As you might recall, I am rooting big time for Kate Winslet to take home the Oscar on Sunday. (Nothing against Meryl Streep, but this is long overdue.)
I’m also rooting for her to give some kind of consistent message when it comes to talking about her body, because she is all over the place lately.
For most of her career, she was the torch-bearer for combating a stick-thin aesthetic in Hollywood.
Then in recent years, she lost a bunch of weight and was furious over the implication that her body had been photoshopped down a size or two, even though clearly there was some degree of retouching going on in that photoshoot.
More recently, she chalked up her newly svelte figure to daily sessions of Pilates and clean eating.
And now, just days before the Oscars, what’s her secret to looking so slim?
Any crazy diets or detoxes?
N.O. [I] absolutely do not. I’m very sort of relaxed and vocal about these things. I have not done a stitch of exercise since October. I literally have not had the time. And I’m just going to eat normally, I’m not going to make cuts. If I’m keeping it together it’s by a wing and a prayer. I just want to enjoy this.
Her no-exercise-since-October claim contradicts articles in Vanity Fair and British Elle, but really what makes me so sad is how she’s totally buying into the Hollywood “I just eat whatever I want and never exercise and I stay thin because I have a fast metabolism” B.S. that we’ve come to expect from everyone else in her line of work.
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Nothing a little meth can’t fix.
I’d Hit it
Why is it so terrible to eat properly and exercise? Why are celebrities so desperate to deny that they do it? Normal people are expected to. I think we all know that people aren’t usually toned and slim naturally.
Who cares? Kate is still smokin’ hot MILF! Even after having a couple of kids. I’m with Jrod, I’d hit it.
Yeah, fast metabolism. And I’m an 18 year old thin blonde with huge knockers and a PhD in physics.
She probably does eat what she wants…she just doesn’t keep it down.
Habanada you beat me to it. Why indeed. I don’t get it. What do they achieve by lying about their exercise and diet? If they told the truth about the 3 hour daily workouts and 1200 calorie diets they endure then maybe people would realize what hard work it is to look like this. Who knows, they might inspire people to take charge of their health. Not that this is necessarily healthy, but you know what I mean. Jeez if it was me I’d be preaching it from the rooftops.
bigmama, if what you said it true, wanna wrassel then talk about quantum physics?
Bigmama – I will one up Swede’s offer and show you my VMWare computer grid!
A PhD in physics? How much can you bench?
And I loved Kate when she came out during “Titanic” and said that she loved her body even though critics were claiming she was fat during the filming of “Titanic”. If she was fat, then I am a house. I guess some good things cannot last forever.
I don’t believe for one second that you could lose any weight by doing pilates. Or yoga.
While looking up MILF to recall what all four letters stand for, it’s apparently also an acronym for The Moro Islamic Liberation Front — how quaint.
D, don’t make me flair my nostrals. I called bigmama 1st. She’s mine! That is until she rejects me and kicks me to the curb like the dog that I am.
Well, Swede, at least I’ll give you a biscuit first before I kick you. And Pasta, I can probably bench press you.
Oh and D, I’m not sure what a VMWare computer grid is, the ignorant physicist that I am.
Pasta,
Most people don’t know is Joseph Pilates, in addition to the Pilates classes that the average person attends, had a cardio routine which was an important part of his workouts.
If Kate indeed did Pilates, the entire program, you can loose weight. However, lifestyle changes are key.
So if I go on the supersize me diet at McDonald’s can I chalk that up to a slow metabolism instead of being lazy fat slob who eat’s McDonald’s and worships octomom?
Lisa,
Two Hours of golf burns 890 calories
Two hours of pilates… 780
I don’t believe for one second that you could lose any weight by doing pilates. Or yoga.
How does this matter? Mr. Sleepyhead believes the Deceiver wants us all to care.
I don’t.
Pasta, I do pilates and yoga on a daily basis and it really is a great way to lose weight, tone up, or maintain yourself. I go overboard, and do an hour of each every morning, but I swear by it, and would even argue that 20 minutes a day of pilates is all a person really needs if they are too busy to do what I do. Of course, a healthy diet is essential as well.
As for Kate… I don’t care that she lost all that weight. Good for her. But to deny that she’s worked toward it is really just stretching the limits of reality. That is pretty disappointing coming from her.
When famous women start claiming that they just have “fast metabolisms”, it’s a lot like claiming that they’re natural blondes, or that their skin just looks that way w/o being airbrushed or w/o having spent hours on end in a makeup artist’s chair. Few celebrities have ever been willing to pony up that they spend the better part of every day working out or having facials or having their highlights done, let alone having surgical work done, because it sounds so shallow and self-obsessed. Thing is, they ARE shallow and self-obsessed. They just want us to think it’s a gift, not a fixation. Their job titles read “actress”, (or “actor”, if you prefer the gender-neutral) but they are, in truth, models who yap. Rather a lot.
As mentioned lifstyle changes are necessary. Take current weight and multiply by 9. That number is the amount of calories per day to consume to loose weight. Common sense…if you are buring more than consuming – without getting into the starvation mode – you will loose weight no matter what form of exercise you choose.
In addition, Kate probably has someone prepare her meals.
Personally not a big fan of golf, yoga or pilates.
i remember watching titanic when i was a kid (when it came out) and my mom said “can you believe people are calling her fat?” i honestly couldn’t.. she looked great then and i still think she does now!
Clearly.
That’s cool Chronic. Whatever works for you I guess. My argument was that people universally see golf as a lazy sport for fat guys, and if that burns more calories than pilates, well…
I just think the whole “I lost weight doing pilates!” thing by celebrities is because they’re stupid and don’t know what pilates is. And they think I’m stupid too which makes it worse. At least to me.
