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What Do Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez Have In Common? Tracy Anderson’s New Meal Plan Service

May/16/2013 at 06:00 PM ET

Tracy Anderson meal plan Courtesy Tracy Anderson

Tracy Anderson’s high-energy, calorie-torching march towards world domination continues. She’s following up her fitness/beauty multiplex with another new endeavor: a meal delivery service.

The Food Program by Tracy Anderson (which launched in L.A. in April but will go national on June 1) was developed by the celebrity trainer to complement her intense workout method, loved by Gwyneth Paltrow and Kim Kardashian.

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In fact, Anderson tells PEOPLE, Paltrow (herself a cookbook author) was “instrumental in helping create the program,” and loves the plan’s salmon with yogurt-mint dressing. But there’s a key difference between their approaches to food: “She’s in the kitchen to make things taste insanely amazing and I’m in the kitchen getting weight off of people.”

And she has a celeb fan who appreciates her approach: Jennifer Lopez. “She’s been on it now for about two weeks, and she loves it, she keeps ordering it,” Anderson says. “She’s not somebody who usually diets at all … [but] she needs the convenience. I’m so happy that somebody like that loves it because she has access to whatever food she wants.”

We Tried It: The Corset Craze

May/16/2013 at 11:15 AM ET

What it is: A crazy-tight (is there any other kind?) rubber corset, used to slim one’s midsection
Who tried it: Zoë Ruderman, PEOPLE.com Senior Style Editor
Why she did it: Because Jessica Alba recently revealed that wearing a corset “day and night for three months” post-pregnancy was how she lost her baby weight. And while I didn’t just give birth, I have a pretty firm policy that I’ll try most everything Alba recommends.
How crazy is it on a scale from one to Kim Kardashian’s blood facial? If I’d worn it as much as she had, a 7, but I did the “lite” version, so a 4.
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We Tried It: A Workout With Celeb Trainer David Kirsch

Apr/25/2013 at 03:15 PM ET

David Kirsch Trainer Courtesy of David Kirsch

This week, style director Andrea Lavinthal finds out how many squats it takes to look like Heidi Klum. Spoiler Alert: She stopped counting after a zillion.

“Can I be honest with you?” David Kirsch, an A-list fitness and wellness expert asks me a few minutes after we meet at his exclusive private studio in NYC’s Madison Square Park. I nod my head, partly because I’m curious what the man who’s responsible for Heidi Klum and Kate Upton‘s incredible figures will say about my own less-than-supermodel-esque physique, and partly because he’s just not a person you say no to (that’s him in the photo).

Kirsch tells me (in the nicest way possible) that while I don’t need to lose weight, my core should be tighter, my arms, back and shoulders should be more defined and my butt should be, well, better. And that’s when the squats begin.

For 45 minutes Kirsch leads me through a modified version of his famous boot camp. And by modified, I mean that we have to stop every few minutes so I can catch my breath in between killer sets of squats, lunges, crunches, curls, push-ups and every other move you hated in gym class. I now understand how Klum famously returned to the Victoria’s Secret runway just eight weeks after delivering her second child while following his plan.

And while there were times during this intense cardio circuit training routine when I wanted to punch Kirsch (like when he’d yell “one more set!”), I really appreciated how much attention he paid to proper form. I’ll never execute a squat again without sucking in my core and sticking out my butt. Plus, he taught me a ton about food and nutrition. FYI: If you really want to go full Kirsch, get ready to say goodbye to coffee, alcohol, bread, processed carbs, sugar and dairy. Hopefully you like small servings of lean protein and are a fan of steamed greens and quinoa.

In a city where you can spin underwater or surf indoors, it’s refreshing that Kirsch believes in simple movements to strengthen and tone the core muscles and burn maximum fat, that can be done at the gym or at home.

I’ve always joked that I’m allergic to working out, but after just one session with Kirsch, I’m surprisingly motivated to exercise and eat healthier (I’ve become addicted to his line of protein bars, supplements and shakes). And if I ever lose that motivation, I’m pretty sure looking at this or this will help.

To get Kirsch’s insider fitness and nutrition tips for free, follow him on Twitter at @davidkirsch

Jennifer Hudson: Cookies Can’t Do Any Harm If I Share Them!

Apr/01/2013 at 10:30 AM ET

Jennifer Hudson skinny Craig Barritt/Getty

For Jennifer Hudson sharing is caring — for her body, that is. The Oscar and Grammy winner, who has lost 80 lbs. since 2010, has found a healthy (and friendly!) way to indulge her cravings.

“I had these butter cookies at Starbucks the other day [and] I said to everyone I was with, ‘Do you want a cookie?’ That way it can’t do any harm if we share it,” Hudson, 31 told PEOPLE at Weight Watchers’ 50th anniversary celebration in N.Y.C. “You have your portion and share the rest.”

At the event, the company’s ambassador showed off her svelte figure in a shimmery gold Donna Karan pencil shirt and black tee, and confessed that sometimes, her sharing policy sometimes means she’s sharing with the trash.
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All About Christina Aguilera’s ‘Makeunder’ — Straight From Her Glam Squad

Mar/27/2013 at 10:30 AM ET

Christina Aguilera hair, makeup Jonathan Leibson/Wireimage

Christina Aguilera may not be judging The Voice this season, but much of the show’s buzz has been about the fresh, svelte look she debuted at a screening last week. And now we’ve got the scoop on her head-to-toe makeover, straight from her hair, makeup and styling team.

All three gushed about Aguilera’s new look and attitude, which a source credited to having more time for a healthier lifestyle.

