I hadn’t seen some improvement, but I’m happy to say:

Looking much healthier and happier!

She definitely left the scary skinny territory behind!

Check out more pictures of Amy after the jump!

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On the left, Alanis in May 2008 during a concert and on the right, Alanis in December 2008. Looks like more than 20 lbs to me, but the second pic (and the ones after the jump) are in a magazine, and we all know what that could mean.

Here are the details of the weight loss story:

“I feel like a 12-year-old!” Alanis Morisette tells OK! of losing 20 pounds on her vegan diet, inspired by Eat to Liveby Dr. Joel Fuhrman. “I’m back to what I was born to be, at my best. I used to get out of bed in the morning and things were aching, and I just thought, this is what happens when you get into your 30s. But now I jump out of bed and have so much energy; I feel very alive.”

“I wasn’t interested in some fad diet that was unsustainable, like ‘lose 10 pounds in two weeks,’ ” she says of why she chose to go the vegan route. “I don’t believe in diets; I think they’re short-term and a bit of an emotional roller-coaster.”

“When I’m out on tour, my shows are so physical that that really takes care of it,” Alanis explains of her exercising regimen. “When I’m not on tour, I do between a half hour to an hour of light weights, running, biking, swimming, probably five times a week. I also love to kickbox and dance.”

As for her boyfriend, attorney Tom Ballanco, he’s always been there for the svelte rocker. “He just cares about my well-being. He thought I was sexy at whatever weight that I’ve been. I’ve never felt loved in that way before.”

Source: OK! Magazine

More pictures of the slimmer Alanis after the jump!

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Here’s  part of Elle Magazine’s interview with Kate Winslet that you might find interesting:

Forget trainers and two-hour gym workouts. Kate Winslet has another secret to her movie-star figure: 20 minutes and a DVD. Winslet, who at 33 is a slim size 6 (UK size 10), tells the UK edition of Elle that “I don’t go to the gym because I don’t have time, but I do Pilates workout DVDs for 20 minutes or more every day at home.”

And, Winslet says, she’s been the same since she had her second child, Joe, five years ago. “I still don’t believe this craziness for being skinny, but I eat sensibly and I don’t stuff down chocolate biscuits,” she tells the magazine in its February edition.

Despite a set of stunning, sexy shots in Elle that show off her body, she is modest about her shape, calling herself “pretty average.” She adds, “I have cellulite, I have a rumply tummy and my boobs have dropped. I did think that post-kids, my sex scenes days were over.”

Far from it. Both her current movies – Revolutionary Road, directed by her second husband Sam Mendes, 43, and costarring Leonardo DiCaprio, and The Reader – contain sex scenes.

Thoughts?

Even though she has lost some weight and toned up in 2008 (which resulted in a admirable bikini body), Kim Kardashian is still on a workout mission. Her resolution for 2009?

To just tone up more and continue to get in shape. Last year I was trying to give up sweets but broke that resolution a little!”

P.S.: On an unrelated note, is her nose looking different or am I imagining things?

According to Debra’s words in Shape Magazine, she dropped all her baby weight in 3 years – here is what she had to say about the process:

Everyone knows that dropping your pregnancy weight is tough. Debra tried to do it while the entire world was watching. “It was written about in the tabloids a lot,” she says of her post-baby body. “On one page it showed all the actresses who got skinny in six weeks or less, and on the other page was me! I was so depressed and frustrated.”

It wasn’t that she didn’t try to lose the extra 42 pounds. Right after her son was born, Debra went to a personal trainer. “It helped me drop the first few pounds, but I was exhausted! I couldn’t work out three hours a day and do my job as a mother and an actress. So I took the pressure off: I cut back on seeing the trainer but started eating healthier.” It took her three years, but she got back to her pre-baby weight. “Ultimately I’m very proud of how I dropped the weight because I think it was the healthy approach,” she says. “I’ve finally taken ownership of my body.”

 

At request, here’s famous chef and writer Giada de Laurentiis on the cover (and inside) December’s issue of Self Magazine.

Not only is she looking great on the cover in a bandage dress, showing off a petite hourglass figure (with an impossibly slim waist), but she’s also talking about healthy eating and healthy cooking. Here are some of Giada’s tips!

“Food is not the enemy!” De Laurentiis says. “It’s not food; it’s how much you eat. I eat pasta, but a small portion, not a giant one, and I eat more greens than carbs.” Though she watches portions, she doesn’t bother with exact measurements. “A good gauge is to think in terms of an appetizer-sized plate rather than dinner-sized. Then tell yourself that you’ll savor every bite.”

“Morning workouts, every day, are the best thing for me. I do yoga, which I got into while I was pregnant, or a half hour on the elliptical and 20 minutes on the treadmill. Getting up and getting my blood going gives me energy for the whole day.”

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Here is Dita in her impossibly high heels, with her flawlessly styles hair wearing 2 fabulous ensembles and looking, as always, like  Hollywood diva from the 50’s. As for her figure and looks, Dita recently said in an interview:

“I haven’t had any other plastic surgery, or any Botox. But I will always admit to everything I’ve done. Whatever I have, if someone else wants it, they should be able to paint it on, too. I’m not trying to pretend that I’m practically perfect in every way,” she says in a singsong voice, “and I’m naturally this way and oh no, I never have to work out and I can eat whatever I want… This drives me insane when I hear this! And I’m sure it drives other women insane too. I’m telling the truth: I work out really hard, I eat what I want to eat to a degree without dieting, and…” A Stepford smile. “I’m manufactured, and proud of it. I’m proud of what I created – ’cause I feel like I’m my own canvas, my own art piece.”

 

In case you were ever wondering “What does Kate Beckinsale do to look that good?”, yet you weren’t interested to read the same old high in protein / low in carbs, generic diet that tabloids claim all celebrities with skinny bodies follow, here are Kate’s own words about what she does to look like her fit and fab self:

Kate Beckinsale admits she isn’t always confident about her body. “I’m entirely normal. I have my good days and my bad days,” she tells the December issue of British Elle. “I am a lot more body confident now I’m in my 30s and am in better shape, too.” When she was in her 20s, she says she “didn’t have a clue” about healthy eating. “I’d eat a small breakfast and lunch and then have a baked potato for dinner and feel really horrible,” she says. “Now my typical daily diet is eggs or oatmeal for breakfast, a chicken or vegetable wrap for lunch, then fish and vegetables for dinner.

“But if someone turns up with cupcakes mid-afternoon, I’ll have one,” she continues. “I’m not aiming to be Gisele. And I’d hate to be one of those people who won’t allow themselves a slice of birthday cake.” She says she is “amazed that people obsess over my body image so much. Why do we encourage this war on women’s bodies? It’s a horrendous way to live, and I refuse to.” Going to the gym can be tough, she admits.

“I just can’t make it part of my daily life,” says the star. “I go to the gym when I have to, and if I have to bulk up or slim down for a film, I will. “I’ve recently got back into exercising four times a week. I run for half an hour at a time but never outdoors, as I don’t exercise in public,” she says. “My gym’s in my garage at home.”

Source: Elle UK