On a show starring several women, it makes sense that each actress would want to look her very best. When actress Dana Delaney arrived at Wisteria Lane to play a new character on Desperate Housewives, she noticed that this was, indeed the case. In fact, she said there was a bit of a "dieting competition" between the ladies.

Delaney isn't the only one to notice the dieting -- when she arrived, the costume designer told her, "Don't get the Desperate Housewives disease." When she asked what that meant, she was told that everybody loses weight and their clothes stop fitting.

While having a workout buddy is helpful, and partnering up to lose weight is pretty effective, this isn't sounding so healthy. At least Delaney noted that there was no fighting among the cast, putting that rumor to rest. Still, I'm hoping this competition isn't quite as bad as it sounds -- none of those women have any weight to lose!

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Sure, the cast of High School Musical surely gets a workout doing their dance moves, but that's not enough for Monique Coleman. The actress chooses spinning to keep her in fabulous shape between shoots.

Coleman said, "It's exhilarating, it usually has really awesome music, and it kicks your butt. You know that you're really working hard when you do it!"

She's not alone in her devotion to the stationary bike -- spinning is a big favorite in Hollywood because you can burn mega calories in a relatively short period of time. Plus, it's something you can easily modify to your own fitness level while taking a class, making it a great choice for folks of all fitness levels. Check out the gallery to see which other celebs are spinning!

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As if young women aren't already blasted with images and messages about whether or not they're thin enough, MTV is sending the message to its young viewers that, in order to be beautiful, you need to lose weight with their new reality show Model Maker.

The show is holding auditions around the country now for women who "appear" to be between 18 and 25 and are willing to make their dreams a reality by dropping serious amounts of weight -- at least 30 pounds, and up to 80, within just 12 weeks. Basically, a pound a day.

Weight-loss shows are certainly successful, and it's not that I'm against a show that helps young women get down to a healthy weight, whether it's because they want to model or simply because they want to be healthier. However, the tone of this show (which still hasn't been given the green light for production -- they're waiting to see how the auditions go) seems to tell girls, "You're pretty now, but you could be beautiful if you lost a lot of weight -- fast."

Does this upset you as well? Or do you think it's just another reality show?

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The All-American Rejects certainly don't reject healthy living. The rockers stay healthy on tour, and are sporting mustaches for one of the hottest health drinks around.

Mariah Carey makes the most of her workout by adding water to the mix. She loves that a pool workout provides resistance and burns more calories, and even took her workout on vacation.

After getting some rotten press about her body, Jennifer Love Hewitt made it known that she was perfectly happy with her body, and that if she did lose any weight, it would be for health. Well, the curvaceous beauty has lost the weight, and she looks fabulous, but some are questioning the strength of her body image message now that she's dropped the pounds.