Whether you’re for or against diets, unless you really go out of your way to bend the rules, you will see some sort of result for all your pain and discomfort. If there is a positive outcome, no matter how small, those who have had to put up with your short temper and changeable moods will be mighty relieved.

Going on a diet gives your body a bit of a shock. It has got used to the daily excess of calories and knows that it’s not going to get stressed taking exercise because you don’t do any. When all of a sudden you decide to go on a diet and move yourself a little more than usual, it comes as a bit of a rude awakening.

Depriving your body of the calories sends out a signal that it interprets as there is going to be a shortage of food. It may not be life threatening, but the level of change in your daily calorie intake causes it to go into protection mode. It closes down and stores whatever energy it can. It makes you hungry so that you go and find more to eat. All this is why you feel lousy on a diet.

Having lost a few pounds in the first flush of your diet, your body’s metabolism starts to slow down. This effectively means that you become less efficient at burning calories.

This is our body’s built-in survival instinct. You could take in more calories, but then again your metabolism might still be slow and you’ll end up with more fat than before.

This is the time when you begin to lose hope. You bin the scales, not believing what they’re saying. You question the wisdom of going on a diet in the first place. It all gets very depressing indeed.

What you’re experiencing is your body working against you. It doesn’t like you disturbing its natural rhythms, its balance, its homeostasis – whether it’s right or wrong.

The secret is actually not to go on a diet at all. What you need to be thinking about is changing your behaviors. Examine them and find out which ones made you overweight in the first place. Then you need to learn new habits – slim habits.

Author: Henry John is a well known speaker, author and commentator on diet, health problems and behavior change.

Movie stars, celebrities and super models always look fabulous. It doesn’t matter if they appear in television extravaganzas or movie films or strut their stuff along the red carpet for opening movie premiers and  Academy awards, they always amaze us with larger than life presence.

In fact it takes an extraordinary degree of effort in order for them to appear so glamorous. The larger than life public show pieces that they present, they cannot slack off taking care of their physical presentation.

Accordingly, it is not surprising that the stars possess their own secrets in all matters relating to remaining fit and gorgeous. Health agenda regimes can range from daily extreme physical workouts to well-planned and designed menus and meals. Wouldn’t we all give a lot to be privy to the secrets of the stars in remaining beautiful and  sexy? Here’s a glimmer of the diet secrets of seven women stars and celebrities.

Celebrities livelihood’s depend enormously on their public persona. In addition to their clothes, gorgeous hair styles plus their makeup, celebrities must lavishly take good care of their number one asset….their bodies.

Check out the diet secrets of the following famous celebrities: Jennifer Aniston, Christie Brinkley, Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, Claudia Schiffer, Oprah Winfrey  Full article