I see the word mum written as mom so often that it seems weird spelling it the Australian way!!
Anyway here are some recent snaps of Megan Fox taking her stepson Kassius Green out for lunch at an Organic cafe in Los Angeles.
Megan has been slammed in the past for her unhealthy approach to weight loss and has told magazines she detoxes regularly to lose weight.
“It’s just water and raw apple cider vinegar, and it just cleans out your system entirely. It will get rid of, for women who retain water weight, from your menstrual cycle and all that, it gets rid of it really fast. I’m not one for dieting or exercising ’cause I’m lazy and I have a really big sweet tooth, so I have to do cleanses every once in a while.”
Health experts find Fox’s system to be completely misguided. This is dietitian Lucy Jones’ take:
“As attractive as it sounds, there is no magic pill, lotion or potion for a quick fix to weight loss. The body, including the liver, is a well-oiled detoxing machine, which will not be improved by vinegar, whether it be organic, apple cider, unfiltered, or your bog-standard malt vinegar.”
Another article claims this is the diet and exercise regime Megan followed for her Transformers movie role.
Planks: Megan’s workout relied heavily on planks. Hollywood Trainer, Craig Ballantyne has a video page which shows several variations (will give link to that page later). Planks are by far the best move for women to get sexy, flat abs like Megan.
A Brief Ab Circuit: After blitzing her abs with planks, she would then spend 15-20 minutes doing a circuit that involved knee ups, leg swings, and ball leg lifts. This is done in an interval like fashion…hard effort with just a little rest and back to a tough exercise. The idea is to do 3-4 different exercises back-to-back, rest 30-60 seconds, then do it again. Repeat for 15-20 minutes. It is harder than it sounds!
Old School Stationary Bike: She then took advantage of the increased heart rate by finishing off with 30 minutes of cycling. This was done with low intensity (I’ll explain why intervals, followed by low intensity cardio is extremely effective at getting lean).
Interval Cardio is great at releasing fatty acids from fat cells (basically releasing fat into the bloodstream)…but is not good for using these fatty acids, once released.
Low Intensity Cardio is great for using fat for energy, but isn’t good at releasing fat from the fat cells in the first place.
Megan Fox’s Workout Program was a Hybrid Approach: She used body weight intervals to release the fat from the fat cells, followed by low intensity cardio to use these fatty acids for energy. The result was that Megan had a smokin’ body for Transformers.
For those of you who have inboxed me asking for Lemonade Master Cleanse support groups, I found a website online that is dedicated to supporting people on the lemonade detox diet. I personally don’t recommend the diet as I have tried it myself and found it quite difficult. If you are doing it purely for detox purposes then thats fine but don’t expect to keep all of the weight you lose off!
Every January for the last 6 years, Peter Glickman hosts the world’s largest group Master Cleanse on his bulletin board/forum. Last year, there were 1207 people!
There is no charge and several hundred other people will be posting and going through the same experience. You can sign up and get your supplies, books, bottles, insulated bags, and juicers here.
Here’s to your vibrant good health in 2010.
Click Here To Go To Lemonade Master Cleanse Support Group
I will definitely check out the master cleanse group! I’ve read a lot about it and i really want to try it for health reasons. If you have a special event a few weeks away it’s an easy way to lose weight but it will not stay off unless you follow a vegetable only or juice diet afterwards. I managed four days on the cleanse before and lost about 6lbs! A week or so later i had regained 3lbs.
I really want to talk to other people about this and hear their experiences. I’m just having trouble finding a 10 day space when i can do it!
p.s. sorry for always pestering you about it
Haha you don’t pester me about it do you? I haven’t noticed
I’m pretty sure theres a section in the forum for mastercleansers. I need to revamp that forum, its pretty dodgy at the moment. Once its up and running I’ll make a dedicated master cleanse section for you