I have always had a thing of Gwyneth Paltrow. Something about Sliding Doors made me love her, even if subsequently she seems a bit cold and aloof as a person. She has always looked good, but over the summer when she started rocking those short dresses and crazy high heels, she looked incredible! Perfect from head to flawlessly shoed toe.
She was on Oprah yesterday talking about how she manages to look so good. Although I didn't watch the episode, it was refreshing to read and see on YouTube that she realizes that she is horrible at restricting her eating and going on a diet, so she exercises like crazy instead to make up for what she wants to eat. While who knows what Gwyneth "really" eats--she was macrobiotic for a while after all--anyone that works out for 2 hours a day six days a week deserves to look fab. In a time when most Hollywood starlets claim they don't work out because they have great genes or that their only work out is going on a walk with their pooch, it was nice to see a sweaty Gwyneth showing the nation her work out routine.
When I first read that she works out that much, I thought, "Oh mustn't that be nice to have the time to work out for 2 hours a day. I could do that too if I had maids, personal chefs, and someone devoted to loading and unloading my dishwasher." But then I started to realize that if I really wanted to work out, I have more than enough time to work out for up to 2 hours a day. I just need to make sure I get out of bed early enough and not sit on my butt and watch tv as soon as I get home from work.
So Gwyneth has got me riled up and ready to lose some weight and look great. I had already decided that I'm rejoining Weight Watchers on Monday to help get control of my weight--seriously, a 10 lb weight gain this year is not a good thing and I don't want it to continue. In addition to being more mindful of my eating, especially portion-wise, I'm going to try and aim for at least 1 hour of exercise a day six times a week. If Gwynnie can workout two hours a day, I can definitely do at least one. Not only will this make me look better, but it will also make me feel better and more balanced in my life. This change is long overdue.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
How to look like Gwyneth
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5 comments:
GREAT WAY TO TURN AROUND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF A SILLY INTERVIEW.
in that TWO hours a day? :) had I the time Im fairly certain Id not choose to spend it working out (life.too.short.).
but morphing it into motivation for an hour or so?
YOU CAN DO THAT.
gonna start asking yourself WWGD? :)
Miz.
I ordered the trainer's videos. I'm such a sucker!
Gwyneth is a whore! I would be willing to bet she doesn't drink alcohol and is probably on a super low carb diet.
Go Alex! Are y'all doing any Austin 1/2 marathons this year or next?
em- let me know how the videos are.
bill - we are going to run 3m at the end of january, i think. we will be sending out an email shortly to everyone.
i love gwyneth. i can't help it.
when i was working out a lot last year, i could see how someone might actually enjoy getting in 2 hour workouts. lots of 'normal' people at my gym did that.
at least it isn't like the biggest loser people who work out 8 hours a day! [not that gwyneth needs to lose an ounce, natch.]
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