Gwyneth Paltrow loves fried food

Years ago, before having babies Apple and Moses, Gwyneth Paltrow stayed slim and trim by sticking to a strict macrobiotic diet. She abandoned the diet during her first pregnancy, though, and has never gone back.

"I was seriously macrobiotic for four years," says Paltrow. "When I [first] got pregnant, it changed. I couldn't go near anything healthy."

Now a fan of anything fried (fish and chips are favorites) and red wine, and all sorts of food and drink found in London -- where she lives with husband Chris Martin and her two little ones -- Paltrow somehow looks just as good as she did all those years ago. How can his be?There's something we don't know here. Maybe Paltrow consumes teeny, tiny portions of her fried faves. Maybe she works out all day and night. Maybe she has those prized celebrity "good genes." Who knows. What we do know is that maintaining her watched waistline obviously takes some sort of effort. It does for all of us, celebrity or not.

Here are eight celebrities, spotlighted by AOL Body's America Takes It Off! Summer Quick Fix, who share how they've whittled away some weight. Use their stories for inspiration as you try to reach and maintain your ideal body weight.