Elle Fanning’s Riveting LIKENESS Video Exposes Bulimia

Women and girls have been turning to eating disorders for years to make them feel better about themselves, but why? And why is it not being discussed? This new short movie exposes an artistic view of women and girls while in the midst of the disease.

Source: ELLE

ELLE Magazine says:
"It used to be taboo to discuss eating disorders, but at this point barely a week goes by without a celebrity opening up about his or her struggle with anorexia or bulimia. Though it’s always upsetting to read about these struggles, I confess to becoming somewhat inured to the eating disorder narrative after years of lady blogging. Which makes this new short film, Likeness directed by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigro Prieto, even more special: It broke through my mental complacency about eating disorders and negative body image because it is truly disturbing.”

Video: LIKENESS directed by Rodrigo Prieto
About the movie: "The directorial debut of Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, "LIKENESS" is a personal meditation on eating disorders created by Prieto and his daughter. "LIKENESS" stars Elle Fanning as a girl struggling with self-perception, and challenges us to consider the role of society in presenting an idealized image of the female body.

Movie Details:

• Written and Directed by Rodrigo Prieto
• Starring Elle Fanning
• Producers Rhea Scott, Lilly Hartley, Jacqueline Bosnjak, Jan Wieringa
• Executive Producer Jeffrey Tarrant
• DP Rodrigo Prieto
• Production Designer Laura Fox
• Editor Carlos Arias
• Music & Sound Design Drazen Bosnjak | Q Department
• Visual Effects by Crazy Horse Effects & EFILM
• Title Design Gonzalo Garcia Barcha
• For Full Credits watch film.” (YouTube, LIKENESS 2013)

Celebrity Weight Loss Secrets

Many Hollywood celebrities lead lives devoted to maintaining their appearance and looking good for film. Celebrity diets and looking good go hand in hand. But how do they do it?

Beyonce's Vegan Diet - Source: Bspsta

But what happens when a celebrity packs on a few pounds and they need to lose the weight for that special part in a movie or TV show.  Us Weekly and others around the web have gathered some of the best of the best from celebrities and how they do it.

Source: US Weekly Jonah Hill

A few tips on how to do it:

1. Develop a routine (20 minutes a day, pick the time and days and stick to it).
2. Snack smart with Healthy Snacks (try replacing high-calorie snacks with vitamin-packed veggies and apples).
3. Be selective about the food you keep around you. Keep junk food out of the house, your office space, and car. Replace it with healthy items that are low calorie and packed with Vitamins.
4. Find balance, enjoy yourself, and do exercise that you really like.
5. Indulge - but do it in moderation. If you are craving a peanut butter sandwich, but you have sworn off white bread, sugar and fat. Then compromise and eat half of a sandwich. This will usually halt the craving and allow for your craving to be satisfied. 
6. Try new forms of exercise. Don't be afraid to try something new, and pick things that really interest you.
7. Start small - pick a goal a determine the best way to reach it. Talk it over with someone you trust, a doctor, psychologist. Reach your goal, reevaluate and set another healthy goal. Before you know it, you will be at your ideal weight and body type.

Source: US Weekly Jason Segel

Melissa McCarthy's 45-pound weight loss was reportedly due to a low carb, high protein - Source: Examiner

Jillian Michaels: Slim for Life Work Out at a Home - Stay Motivated!

Jillian Michaels weight loss book Slim for Life: My Insider Secrets to Simple, Fast and Lasting Weight Loss.  Jillian Michaels is famous for her drill-sergeant weight loss training demeanor from NBC's "The Biggest Loser.”

Slim for Life: My Insider Secrets to

Simple, Fast, and Lasting Weight Loss

Her I can do it attitude will get you through those “I cant's”, she offers an incredible insight to losing weight and making it doable even for moms that work, and people with a super tight schedule.

Found on: Parade.com

I can’t wait to get her new book  Slim for Life she offers hot tips on:

• how to accelerate her metabolism
• how to dress to look thinner
• on how to make getting slim manageable
• stop cravings
• prevent self-sabotage
• slim down for life with this no-nonsense insider's plan
• No BS, no gimmicks, just tips that work

Standing just 5 foot 2 inches, Jillian’s strength has reshaped the way American women view themselves. Going from thin to muscular, Jillian’s influence, P90x, and even CrossFit are helping women and men all over find their inner strength.

Found on: BUZZFeed

Who is Jillian Michaels?

Jillian Michaels is an American personal trainer, businesswoman, author and TV personality from Los Angeles, California. Michaels is best known for her appearances on NBC's The Biggest Loser and Losing It with Jillian

Found on: US Magazine

"Jillian has been a fitness expert and wellness coach for over 20 years. In addition, she owned and operated a sports medicine facility, where she worked as a physical therapy aid under the physiatrists, physical therapists, and chiropractors. Jillian's passion for fitness training originates from 17 years of martial arts practice in Muay Thai and Akarui-Do, in which she holds a black belt. 

