Lily Allen Lost Weight Because of Heart Murmur
Yet another story about Lily Allen’s weight loss has emerged… (sounds like SOMEONE is milking the press for all they are worth!) Anyway, the latest news is that Lily decided to lose weight after being diagnosed with a heart murmur during a routine doctor visit.
Lily decided it was a wake-up call, and that is when she started going for hypnosis treatments and working out. She claims to do at least three “hardcore routines” per week now, and has cut back on alcohol and sweets.
“I used to love nothing more than sitting in front of the telly with two packets of Ginger Nuts and two bags of milk bottle sweets - and I’d devour the lot.
But this heart thing has made me cut back on all that kind of crap. I now find that, because I am looking after myself, I don’t feel like eating the bad stuff so much.”
She told Grazia magazine: “I really want to stress that I haven’t done this because I want to become some skinny minnie - I will never be like that.”
Sounds reasonable to me! If you are telling the truth, Lily, good for you! We will be watching and waiting to see if you do end up getting down to toothpick proportions… (insert evil laugh here).
87 Responses to “Lily Allen Lost Weight Because of Heart Murmur”
By poops on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Lily Allen lost weight because she can’t stop talking long enough to insert food. It’s a wonder she was ever overweight.
By jackie on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
she looks ok now
By Alice on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Oh yeah, that’s why she’s doing - of course. And that myspace post about researching liposuction and feeling shitter than Amy Winehouse has nothing to do with it.
I don’t like this girl, to be honest. She’s chavvy, she has a HORRID dress sense, her music isn’t all that and she’s kind of weird looking.
By apricotmuffins on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
She was never even CLOSE to overweight.
Good for her for taking up excercise purely for health reasons instead of vanity. If that is the case, that is…
By Jozee on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
She’s full of it. She’s a tryhard (to be one-of-a-kind). If music rather than physical appearance is what she’s all about then we should be hearing more about that then her weight.
By Kate on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
A heart condition is a symptom, not a diagnosis. A good portion of the population lives a full healthy life despite having a murmur.
If she honestly lost weight for health reasons she would have quit smoking, too. Smoking is much worse for your heart than extra weight.
By breads on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
lies
if that was true she should have quit smoking on the spot, so she is as vain as the women she trashes, wish she had the balls (so to speak) to just admit that
By blabla on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
:)))))))))))))))))))))))))… that’s hilarious. i don’t belive this girl she’s such a hipocryte.. and she’s even embarrassed to admitt she doesn’t like being a pig and that that’s why she’s dieting. i’ll bet when she’s alone she gets drunk and weeps over keira knightley pictures:P
By Kate on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
In the above comment, the first sentence should read, “A heart murmur is a symptom, not a diagnosis.”
By Sacharomyces cerevisiae on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Liar liar pants on fire! can she diet her way to oblivion now please?
By Jodi on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Alice, what is “chavvy”?
By BoBeffi on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Gee, wasn’t it hypnosis last time?
By Bella E on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
This girl just needs to admit that she has a horrible self body image and had lipo instead of trying to come up with “medical excuses” as to why she lost weight. Remember when she did that lame confession on her myspace page about how she wanted lipo because she was so fat…blah…crying, well now you got it, admit it Lily.
By Kate on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
A diet will not get rid of a heart murmur and was not caused by poor eating habits in the first place……
By Audiohairband on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Muhahahahahahhah indeed. mmm milkbottlesweets though.
Whatever shes doing is working so good for her right ?
By Erene on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
I LOVE what she’s wearing! She’s never been fat or overweight!!! And you can’t always believe what you read
By Asuka on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
I think it’s a British slang for someone who’s obsessed with designer clothes, or anything expensive, but I’m sure our British friends can explain it better.
I love Lily, but I wish she’d stop talking about her weight, even if she was asked about it, she could choose not to comment.
By Maxx05 on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
She is very annoying.
By Chop_Chop on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
My god she was such a chunk before. She just didnt dress like K.Clarkson for everyone to see how chunkafied she was. (wasnt quite as big/sloppy as the fat k.c…but anyway….
She looks totally cute in this dress. I do want to see her get pixie thin. She looks o.k. now..but pixie thin would look fabulous on her. I bet she would dress it well too.Who cares why she does it. Its her life. I think everyone who loses wt has logical and vanity reasons to go about the mission..Nobody likes being a fat slob.
If they loved it so much they would freak out defending the “curves” . And thats the truth!
;)
By Cossey on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
I’d let her blow me….that’s it!
By Jodi on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Cossey! I just LOL through a mouthful of Diet Dr Pepper!
By jade.... on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
chavvy is a person who listens to ridiculous dance music, wears fake burberry and gold chains, tucks there socks into there tracksuit bottoms coz they think it looks good and just general stupidity, very frowned upon here in england……..oh and usually teenagers.
