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Jenny Craig Endorsement Offer Hits Sour Note With Aretha Franklin
Posted on 21. May, 2009 by CSS.
Aretha Franklin was left “highly insulted” earlier this month after she was asked to become the latest celebrity spokesperson for weight-loss giant Jenny Craig. The Queen of Soul — who tips the scales at nearly 300 pounds nowadays — turned them down flat.
This wouldn’t have been Ms. Aretha’s first soiree with Jenny. The 67-year-old singer signed up with the company two years ago and dropped 25 pounds on a 1,750 calorie-a-day diet. Aretha quit Jenny Craig a few months later, complaining that she was “always starving.”
In the June 2007 issue of Sister 2 Sister Magazine, Aretha said: “I lost 23 or 24 pounds to begin with, but it’s kind of a strain when you get to 23 or 24 pounds. That’s why I got off of it. It’s a strain because you’re eating the Jenny Craig-type meals, which are very good. But you can only eat them for so long before you want some barbecue ribs or some pigs feet. Once you get off that Jenny Craig thing and you start eating what you’ve been eating, it’s all over.”
The ‘pigs feet’ line made me nearly see my breakfast again… gross!!
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Angelina Jolie 21lbs In 21 Days Martha's Vineyard Detox Diet
Posted on 12. Mar, 2009 by CSS.
Angelina Jolie is battling weakness fatigue as she tries to lose 21lbs in 21 days for eagerly-anticipated new film.
Squealing spies with Grazia Magazine say the 33-year-old mother of six is desperate to slim down for her role in the upcoming action-thriller Salt, in which she plays a CIA assassin who is forced to disguise herself as a man.
Angelina is so determined to look like a boy she has turned to the Martha’s Vineyard Detox Diet to help shrink her already thin frame. The crash diet, which gained popularity in Hollywood in 2007, encourages followers to ingest liquids every two hours to “cleanse the body,” but ingesting Solid food is strictly prohibited.
Friends say the Oscar-winning star began her detox three days before the 2009 Academy Awards last month.
“She has been trying to go for the full 21 days but it’s tough. She’s lost around eight pounds but is now introducing a couple of small meals in between shakes as she was starting to feel weak,” an insider says.
