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After working with and getting to know top models over the course of a year in New York City and abroad, there are definite patterns in meal habits and exercise. Genetics can only go so far in keeping up lean, healthy bodies.

Of all the girls observed, the leanest and healthiest were not the ones that trimmed calories down to an unhealthy level, but instead carefully balanced nutrient intake and meal timing. The following are examples of actual meals throughout the day:

Breakfast, eaten anytime between 8am-11am:

1 cup raisin bran or similar whole-grain fiber cereal in 1% milk

or

1 cup of oats in 1% milk, cooked

and

1 small cup of low sugar yogurt

1 cup coffee

Small glass of water or orange juice

~500 calories

Breakfast, of any meal, is the time to eat either fatty or sugary foods. Your metabolism and daily plans can and will burn off this food throughout the day. Additionally, a hearty breakfast will satisfy you well into the lunch hours. This will leave you with focus to complete your daily responsibilities, unlike some diet plans that advocate only eating a morsel in the morning.

Lunch, eaten anytime between 12:00 noon-4:00pm

Turkey, chicken, or similar lean cold-cut with your choice of cheese, veggie toppings, as a sandwich between whole wheat bread slices. Be weary of dressings high in saturated fat or sugar. Olive oil and vinegar is a great substitute.

A complex carbohydrate in addition (such as quality, baked chips) will also help squash your appetite. A sugar-free carbonated beverage on top will leave you filling full. Now is also a good time of day to pop a daily multi-vitamin.

~500 calories

Dinner, eaten anytime between 6:00pm-9:00pm

Many sources stress dinner not being eaten approaching bedtime, but this is just silly. Most people’s evening activities are incredibly relaxed, blurring the line between resting rate burned calories while awake, and asleep.

When dinner time rolls around, it is best to avoid any sort of carbohydrate. Now is the time to pack on the protein and a small amount of unsaturated fat to kill your appetite. Options such as chicken breast, turkey, lean red meats, cooked with olive oil are great. Even a slice of cheese melted over is acceptable – The only truly treacherous thing is carbs. A small portion of vegetables such as broccoli or carrots is acceptable. Stay away from any overly-starchy veggie. Chase the meal with plenty of water to leave you fulfilled prior to bed.

~400 calories

The meals provided are just a small excerpt, but you can mix up the variety to suit your taste. There are a few key guidelines that need to be followed, at all costs:

AVOID SUGAR. It is never beneficial to eat sugar. If you’re going to do it, do it during breakfast. Even fruit juice is just as bad as soda as far as dieting is concerned. Check the label, if there’s a lot of sugar, head for the hills. Splenda should be your best friend when it comes to sweetening things. ALSO: Many fad diets advocate eating lots of fruits and vegetables. These nature-borne things seem to be so innocent and infallible for a diet, but in reality, fruits contain a boatload of sugar, and vegetables such as potatoes contain lots of starches that are similar to sugar. Oddly enough, fad diets and juice diets don’t work and are an unhealthy way to lose weight.

Scale your meal like a triangle, starting your earliest meal with a lot of calories, and decreasing as it grows later in the day. As mentioned, you’ll burn off the earlier calories by being active during the day.

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As far as working out is concerned – Don’t make the mistake so many women make. Instead of doing nothing but treadmills and jogging, try actually lifting weights. As the fat comes off, you’ll actually have muscle tone underneath, for a healthier look, as opposed to loose skin on bone. Also, muscle mass burns more calories per pound than other tissue. If you build muscle, you’ll burn more calories just sitting around after your workout. And compared to running, lifting weights burns a greater amount of calories.

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Celebrities are in the eye of public scrutiny at all times. With the constant media focus on them, they do not have an option but to look good and appear trim every time they step out of their homes.

One can safely say that celebrities are looked up to by all and have a huge fan following because of the way they look. People want to look the way these celebrities look, dress the way they dress and do what they do. Here are a few things that celebrities do to maintain the way they look

Regular work outs…Procrastination isn’t an option…

All celebrities are big workout fans and have personal trainers who look after their exercise routines. They are very regular with their exercise schedules and never skip them.

Also their fitness programs vary according to the roles that they play and hence need to keep varying and working on their exercise routines. To achieve a certain look that they want, exercise is a must and a personal trainer helps them stay on course.

Special diets…They watch what goes in…

Celebrities know that photographs can be airbrushed but when one has to make a public appearance, the real self will show. Hence they follow strict diets to maintain the weight that they have.

They also have excellent nutritionists who tailor make these diets for them and chefs who roll out healthy delicacies in line with the diet plan they are following. Apart from that, celebrities are programmed to resist temptation as the fear of putting on weight is far greater than the desire of eating a slice of pizza.

Diets are not an option for them that they take on when they want to lose weight…it is a way of life that programs them to eat smart and keep excess weight off

Motivation…The drive is what gets you there…

Celebrities are constantly motivated to lose weight and to keep the excess weight off. They know that if they do not look good the means of their livelihood is in jeopardy. Come on, even Oprah lost weight!

Celebrities know that weight is a very sensitive issue and packing on pounds, unless it is for a role in a movie, can cause them financial damage especially by losing endorsements. Also they know that the media will have a field day talking about their weight gain speculating all kinds of things if they put on an ounce.

No bad habits…

As strange as it may sound, the celebrities who have huge fan followings are the ones who are the healthiest. They are all aware of the ill effects of eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia and the serious damage that alcohol, smoking and recreational drugs do to their bodies. Abstaining form these things helps them stay in shape!

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