She has climbed to the pinnacle of the modeling world (in four-inch stilettos). But off-camera, she’s surprisingly down to earth.

Gisele Bundchen recently admitted that she has gained 20 pounds after she stopped smoking, “I just accepted it,â€? she says. When asked if she was an instant success as a model, here is what she told Allure: (more…)

Continued from Tyra Banks’ Weight Loss: Tyra Banks Lost 30 Pounds.

Tyra Banks can’t attribute her recent weight loss of 30 pounds to just hard work. When she appeared on The View on April 26, Tyra showed Rosie O’Donnell her jiggle-free secret — Spanx!

(Tyra has admitted to wearing Spanx on 80 percent of her own talk show’s episodes).

“I’m trying to get rid of some of this in my booty so I don’t have to wear Spanx,” she said about the girdlelike undergarments. “But I’m not going to obsess.” (more…)

Tyra Banks’s weight loss is quite impassive. In just six months, Banks lost 30 pounds by eating healthy and exercising. What a “novelâ€? approach! Tyra’s current weight is estimated to be around 140 pounds.

Life & Style is reporting that in order to lose weight, the 5-foot-10 Banks has switched her old food habits for better choices like fruits, vegetables and protein, which rev her metabolism and keep hunger at bay.

“It’s more of a lifestyle change than a diet,” says an insider. Tyra starts the day with an energy-packed meal of eggs and papaya slices or a bowl of whole-grain cereal and fruit, says the insider — that’s a far cry from her old IHOP breakfasts.

Another strategy is portion control. For lunch and dinner, she eats a serving of lean protein (chicken, shrimp or fish) with veggies, salads and soups she makes herself. Finally, she snacks on fruits and vegetables that satisfy her sweet tooth and keep her feeling full. (more…)

Let’s face it, we are obsessed with six-pack abs. A look at the facts behind that hard-to-tone part of our figures.

60: Percent of Americans who say they’d choose toned abs over any other muscle group.

40: Percentage of women who said they would choose to have Janet Jackson’s abs, as compared to 21 percent who would want Julia Roberts’s smile.

1993: Year in which trainer Kurt Brungardt is credited for kicking off the washboard-look craze with his exercise guide Complete Book of Abs.

924: Average number of ab exercisers for sale on eBay in early 2007.

80: Percentage less of a workout an Ab Rocker gives the ab muscles than traditional crunches do, according to an American Council of Exercise study.

10: Body fat percentage below which ab muscles become visible on men.

14: Body fat percentage below which they become visible on women. (more…)

True or false? My current body fat percentage is below 10 percent and I once ate 23 donuts in one seating after a particularly grueling deadlifting session. Find out the answers after this health and diet news roundup. (more…)