You couldn’t really believe Madonna got arms like that by “stretching” do you?
I always get a giggle out of people who don’t care, so fervently, that they have to post about how much they don’t care. Because their browser doesn’t have a “Back” button and there are no other sites on the whole ‘net. Nope.
Pasta, you have just ruined my day. Are you sure on Madonna??? Damn. I was so misled. I feel used. I need to re-think my entire life plan now. What should I do now? Is there a celb out there that will be honest about their workout routine, or will I be more likely to find life on Mars?
“Is there a celb out there that will be honest about their workout routine, or will I be more likely to find life on Mars?”
Probably not, and maybe.
As far as Miss Winslet is concerned, i really had high hopes for her to break the skinny people in Hollywood thing. personally i think that the ladies of the 40’s had it right…. and as far as this ‘fast metabolism’ nonsense is concerned, doesn’t anyone remember the bulimia and anorexia epidemic of the 80s and 90s? as far as i can tell, Hollywood is propagating these lies about fast metabolism to get the impressionable youth to buy their products, and when the products don’t work as advertised, many of the kids will be so distraught over ‘failing’ in their endeavor to appear as slim as the stars that they idolize that they will take any kind of desperate measure (including the aforementioned bulimia and anorexia as well as pharmaceuticals, drugs, and obsessive calorie counting and exercising)
…… oh, wait…… a fair portion of the youth of TODAY is already doing just that…. well never mind then.
I think that she ate Rene Zellweger.
I see what you are saying, Pasta. Thing is, no work out routine, whatever it is (and I don’t believe golf is for the lazy having gone through a phase on golf several years ago), is worth anything if a person isn’t eating right or being consistent with that work out. If I were to go my yoga and pilates once a month or even once a week, there would be no point. If I followed even those consistent work outs with a Super Sized meal from McDonald’s, I would be taking in more than I was burning and that would make it all pointless as well.
People want to believe that these celebrities can eat what they want and not exercise because it gives them an excuse to do the same, but in reality, that only works until you hit about 23, and then you do have to make the effort. What’s sad is that the celebrities are being dishonest to a highly gullable group of people who then feel resentful and get down on themselves when that lie doesn’t work for them. It’s sad and speaks volumes for the quick fix society we live in. In the end, while it is disappointing that these celebrities lie the way they do, those that believe them should really know better.
She does not say that she eats whatever she wants, she say that she eats normally. Having good, healthy eating habits is not a diet, it is a lifestyle. Furthermore she may have said that she was exercising in the past, and that got here to her recent figure, but she denied exercise after October. That does not mean that she is going to put on 40 pounds in 4 months and blow up like a whale.
I like you d-listed, but be f*cking rational here. Not everyone has to work out 3 hours a day to maintain a slim figure. I am 33 years old and I have a good figure through a healthy diet and quasi-regular exercise. Sometimes I can go 3-4 months without an exercise routine (I still remain active…walking everywhere and skating) but I don’t expand exponentially when I get lazy and quit exercising, I just lose my stamina. As for people who do gain weight quickly or have a hard time losing weight – I’m sorry, that’s unfortunate, but THE WHOLE WORLD does not have YOUR problem, so lay off.
Hey I love golfing. I’m rusty now but I used to shoot in the 80’s (score, not decade). That’s not too bad I think. It’s the only sport I’ll actually, occasionally, okay rarely watch on TV. We were kicked off of a golf course once for being too drunk. That was fun.
If they don’t want you to be drunk why are those cute girls in the beer carts always following you around? Next thing you know they’ll tell me I can’t smoke crack in the public library anymore. Screw all your “rules” society!
Take that Tim Robbins!
Damn the rules, Pasta! Damn them all and Tim Robbins too!
Seriously, I thought that golf was about getting plastered and having a nice walk in the process. I never really got good at it, though I had a heck of a drive for a little girl (can’t putt for anything). I like to watch golf too. I used to go to the Doral senior open every year when I lived in Miami, and Doug Sanders once tried to pick me up. It was a blast. I just moved on from it, sold my clubs, and now I do my yoga, pilates, and walking. I have to walk and probably cover about 14 miles a week on average. I have two dogs, and one is very large and active. Wouldn’t be fair not to go wandering.
It’s too bad that actors and actresses aren’t willing to admit how much time and effort they spend on their appearance, because it’s part of their job, isn’t it? I mean, dancers take class every day, fire fighters do practice drills and cubicle jockeys keep up their Excel skills…why shouldn’t people in movies keep up their appearances with workouts and trips to the aesthetician?
Pilates won’t help you lose weight because it’s not really aerobic, but it helps tone your muscles. Ditto for yoga, unless it’s one of those 95-degree yoga classes where you lose 5 pounds of water weight in an hour. But they’re fun, especially for masochists and former dancers like myself.
And now, having firmly established myself as a neurotic upper middle-class suburban woman, I’ll sign off to watch ‘Oprah’ and then go to book club and drink pinot noir with my friends while discussing Eckhart Tolle.
Golf is a leisurely sport. Yes. But it should not be knocked as a “lazy” sport.
I have two words to rebutt that: Tiger Woods.
That man is in amazing shape.
And having also been through a golf phase, I’ll say this: Sh*t is HARD.
You know, in some cases, I can buy when a person is just genetically blessed (Thanks mom!) but in her case, having her come out and admit that she works out and eats right in the past…well, I’m kinda thinking she’s lying about the whole fast metabolism thing.
I’m over that whole mess. Admit you work for it, and admit that despite what you say about “Big Beautiful and loving it” you’re a filthy liar. Shame too, cuz I adore Kate.