The latest issue of Life & Style, which is already in grocery and drug stores across the country, has a cover story about how Janet Jackson is going to lose some serious weight - AGAIN.

Now, Janet appeared on a recent taping of TRL and didn’t seem particularly heavy. However, she wants to get into tip-top shape for her upcoming tour in September. She wants to “overhaul her menu and replace the junk food with healthy food.”

^^^Janet eating McDonald’s last month on her birthday

According to the story, Janet has been indulging in foods like tubs of fried chicken, french fries, chocolate, and has even been known to down an entire pizza in one sitting.

Her tour diet will be something like: Egg whites and a slice of whole wheat bread for breakfast, salad with grilled chicken for lunch, lean fish or chicken with veggies for dinner, and fruit for dessert. (Sound familiar?! Yep - only like every single diet published in these darn tabloids).

So… what do you all think? Personally, I think if she ate all the junk food that the story claims, she’d be pretty heavy at this point! (Buckets of chicken?!)

Source: Life & Style, June 23rd 2008 issue
Photo via SplashNews

The latest issue of US Weekly is chock full of celebrity diet and body advice/gossip. Most notably, however, is the cover story about Christina Aguilera’s miraculous baby weight loss, entitled: Christina Exclusive: How I Got My Body Back!

According to the article, Christina has lost almost all of the 40 pounds she gained during her pregnancy with her son Max and is back in her tiny size 2 or 4 jeans. (She claims to have been a size 1 or 2 before her pregnancy). Her goal was to get back into her extra-small Hysteric Glamour jeans, which now fit, although she notices that her hips are shaped a bit differently now.

Christina also claims to be in an E bra size.

Her secret to losing the baby weight? She does 90-minute rigorous workouts with her trainer five times per week. As for the diet side of things, Christina has simply cut back (not cut out) starches and carbohydrates. For instance, she switched from white to wheat bread.

Q: Tell US about your diet now.
A: I’m not into depriving myself; rather, I limit the bad things that I like. I watch my carbs and starches. It was a huge thing to switch to wheat bread - I love my white bread - but I did it!

What do you all think - is it really THAT simple to lose 40 pounds of baby weight - 90 minutes of exercise each day and cutting back on carbs?

Here are some photos of Christina leaving the Little Door Restaurant in West Hollywood this past weekend. She definitely looks pretty much back to her old body!

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A recent issue of Star Magazine is ever-so-kindling suggesting that Kirstie Alley has gained some of her lost weight back.

For once, a tabloid seems to be correct! Here is a picture of Kirstie Alley out and about in Los Feliz, CA this past weekend, looking as though she has definitely gained some poundage back.

Star is guesstimating that Kirstie has gained back a whopping 75 pounds (since her slimmest weight in March 2006) and is back up to 220 pounds…

I guess this goes to show that dieting doesn’t really work long term… only a true lifestyle change does!

What do YOU all think?

Photos via Flynet
Story Source: Star Magazine, May 19th 2008 issue
Cover image via PopBytes

Unsurprisingly enough, the tabloids are once again claiming that Britney has lost weight:

The question is, has she lost any weight, or is this yet another publicity stunt? Following are some recent photos of her…

Star Magazine claims that Britney has been working out like a fiend to get her new figure - grueling workouts at the gym and lots of dance classes. They also claim that she is on a diet where she only eats half of anything - for instance, half of a cookie, half of a meal, etc. Plus, she now eats breakfast:

Britney is also making healthier food choices, say the insider. “This is the first time in her life that she’s been eating breakfast. She used to wake up at noon, so she just totally skipped it. But now she eats packaged oatmeal with sugar or Special K or Total cereal with nonfat milk. She has a whole cabinet full of cereal and oatmeal.”

Sounds healthy… or does it?

What do you all think? (More photos after the jump).

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The latest cover of In Touch Weekly promises to tell you what the stars (Eva Longoria and Lauren Conrad) do to get skinny by Memorial Day.

Unfortunately as usual, the article is a rehash of the same old thing. (Also, hasn’t Lauren Conrad put on weight recently?)

Here’s a quick roundup of the story:

• Lauren Conrad did a two-week detox (which one, we don’t know) to kick start her bikini diet. After that, she stuck to 1200-1500 calories per day starting with a protein shake and berries in the morning, followed by salad and hummus for lunch and fish and veggies for dinner. If you are wondering why this diet sounds familiar, it’s because it’s the same one printed in nearly every tabloid celebrity weight loss story…
• Audrina Partridge got in shape for bikini season quite simply. She claims that she isn’t prone to gaining weight, so she just doesn’t drink soda and doesn’t eat a lot of sugar and does lots of sit-ups.
• Heidi Montag works out - a lot - to stay fit and toned.
• Eva Longoria lots those 10 pounds she gained during the writer’s strike by simply avoiding frozen or preserved foods. She only eats what is fresh and expires quickly. “The fewer ingredients, the better,” she says.
• Mariah Carey worked out with a trainer and ate veggies and lean proteins like artichoke hearts, zucchini, tomatoes and chicken to slim down. (Hey, what happened to the fish and soup diet?!)

The article is followed by that same diet that is printed in 90% of tabloid celebrity weight loss diet articles…

Source: In-Touch Weekly, May 5th 2008 issue