Gwyneth Paltrow stays slim with yoga. It can be done anywhere, and gives her that lovely, graceful gait.
Mariah Carey claims her dancing is strenuous exercise, and she gets a great workout on stage.
Beyonce Knowles dances for thirty to forty – five minutes each day and does an amazing five
Reese Witherspoon relies on this tennis ball trick to relax her muscles after a strenuous workout. You can replicate it at home and use it to relax after a day of sitting at a desk.
• Tape two tennis balls together with strong tape and lie on a mat or carpet.
• Place the balls under your back. Roll your body up and down, keeping the balls on either side of the spine. This roll will give you a wonderful massage and take out any knots.
hundred sit ups. She boosts her energy with lots of water. Since she loves to show her great legs on stage, she does twenty leg lunges, holding five pound weights.
Scrubs star Sarah Chalke prefers hiking to the gym. She claims it’s the only calm way to work out, much more so than a crowded gym with loud music. Plus, it really strengthens her lower body.
Catherine Bell doesn’t have time to go to the gym, so she tries to get in out about ten minutes of exercise during studio breaks shooting hoops. She works up a good sweat and feels energized.
Renee Zellweger stretches and lunges to trim her abs and butt. She has literally sculpted her body. She chooses clothing to accentuate her hard work. A pencil skirt gives her a trim lower body and defines her small waist.
Everyone knows that RENEE ZELLWEGER packed on about twenty pounds to star in Bridget Jones’ Diary. She flushed it away by drinking lots of water and following a basic high-protein diet. She ate a fruit salad for breakfast, a green salad for lunch, and then grilled fish for dinner.
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos rates her favorite exercise as swimming, especially the freestyle stroke.
Sarah Jessica Parker bikes in Central Park and maintains her weight by having five to seven mini meals each day. Since she lives in New York, she walks everywhere. To get the most out her walking, Sarah Jessica squeezes her buttocks in each and every step. She believes a gym is not necessary when you’re able to get outdoors.
Christina Applegate spins and keeps her energy up with orange juice.
Jennifer Love Hewitt loves kickboxing because it uses all her muscles and gives her energy.
Julia Roberts’ one big meal of the day is always breakfast. She exercises by losing herself in dancing and jogging. Julia’s favorite food? A big baked potato with fat-free cottage cheese, fresh herbs, and Butter Buds.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler of The Sopranos works her hips and thighs out with lunges. She does them when she brushes her teeth, when she’s memorizing her lines, and even at crossing lights. Try to do ten on each leg, three times a day. She has overcome anorexia and now believes in maintaining a normal weight.
Model/actress Rebecca Romijn-Stamos hates doing ab work so much that she does two hundred crunches at a time, three times a week.
Lie on your back with your hands behind your head. Lift your shoulders and extend your left leg as you bring your right knee in to your chest, touching it with your left elbow. Hold to the count of three. Switch sides and do the same. Do no more than five to ten reps each, especially if you’re just starting out.
Angel star Charisma Carpenter loves healthy foods, especially cottage cheese. She tones her body by playing lots of tennis.
Janet Jackson’s problem was loving to eat, and especially loving to eat out. She even admits to having battled with bulimia and anorexia. She dramatically changed her appearance by switching to a vegetarian-based diet and started running, doing sit-ups, and boxing.
Leeza Gibbons said she prefers homemade beauty remedies to spa getaways so that she can have more time with her kids.
Her favorite recipe is to take a tomato and cut it into thick slices. She allows the juice and seeds to drain and then mashes the pulp with a fork. She applies it to her face, covers it with a warm washcloth, and then sits for fifteen minutes before washing with warm water.
Jenna Elfman credits her body to taking ballet lessons three times a week, drinking ten glasses of water a day, avoiding sugar, and getting nine hours of sleep a night.
Model/actress Lauren Hutton claims that she’s not that disciplined when it comes to exercise. She does a few stretches at home for no more than ten to fifteen minutes and then she walks everywhere at a brisk pace.