{"id":13454,"date":"2009-10-29T01:01:14","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T06:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=13454"},"modified":"2009-10-28T13:00:31","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T18:00:31","slug":"gwyneth-paltrows-controversial-fitness-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/gwyneth-paltrows-controversial-fitness-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwyneth Paltrow’s Controversial Fitness Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"gwyneth<\/a>Drama just seems to follow Hollywood stars, no matter how low of a profile they keep. Case in point, a controversial comment made by celebrity\u00a0Gwyneth Paltrow<\/a> during a workout with her beloved trainer, Tracy Anderson<\/a>. Paltrow, who is no stranger to putting in some serious sweaty hours\u00a0at Anderson’s gym to whip her body back into shape after two pregnancies, made this rather tongue-in-cheek comment about what you need to do in order to look great:<\/p>\n

“When you’re 35, you either starve yourself, or you do serious cardio.”<\/p>\n

While a few Paltrow fans\u00a0have staunchly criticized her comment, in my opinion, those attacking her are making the mistake of taking her comment a bit too literally.<\/p>\n

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Paltrow, having endured the scrutinizing and oftentimes unforgiving comments by the paparazzi is simply pointing out the obvious: That in order to lose weight and look great, you’ve got to work your butt off. And you know what? She’s right.<\/p>\n

Granted, I don’t know Ms. Paltrow personally, but she doesn’t strike me as someone who is going to come out supporting starvation as a way to lose weight.\u00a0 Yes, she has unabashedly admitted to following a post-holiday cleanse<\/a> in order to detox after a few too many slices of pumpkin pie, but\u00a0what\u00a0her comment is\u00a0instead\u00a0suggesting is that dieting is tough work particularly\u00a0as you get older and your metabolism slows. You inevitably have to work that much harder to not just maintain your weight but to lose it. And as long as we’re being as frank as Ms. Paltrow, let us all be clear that dieting takes some work and it’s not that fun. That work\u00a0may involve\u00a0feeling some hunger pangs as you pass up an afternoon coffee-house cookie for a grande green tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So let’s give\u00a0Gwyneth a break and not misrepresent her comment by making her out to be pro-anorexic<\/a>. Remember that this is the same woman who\u00a0spent months eating her way through Spain\u00a0with famed chef, Mario Batali<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She’s not scared of food. She’s not condoning starvation.<\/p>\n

She looks great and she’s got the legs and the\u00a0sweaty gym clothes to prove it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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