By Karma on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
I’m still trying to figure out what the hell Ginger Nuts and Milk Bottle Sweets are! Maybe I’ll google it..
By amma on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Aaaah….riiiight. Yeah. So, my grandmother my mother and myself all have an obviously inherited heart murmur. I’m assuming there are different types but not a single doctor has ever said anything about losing weight, not losing weight….blah, blah, blah. It’s a term that means nothing other than “we hear an extra noise when we listen.” So then they rule out leaky valves, etc and say “you have a heart murmur.”
Anyway, I used to like her but she’s so full of crap. I know she’s young but geeeez. How about quitting smoking if you’re worried about your health?… and just admitting it’s hard to be a young woman in the spotlight with all the pressure?
By Cassie on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
She is sort of queen of the chavs.. that´s right… But she´s still kinda cute. I like her even though I dislike her too a little bit..
By breads on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
adult chavs do exist too they usually dominate council estates , they do also listen to hip-hip, garage, grime and R&B (think eminem)
pushing prams before they hit 17yrs old, huge gold hop earings, lots of gold rings all fake like jade said, language like the bottom of a cesspit
hang around shopping centre’s instead of going to school, usually jobless and scamming the benefit system
they live in tracksuits and sports wear, female who wear their hair too tight in a pony tail that they have a facelift etc
but not all are bad, some may dress like a chav but are just decent good people
By kiki on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
When I first read the title I thought it meant that she was saying she had a heart murmur and therefore it caused her to lose weight…. I was like that’s a new one… the celebs have moved on from claiming it was due to exhaustion, thyroid etc. and now a heart murmur… haha.
By Frankie on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
she looks good here
By andrea on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
The whole explanation of “chavvy” just has me more confused. I guess I have nothing to compare it to where I’m from.
A heart murmur is a symptom, usually of either stenosis (failure to open) or insufficiency (failure to close) of one of your heart valves. There are other causes that you see in infants, but without correction they don’t make it to adulthood. Lots of things cause valve problems, from lifestyle to genetics to infections (strep group A, for example, but that’s a long story).
If someone weighed 400 pounds and had a heart murmur, that would be one more thing on the list we’d use to try to get that person to lose weight.
If you are a healthy weight, I can’t think of a medical reason to push you to lose weight, murmur or no. Many healthy people SMOKE, as many of you astute readers mentioned earlier, and if this murmur thing is true her doctor ABSOLUTELY would have told her to quit smoking. He should do that every time he sees her REGARDLESS of her health otherwise.
Skinny but sedentary people can benefit from exercise, because exercise is good for you; humans aren’t meant to sit on the couch all day eating whatever the hell it is she’s talking about. Her doctor may have told her to be more active, if the murmur is low grade. ? I dunno, but smoking cessation counseling def. took place. You’d be surprised how many people will do ANYTHING but quit.
also, That dress is hideous, but her face is pretty. Not for long, though, with the smoking.
By Ashley on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
She looks good, I saw a picture of her in a pink dress on another blog and she totally has lost weight.
By Audiohairband on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
She was close to being overweight actually i think she was, im guessing a UK size 14 at her biggest.
By KT on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
she always looks the same. at least her arms never change shes not fat just in really bad shape.
By Annie on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
I think that “chavvy” might be similar to “ghetto” in the US.
Like many others already posted, please don’t tell me you’re concerned about 10 or 15 lbs while inhaling a cigarette. It’s obviously much worse for the body when one smokes, rather than carry around a few extra pounds (the exception is obesity - obesity is just as dangerous as smoking).
By Jemm on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
I think she looks great! That dress is gorgeous. I love the way she dresses - very quirky-kitschy sorta feel.
And no, I don’t think she looks fat at all. This is how a woman should look like.
By n on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
I have a heart murmur and was told to watch my caffeine intake never once to lose weight or exercise.
By Pet Peeve on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
From the definitions of “chavvy” I’m hearing from the Brits, I’m forming the impression that it is equivalent to what we ameicans call “ghetto-fabulous”
By Asuka on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Yeah, I’m with the camp that says bs on this one. Caring for your heart and smoking are not compatible concerns.
Anyway, thanks for enlightening me on the whole Chav thing. Boy, was I wrong in thinking chavs were like nouveau riche.
Lily definitely seems to be having a bad case of ‘foot in the mouth’ right now. Give her some time and she’ll finally figure out that her statements are very contradictory and do not benefit her in the long run.
By lambman on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
talentless, whiney and fug at any weight.
By mrs. norton on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
why would she not want to be skinny? would she rather be obese? what an annoying person…
By Erica on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
I don’t believe that’s why she lost weight. I think she just lost it because she wanted to look better, but that’s okay.