Since 1993, Jillian has held two personal training certificates from the leading certification programs in the country: the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association (NESTA) and the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). In addition, she is Kettlebell Concepts certified. Jillian has also developed a continuing education series for trainers with AFAA and holds a nutrition and wellness consultant certificate with the American Fitness Professionals and Associates (AFPA)." - Excerpt from Jillian Michael's Website - 

View body transformations here:
Jillianmichaels.com/transformations

How to Make Money Loosing Weight

Can you make money by just loosing weight? Does money have a direct effect on weight loss? It may be true that lack or money or stress associated with money may aid in weight gain, but how about the other way around? Can money motivate you to loose weight?

Image courtesy of: Health-Tips-Guru

In a recent study by the Mayo Clinic they offered dieters money to take off the pounds, and the result?

How it worked:

• 4 weight loss groups
• 2 groups offered financial opportunities
• 2 groups did not
• all participants set a weight loss goal
• if you met your goal you were awarded with $20
• if you failed to meet your goal you were charged $20, ouch

Mayo’s studies showed that this may actually be viable weight loss alternative. Now who will pay everyone to loose weight?
For more information visit: Money Motivates People to Weight Loss

    

Boot Camp: Day 6 - Top 10 Weight Loss Camps BIKINI Boot Camp

Boot Camp Day 6: Bikini Boot Camp

Do visions of bikini’s and working out fill your head? Yes this does seem to be part of their attire, however maybe not the way that you may think.

This bootcamp is located on the beaches of Tulum, Ibiza. It is not being advertised as a weight loss camp but more of an adventure fitness and yoga holiday that has been "designed to help guests reconnect to themselves and nature through a combination of exercise, healthy eating, adventure, yoga, relaxation and pampering.”

Image courtesy of Bikini Boot Camp

Portovert Magazine explains more:"A typical day at Amansala Resort offers enough structure to keep you busy, but not so much that you can't veg out with a book and enjoy the sand and surf. You can opt to attend every single class, or pick and choose as the mood strikes: power yoga if you're hard core, restorative if you're sore.”

                                                            Image courtesy of Bikini Boot Camp

This bootcamp’s fitness curriculum is not set on "just loosing weight”. Instead their schedule and motives follow a have fun, get fit and no pressure philosophy. 

                                                                   Image courtesy of Bikini Boot Camp

Here's a small example  of what they offer:

• no pressure to participate in any of the activities
• non competitive atmosphere
• various fitness levels excepted
• come with an open mind
• work at ones own pace
• set your intentions on what they want to get out of their visit 
• work on making positive changes to bring back to their daily lives

Here is an idea of what your day might look like (ahh, sounds like a day in paradise)

6:45 Morning journal writing, tea, coffee and fruit

7:00-8:00 Beach Walk

8:00-9:00 Yoga

9:00 Breakfast of fresh fruit, eggs, yogurt, house made granola

10:00 Tour to ruins by bike or Tour to fresh water swimming hole

12:30-1:30 Delicious 

Lunch of salad, grilled fish or chicken (veggie option as well)

1:00-4:30 Free Time & Spa Services

4:30 Power Abs

4:30-5:30 African dance 

5:30-6:30 Restorative Yoga

7:30-8:30 Dinner...usually featuring the fresh catch of the day, home made vegetable soup

8:30-9:30 Tribal Drumming Lesson

For more information visit: Bikini Boot Camp

“Who would have thought that sleeping in a cabana on the beach and eating fresh grilled fish, ceviche and fruit smoothies would be more rewarding and memorable than a stay at The Four Seasons.” – Rachel Tanner (Excerpt from Bikini Bootcamp -

     

"BIKINI BOOTCAMP INCLUDES 3 EXCURSIONS
BIKE RIDE TO THE MAYAN RUINS OF TULUM
Beautiful flat ride along the beach to the ruins followed by a guided tour. When you get back to camp you’ll definitely be ready to jump in the refreshing ocean.

Unlike other cities the pyramids of Tulum are small and most monuments had ceremonial functions. Tulum is the third most visited archaeological site of Mexico and a must see due to its extremely beautiful setting on a bluff overlooking the Caribbean Sea and located just a short bike ride from us.


VISIT A FRESHWATER SWIMMING POOL
Tulum’s Grand Cenote is a large beautiful garden cenote with gentle white sand beach type areas along with easily accessible caves for snorkeling and diving. You can swim around the edges of the cenote, viewing depths up to 10 meters.

Views include columns of stalactites and stalagmites of all shapes and sizes which resemble cities of skyscrapers. Large balls of roots and vines seem to grow out of the underwater ceiling, connected to the large jungle trees above. Schools of fish tend to follow, eating up the plant debri which swim fins and paddling feet tend to stir up. Little green turtles paddle around near the garden´s edge.


