Cover image via In Touch Weekly

It’s that time of the year again… Summertime, where the tabloids scrutinize celebrities in their swimsuits! (Yes, I know, we do that here all the time). Anyway, since I can’t scan the article in for you all to read, I will break it all down about who won which titles and why. There are a few pictures at the end of this post that show some of the supposed problem areas on various celebrities.

The Best:

• Katherine Heigl and Audrina Partridge made the “Hot List” because they are curvy yet fit.
• Jennifer Aniston and Kate Hudson won the “Best Shoulders” category. Jennifer used her hotel’s elliptical machine every day while filming the movie “Marley & Me” in Miami. Kate Hudson has been playing tennis lately with Lance Armstrong.
• Mario Lopez, Orlando Bloom, Gavin Rossdale and Hugh Jackman won the “Best Chest” category.
• Matthew McConaughey won the “Best Arms” category. He claims to jog, do push-ups and sit-ups to keep fit and muscular.
• Melanie Brown looks better than ever. She claims to add paprika and cayenne pepper to her foods in order to boost her metabolism!
• Pierce Brosnan reportedly got “rid of his gut” by taking up paddle surfing.

The Worst:

• Tara Reid has a lumpy stomach from botched procedure.
• Heidi Klum won the “Worst suit” category after wearing a bikini that just didn’t seem to fit her right.
• Mariah Carey’s suddenly ripped abs are looking suspiciously like a lipo procedure (which she denies).
• Patricia Heaton doesn’t seem to have a visible belly button!
• Arnold Schwarzenegger swapped bench-pressing for politics, and it shows! Where he once had muscles of steel, he now has lots of flab.
• And of course, Britney Spears made this list… her bulging stomach in a somewhat recent bikini photo looks awful.
• As we all know by now, Mischa Barton has a LOT of cellulite.
• Colin Farrell is way too thin. (But we all know it’s for a movie role).
• Reese Witherspoon looks like she has put some weight on since dating jake Gyllenhaal.
• Rob Lowe has packed on a few pounds in the tummy area.
• Dean Cain used to have a hard body, but not so much anymore…

I have included a few pictures that show some of the “problem areas” for certain celebrities that were mentioned under the “worst” section.

Here is Britney’s “bulging belly”:

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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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