The Fit Mom Podcast

Ep. 11: Crazy Celeb Diets

How do you approach selecting a diet? It is completely normal for you to want to follow a diet that worked for a certain celebrity, someone from a health show, or a family member. But is a diet that worked for someone else guaranteed to work for you?

In this episode of the Fit Mom Podcast, Lauren talks about some of the crazy celebrity diets that exist and why they’re not guaranteed for sustainable weight loss. She explains why these diets are just starvation diets packaged differently and are not safe.

Listen in to learn more about adopting a healthy sustainable lifestyle.

[0:57]

What is a celebrity diet?

A celebrity diet is some kind of a “magic diet” that a certain celebrity is following. It can also be a diet being popularized in magazines or one that worked for a family member or friend, and you believe it can work for you too.

[4:57]

The Master Cleanse (Beyonce)

This is a 10-day diet of liquids only and no solid foods. This is a highly destructive diet to your health since it promotes the consumption of minimal calories. It is also unsustainable because you’ll have to eat at some point and possibly gain all the weight back.

[7:50]

The Baby Food Diet (Tracy Anderson)

This consists of eating baby foods in two different ways. It’s a very low-calorie diet that’s not meant for adults, and you’re better off eating healthy adult food. It’s a starvation diet packaged differently and unsafe for anyone to follow.

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The Color Diet (Christina Aguilera)

This consists of eating the colors of the rainbow in order every day until you’re done. It’s a highly restrictive and silly diet that takes a lot of work to plan and doesn’t allow you to enjoy food.

[14:02]

Kelly Ripa’s Diet

Kelly talks about eating sweets and avoiding chewable foods before her shows, and later some restrictive salads.

[17:17]

Questions to ask yourself before following a celebrity diet.

Does this fit my lifestyle? Do I fully understand the diet? Can I do this forever? Just because a diet may work for a certain celebrity, it doesn’t mean it will work for you.

[21:55]

Lauren explains the importance of creating a lifestyle rather than following a short-term fix like a diet. For her, it was about tracking macros for years before it transitioned into an intuitive eating lifestyle and exercise that fit her life.