By soleil on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
baa
By Bruna on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Can’t this girl just be normal… and admit she’s dieting like any normal person…
hypnosis, hear murmur…too much crap…
Actually, this girl is always saying too much crap.
She should shut her mouth, she would actually looks prettier that way.
By Bruna on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Exactly, Erica.. She just wants to look good but doesn’t want to admit it. So she makes up stories so nobody knows that now she’s brain-washed by the media!!
By healthy girl on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Cossey—
that is sooo funny cuz I saw a interview on you tube where she admitted to giving BJ’s in highschool [and getting expelled and crap like that]!!!!
and I don’t believe her about the “health”thing…you all are right that she would have stopped smoking if that was what she is really caring about.
By healthy girl on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
BTW,she is much thinner then she really was [in real life] on her videos earlier this year…
By bleh on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
eh, she looks good.
By Amber on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Ginger Nuts are just a brand name gingersnap cookie and milk bottle sweets are these nasty gummies shaped like milk bottles that are sugary milk flavored. *gag* As for her lame heart murmur excuse, I think that’s a crock. She’s a perfect example of you should never judge anyone becuase you never know when you may find yourselves in their shoes. (her talking crap on every celeb that walks) One day she’s talking crap about skinny people. The next she’s writting a blog about how fat and miserable she is. Now all of a sudden she’s loosing wieght. Heart murmur my ass
By narcissa on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Weight loss is a *symptom* of a heart murmur, not a treatment plan
By breads on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
i saw that BJ confession vid on you tube
is it me or my generation has forgotten what having some class is all about? I am all for being honest and open but purrleese, too much info
By Scottie on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Anyone know her states? Height? Weight?
By Kate on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
Andrea, the correct definition of valvular stenosis is a narrowing of the valve in question and valvular insufficiency involves regurgitation or backflow of blood through the valve. And most babies born with a congenital murmur do not require corrective measures. I’m not trying to start anything but as a nursing student and someone who has had one valve replacement and will have to have another in the next few years I felt the need to say that.
By healthy girl on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
she is 5′2′’ and I am terrible at guessing weights!
By Ellablack on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
I read an article just recently that she used hypnotism to change her eating mindset, she mentioned nothing about a heart murmur. Sounds like both stories are a bunch of crap.
By saltie on Nov 27, 2007 | Reply
i love her skin tone! and somehow black hair doesnt make her look washed out…but at the same time she certainly isnt tan. lucky girl!
By beks on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
she annoys me
By pheno09 on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
why do celeb women insist on wearing hooker shoes? Especially, why do celebs wo claim to be feminist’s who oppose stripping/sex industry, the go and dress like a stripper?
By catya on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
Ginger nuts - sweet crunchy biscuits with a bit of ginger flavour
Milk bottle sweets - vanilla/milk flavoured chewy candy , 1 inch long, in the shape of a old fashioned glass milk bottle.
By lauren on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
oh for god’s sakes, she keeps talking about how much weight she’s losing but SHE LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME!! Maybe she’s trying out that whole ‘people will believe what you tell them’ spiel. She hasn’t lost any weight at all!
By andrea on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
gee, Kate, thanks, but I’m a medical student and I knew that. I was putting it in layman’s terms for the non-medical people in the room. We’re taught to not use medical jargon, and I was explaining it in functional terms. I could post a lot of ridiculous disorders and malformations of infancy (I believe patent foramen ovale being the most common), but that, er, wasn’t my point.
By Holly on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
This is such bull! This girl was all hotter then a biscuit to loose wieght, like her rival Amy Winehouse! This girl has blogged and blogged about being a “fat pig”. She is loosing weight on purpose, because she feels insecure. I like her music, but I really dislike her.
By erica on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
do people actually believe this??
she just gave in to the pressure and that’s all.
By Darek on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
She looks good !
By jess on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
Strange taste in junk food!
By tim jones on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
Yo RIAN, I have a great link regarding a celebrity weight gain but I will not be able to post it. email me and I will give it to you
By Mouse on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
Oh my god Lily, ENOUGH about your weight and your body image issues. Seriously.
If you want to be thin, than just admit it. Stop hating on the girls who are and go work off your pounds, quietly!
By Jodi on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
Wow! Thanks for all the explanation about what “chavvy” means. It’s a much more fun wore than “ghetto”.
So … how is pronounced? Is the “ch” a hard sound, like in “church”, or is it soft, like in “shag”?
By Miss M on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
Bollocks! That’s not the reason why she lost weight and everyone knows it. Plus, she was nowhere near dangerously overweight to be asked to lose weight in order to fix her heart murmur. Hypocrite springs to mind, my dearest Lily Allen!!!