“Without the grueling production hours Christina can focus … most importantly on herself,” the source tells PEOPLE, adding that she’s eating fresh and trying new exercise routines. “Its amazing what having some personal time can do not only for the body but also for the mind and the spirit.”

Below, Aguilera’s team spills how they played up her svelte shape and gorgeous glow for the screening.

Stylist Simone Harouche: “Christina is in a great place in her life and is looking great. She’s been gravitating towards less provocative silhouettes,” Harouche tells PEOPLE of picks like Aguilera’s fit-and-flare Parker dress, worn with a Versace belt and Louboutins. “While still wanting to keep it feminine and sexy, her outfit choices lately are leaving more to the imagination.”

That means higher necklines, more flowy skirts and “playful” ensembles, Harouche says. “Clothes reflect where you are at mentally sometimes. I think Christina’s in a happy place and that is reflected in her clothing choices.”

Hairstylist David Babaii: “We wanted to keep it really natural,” Babaii says of his collaboration with Aguilera. “It’s really easy, chic, Bohemian, soft. I think it’s just a California, summer vibe.”

Babaii used his own beach spray to rough up Aguilera’s dry hair, then curled it with a large-barrel curling iron and finished by working powder through her roots for more texture. And though it was simple, it paid off: “I get tweets from her fans requesting stuff. But I’ve never had 2,000 Facebook messages praising me,” he says. “And I’m like, all I did was use a curling iron!”

Makeup Artist Mary Phillips: “She said she didn’t want anything crazy, just to feel glow-y and pretty,” Phillips said. “I was just going for something beautiful, blond bombshell-y and sun-kissed.”

To achieve that beachy look, Phillips used Tom Ford “Flush” blush and “Terra” bronzer. Peachy lips were achieved with Kevyn Aucoin Elegant Lip Gloss in “Vizcaya.”

“Christina wears a lot of red lips, so I wanted it to be something different,” Phillips tells PEOPLE. “So we did something very toned down, something for spring. Lots of lashes and easy, pretty skin.”

For more on Aguilera’s sexy slim-down and hot new look, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE magazine, on newsstands Friday. And tell us: Do you like her style pared-down or amped up?

–Alex Apatoff, reporting by Jackie Fields and Jessica Herndon

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‘Spring Breakers’ Stars: We Ate Fast Food to Prep For Those Bikini Scenes

Mar/18/2013 at 06:00 PM ET

Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson Spring Breakers Dee Cercone/Everett

Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Selena Gomez (at left, with James Franco) all agree on one thing about their Spring Breakers experience: They never want to see those bikinis again.

Hudgens had already told us she wanted to burn hers, and at the film’s L.A. premiere, her costars concurred.

“I was over the orange top and the green little bottoms. It was a pain, actually!” Gomez says of her ill-fitting suit. And Benson agreed that she’d send her bathing suit straight to the incinerator — though it wasn’t because she had to starve herself to wear it.

“I trained, worked out and went on a clean diet for a month,” Benson says of her pre-film routine. “And then I get there and [director Harmony Korine] is like, ‘You guys need to gain weight.’ And I’m like ‘Oh my God, I just spent all this money on a trainer. I did a complete diet and now you want me to eat Taco Bell?!’ I love eating anyway, so it’s fine!”

And Benson says Gomez was her partner in crime to load up on greasy eats during the filming. “I love fast food. It’s so bad, and [Selena] brings it out in me. Always at McDonald’s,” she shares. “I never go to McDonald’s, but every time I’m with Selena, she makes me eat so bad. But it’s so good, I love it!”

Tell us: Are you going to check out ‘Spring Breakers’? And can you believe the stars got ready for the shoot with fast food?

–Alex Apatoff, reporting by Melody Chiu

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Karlie Kloss, NYFW’s Busiest Model: ‘I’d Pick Sleep Over Champagne!’

Feb/18/2013 at 04:30 PM ET

Karlie Kloss Fashion Week MediaPunch/Rex USA

From the N.Y.C. kickoff to the Paris finales, Fashion Week is really more like Fashion Month, so it’s no wonder that editors are already complaining of exhaustion. But one look at supermodel Karlie Kloss’s schedule should immediately put them to shame.

The 20-year-old fashion world darling closed shows for the biggest names in New York (including Carlina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta and Calvin Klein), fulfilled her duties as Mercedes Benz’s ambassador to Fashion Week, passed out her own Karlie’s Kookies in front of the tents and somehow squeezed in a trip to the Grammys in L.A.

And lest you think she took a break, she was already on the runway for Burberry in London by Monday. “It’s a marathon, not a sprint,” Kloss told PEOPLE at the Mercedes-Benz lounge. “I rushed here straight off the red-eye [from the Grammys] … [but] I know my limits.”

Those limits include curtailing parties during her busiest months. “I am definitely a sleep over champagne kind of girl,” she says. “I’m a hardworking girl, so I have to take care of myself!” On her must-have list: “These stick-on eye patch things that stick to your skin, called Skyn. I almost walk out of the house wearing them,” she shares. “You have to rest while you can, drink water and power through.”

Is there anything that does bother Kloss during Fashion Week? Well, maybe one teensy thing: “In fashion shows nails are almost as much of a statement as the clothes themselves. In every show you’ve got to change,” she says. “It’s awful when I get a great color that I love and I’m like, ‘Dang it, I only get to wear it for the next twenty minutes!’”

Tell us: Do you envy Kloss’s jetsetting lifestyle? How do you keep up your energy during a busy month?

–Alex Apatoff, reporting by Catherine Kast

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