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Katy Perry Wants You To Suck in Your Belly

by Martha Edwards Jan 14th 2009 6:00PM

Ladies, I Kissed A Girl singer Katy Perry thinks you should suck it up -- your belly, that is. Holding in your Buddha belly will help you attract boys, she says. "I'm really critical of my posture, it makes a big difference," said the pop star to reporters recently, adding, "I try to suck my belly in. Everyone should do that whether you're on a red carpet or not. Even if you're just going out to dinner with your boyfriend you should try and suck it in."

The advice will come in handy -- Katy is on the market again after breaking up with her boyfriend recently.

Maintaining good posture is a quick way to look 10 pounds thinner -- but is sucking in your stomach at all times realistic? Or, more importantly, comfortable?

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Naomi Watts - Baby Sucked Her Slim

by Jacki Donaldson Jan 14th 2009 9:00AM

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Come on. Come on! Tell me, someone out there, that it took nothing more than breastfeeding for you to drop your baby weight. Tell me that while nourishing your new babe, your pounds melted right off. No dieting. No exercising. Just sucking. I just can't wrap my head around this. I mean, I see how nursing might help in the weight loss department but can it really slip you back into skinny jeans in oh, less than 30 days?

Naomi Watts, just shy of one month after giving birth to son Samuel, is pretty much back to her pre-baby figure. And to what does she owe her rapid weight loss? "I'm breast feeding," says the 40-year-old Naomi. "And he's sucking it all out of me, it seems. And when the baby comes out, it's a lot of weight right there."

Yea, I get that. The births of my big babies (both were more than 10 pounds) caused me to shed 20 pounds on their delivery days. But what about the 30 that remained? No way breastfeeding can tackle that pudge. Or can it? Tell us what you think.

Other Celebs Who Dropped the Baby Weight ... FAST!(click thumbnails to view gallery)

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8 ways to get your exercise in

by Martha Edwards Jul 8th 2008 9:17PM

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Most of us have one major problem with exercise: Finding time for it. I know the feeling--between working 8-10 hours a day, spending time with family and trying to run a household, it's difficult, sometimes impossible, to find time to head to the gym. My job is no help--being a writer doesn't exactly burn too many calories.

But they key is trying to find way to work exercise into your everyday life. Weight Loss Journal recently revealed 8 ways to exercise throughout the day, including:

Sucking in your stomach -- it really does help to tone your tummy, and it makes you look slimmer instantly.
Fidgeting. It helps you burn calories throughout the day.
Taking the stairs at work.
Using a desk exercise machine. You can work away while silently pedalling under your desk. Neat, huh?

Read the rest of the tips here, and when you're done, tell us what you do to work in the workouts.

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Pilate's doesn't suck

by Fitz K. Mar 19th 2008 10:01PM

Healthy Aging, Healthy Habits, Stress Reduction, Womens Health, Cellulite, Obesity, Diet & Weight Loss, Fitness, Celebs & Entertainment, Reviews & Products, Motivation, Nutrition & Supplements, Men's Health

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A while back, the physician that has been caring for my lower back injury suggested I go do Pilate's to help strengthen and stretch the muscles that are stuck in a chronic spasm. Now, I've been teaching fitness for 18 years and have been exposed to almost every type of training and equipment under the sun. I'm embedded in it. Strangely though, Pilate's and Yoga are things that have never interested me. I understand the benefit to doing those things, and have recommended them to others. I've just never wanted to pursue them myself. I'm a fighter; literally. If you don't believe me click here. I like to move fast, go hard, sweat, grunt, and pant like a lunatic. I like to GO, GO, GO! The one time I took yoga, I wanted to slit my wrists. The few times I used the Pilate's Reformer, I thought it was interesting....but not anything I'd want to pursue.

So last week I show up at the Gainesville Health and Fitness Center, and the advanced Pilate's mat class was just about to start. Feeling guilty for not following up on my doctor's advice from months ago, I half-heartedly asked the perky front desk chic if there was any room in the class. Yep. There was. And she handed me a little butterfly thing with a number on it to hold my place.

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Danica McKellar tells girls intelligence is hip

by Lauren Greschner Aug 29th 2007 6:57AM

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When I was growing up I used to be so envious of Danica McKellar (aka "Winnie" off The Wonder Years) because she was cute and thin and lots of boys had crushes on her. Now that I'm older, well, I'm still a bit envious because she's still fit and beautiful, but I've also got to give the girl some serious respect because she's also really smart. Not only is she intelligent, she aims to let other girls know that it's great to be smart.

I think that in an age where women like Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson flaunt the notion that they're hot but stupid (and I really wonder whether either is as clueless as they have portrayed themselves to be), it's incredibly refreshing and encouraging to have a beautiful woman not only admit that she's smart, but also make sure that young and impressionable girls know that it's possible to be both pretty and intelligent.

McKellar, who has penned a book called "Math Doesn't Suck", assures adolescent girls that it's cool to be good at math (and as an extension, most other school subjects I would imagine). So while I'm still a little bit jealous of the girl who was "Winnie Cooper", I'm also pretty darn impressed with the woman she's become.

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