By Maddie on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
I think she is 5′2 and about 125-130 pounds.
By ilks42 on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
OMG RIAN you need to post the new pics of JenniferLove Hewitt that are on TMZ in a bikini…major weight gain!
By Ms. Lovely on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
911 SOS SOS
RIAN RIAN RIAN
There are pictures of Jennifer Love Hewitt in a bikini at the beach, please find and post.
This needs to be discussed.
Thank you,
Ms. Lovely
By SarahK on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
When I was diagnosed with premature ventricular contractions (a form of irregular heartbeat in which the ventricle contracts prematurely. This results in a “skipped beat” followed by a stronger beat), I quit smoking AND quit caffeine cold turkey on the same day. THAT is what you do when you’re concerned about your health.
But, I may add that I did also lose weight because I decided that if I was going to quit smoking and caffeine, why not quit the unhealthy eating as well. Lily may have also decided to give up the unhealthy diet and begin exercising.
So, I believe her and I don’t believe her.
By Jodi on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
Breads, I’m with you on this one. The current generation is way too willing to “tell all”. I don’t want them telling all. I don’t want to know all. Whatever happened to maintaining a bit of mystery — and dignity in the process?
By Violet on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
Yeah - good point Sarah K, why the hell is she still smoking (see last post of her I think?) with a heart murmur?!
By Alipie on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
Does anyone know the designer of her dress??? I LOVE IT!
By over it on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
the YSL heels are too played out she needs some simple peep toe pumps to make her legs look longer.
By Persephone on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
ROFL. My heart murmur is going to be my new weightloss excuse. That one is even better than I forgot to eat.
By emogurl on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
Jodi - it’s soft as in ’shag’. I guess you could also call Chavs the US equivalent of trailer trash… They tend to be white teenagers who wear a lot of fake gold jewellery and brand-name tracksuits with running shoes. The girls wear really big (fake) gold hoop earrings and tie their hair back tightly in ponytails that sit high on the head (sometimes slightly to one side!) If you do a google image search of ‘Vicky Pollard’ you will find pics of a character from a cult british TV show called “Little Britain’ that basically makes fun of heaps of stereotypical Brits…. she is what you would call the epitome of a Chav… albeit slightly exaggerated….
By Pip on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
‘chavvy’ has a hard ch, like in church.
I love what she’s wearing up there - she looks a little Daisy Lowe esque, I reckon.
If she wants to lose weight, she can but I wish she wouldn’t pretend it was for ‘health reasons’.
By Skye on Nov 28, 2007 | Reply
She looks great now, what size do you think she is (u.s)?
By martina on Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
shes silly shes just afraid to admit that she has to loose weight in order to be more famous ! i dont believe her !
and what with this awful “paris” look dress ?!
By sky on Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
i really don’t like her at all. She trys to make out she’s so individual and opinated and she just sounds obnoxious and annoying most of the time. It’s like, just do your music and talk about yourself as little as you can.
She acts like a chav aswell but she’s not she went to one of the best private schools in london and comes from money. It just money can’t buy you class!
By Edan on Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
I have a heart murmur. Heart murmurs are not caused by food.
They are genetic. They also don’t generally kill people. Lily Allen kills people. It’s a proven fact.
By Free Cheese on Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
She’s only pretty when she wears the fake eyelashes.
By tinks on Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
im sorry……I love lily but this is the biggest load of bullshit ever!!! if she cared about her ‘heart’ she wouldnt chain smoke and go out and get ridiculously drunk most nights - what a serious load of crap this story is - lily lost weight because she felt self conscious - anyone remember her myspace rant where she was saying how she was fat and wanted to get lipo etc to get all skinny. Lily has lost weight because she wants to be skinny and get more column inches. I bet you all in a year we will see her in the celebrity skeleton files - loosing weight can be a serious addiction, especially for these young starlets - I saw a pic of her today in a british newspaper at the fashion awards and she already looks much skinnier in that than the one above…..its a slippery slope and I hope she doesnt go down that road
By Mary on Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
She looked good before, good now… let’s hope she’s not the next lollipop head. But there’s so much pressure to lose weight in the entertainment industry, no wonder she hasn’t given up smoking!
By Betterthanyou on Jan 13, 2008 | Reply
Wow she doesnt look just five two but okay..I am not a big fan of hers but I do admit she looks better although I hate her outfit in these pics. She looks okay…she was never ‘fat’ to begin with. It wouldnt hurt her to lose like 10 more pounds but anything more would be overkill. Hopefully she just sticks to this size because she is not meant to be very thin her bone structure is not made that way…happy for her.
By Reenefupnob on Mar 24, 2008 | Reply
I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well.