CLIMB A PYRAMID IN COBA
Enjoy a beautiful jungle walk before reaching the incredible ruins of Coba.

The archaeological site of Coba, surrounded by five lakes, is still largely hidden in the sub tropical vegetation. It contains about 6500 structures spread over nearly 70 km. This is the most important site of the Yucatán Peninsula that can only be compared with Chichen Itza his eternal rival, Archaeologists believe that Cobá had a population of 50 000 inhabitants (and possibly more) at its peak."  (Excerpt from Bikini Bootcamp 2015)
For more information on Bikini Bootcamp's Excursions Visit: http://bikinibootcamp.com/excursions/

Boot Camp: Day 5 - Top 10 Weight Loss Camps Hippocrates

I found this next retreat while at the dentist's office reading Cosmopolitan Magazine. The article itself must have been 4 inches x 4 inches, with a cute little picture of a shack with a green and tropical Florida background. Seriously, the name alone sounds peaceful and encouraging: the Hippocrates Health Institute. Do visions of Hippocrates and health just fill your mind?

Image courtesy of Hippocrates Health Institute

Hippocrates is a nonprofit health institute that is based in West Palm Beach, Florida. Originally founded in Boston, Massachusetts by Ann Wigmore soon after she discovered the healing properties of using Wheatgrass therapies for colon cancer.  Their philosophy is that, "a vegan, living, enzyme-rich diet – complemented by exercise, positive thinking and non-invasive therapies – is integral to optimum health.”

   

Hippocrates stated nearly 2,500 years ago: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Let me just say this, this is the only fitness retreat with a hair salon, their own wheat grass warehouse and laser hair removal therapy.

Here is an example of just some of the program benefits when visiting Hippocrates:

• located on 50 acres of serene tropical woodlands in Southern Florida
• serene setting to aid in healing, nurturing and developing into one’s fullest potential
• holistic approach to health and wellness
• daily lectures on health, healing and alternative modalities
• detoxification
• ozone pools, including: dead sea salt, swimming, jacuzzi and cold plunge
• weekly massages
• emotional counseling and psychotherapy
• stress evaluation and stress management

Image courtesy of Hippocrates Health Institute

To finish it up, they offer a variety of programs, with stay times between 1 to 9 weeks and a few different options for accommodations. Here is a link to their Financing and scholarship options page. 

Added bonus, the link to their recipes page! I will be trying the dressing out very soon.

                                                  Image courtesy of Hippocrates Health Institute

Hippocrates Top Recipes include:

Red Pepper Tahini Dressing 

red bell peppers, roughly chopped

1 cup raw sesame tahini

1 cup water

1-2 cloves garlic

1 T Frontier Pizza Seasoning

1 T fresh lemon juice

2-3 drops liquid Stevia extract

Braggs, Dulse or Kelp Granules to taste

Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend well and season to taste/add more water to adjust consistency.

 Image courtesy of Hippocrates Health Institute

Hippocrates House Dressing Recipe

Blend at high speed:

3/4 cup + 1 T lemon juice

1/8 cup Braggs

1 T water

3 cloves garlic

2 t ground yellow mustard seeds

1/8 t cayenne

While blending slowly add:

3/4 cup of oil blend: olive oil, flax oil and hemp oil

This dressing is thick and creamy and will last in the refrigerator for two weeks.

Program Examples Include:
(Excerpts from http://hippocratesinst.org/ 2015)

Life Transformation Program - 3 Weeks

The Hippocrates Life Transformation Program is the 3-Week Signature Hippocrates Health Institute Program. We recommend 3 weeks to people wanting to come to Hippocrates, as this is enough time for habit change, to ‘solidify real change’ and influence health, and to fully benefit from embracing The Hippocrates Lifestyle.

Health Educator Program

The Hippocrates Health Educator Program (HED) provides an extensive learning experience about the practice and teachings of the living foods lifestyle, inspired by Hippocrates’ wisdom, “Let Food Be Thy Medicine and Medicine Be Thy Food.” The nine-week program not only provides students with a concise introduction to the health benefits of a raw, plant-based diet, but involves complementary therapies and related disciplines that are essential to a healthy and well-rounded approach to life, as well as a career path to help others take responsibility for their lives. For more details visit: Hippocrates Health Educator Program (HED)

   

About Hippocrates Institute:

"More than a half century ago, visionary and humanitarian Ann Wigmore developed a simple concept first voiced by Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, nearly 2,500 years ago: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Together with the brilliant Viktoras Kulvinskas, Ms. Wigmore nurtured this seed, creating a comprehensive institute that encourages people to draw from their vast inner resources to transform the quality of their health and lives. The commitment to this inspired truth is embodied in Hippocrates Health Institute, a non-profit organization jointly directed by the caring hands of Brian and Anna Maria Clement since 1980."  (Excerpts from http://hippocratesinst.org/ 2015)