Madonna stepped out for a TV appearance yesterday in NYC wearing hella accessories. The 49 year old singer’s trainer dished the deets on her strict diet, and after checking out the sad menu, I can’t believe Madonna has enough energy to carry around those necklaces.
Trainer Tracy Anderson said Madonna uses the following diet to lose 20 pounds in 6 weeks. Not that Madonna has had an extra 20 pounds laying around lately, but whatev. The full 6 week diet is after the cut.
The diet:
This short-term diet “ensures you lose between 3 and 5 pounds a week,” says Anderson. The diet bans processed food, dairy and all spices (“They’re bloating and upset your digestive system, which causes you to store fat”), oil and sauces (“They’re just added calories”), discourages drinking alcohol or caffeine (sip 1.5 to 3 liters of water daily instead) and prescribes one serving of whole-grain carbs a day. Once you’re at your target weight, adopt a healthy but less restrictive diet.
Below are three weeks’ worth of menus. You can follow as is, or mix and match complete days’ menus to your liking.
WEEK ONE
Sunday
Breakfast
1 cup Kashi cereal, with ½ cup plain — or vanilla — nonfat rice milk
Lunch
3 oz grilled chicken breast — or fresh turkey breast (no deli meat!) — with ½ cup each of chopped cucumber and tomatoes
Snack
1 cup mixed berries (try raspberries, blackberries and blueberries)
Dinner
1 cup organic pasta with ½ cup steamed spinachMonday
Breakfast
1 cup Kashi cereal, with ½ cup plain—or vanilla—nonfat rice milk
Lunch
2 hardboiled eggs with ½ cup each of baby carrots and cherry tomatoes
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled sea bass with ½ cup steamed spinachTuesday
Breakfast
1 cup steel-cut oatmeal made with water and ½ cup fresh blueberries
Lunch
3 oz grilled chicken breast — or fresh turkey breast (no deli meat!) — with ½ cup each of chopped cucumber and tomatoes
Snack
1 cup mixed berries (try raspberries, blueberries or red grapes)
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled salmon with ½ cup steamed broccoliWednesday
Breakfast
1 cup Kashi cereal, with ½ cup plain — or vanilla — nonfat rice milk
Lunch
½ cup each of fresh spinach, beet root, tomatoes and cucumbers, with 2 tsp tahini
Snack
1 snack cup of sugar-free Jell-O
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled chicken breast with ½ cup steamed spinachThursday
Breakfast
1 cup Kashi cereal, with ½ cup plain — or vanilla — nonfat rice milk
Lunch
2 hard-boiled eggs with 4 to 5 celery sticks and 4 to 5 carrot sticks
Dinner
1 cup penne pasta with ½ cup each of steamed spinach and chopped steamed tomatoesFriday
Breakfast
1 cup Kashi cereal, with ½ cup plain — or vanilla — nonfat rice milk
Lunch
3 oz fresh turkey breast with ¼ cup each of cucumbers, alfalfa sprouts and beets, plus 1 slice whole-grain bread
Snack
1 cup fresh strawberries
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled sea bass with ½ cup steamed fresh green beansSaturday
Breakfast
2 poached eggs with 3 slices veggie bacon
Lunch
1 whole-grain wrap with ¼ cup of chopped avocado and ½ cup each of chopped cucumber and tomatoes
Snack
10 to 15 red grapes
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled chicken breast with ½ cup steamed spinach
WEEK TWO
Sunday
Breakfast
2 poached eggs with 3 slices veggie bacon
Lunch
3 oz fresh turkey breast with ½ cup each of chopped cucumber and tomatoes
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled salmon with ½ cup steamed Brussels sprouts or ½ cup steamed spinachMonday
Breakfast
1 cup vanilla — or plain — nonfat rice milk and one poached egg
Lunch
2 sushi rolls (about 10 pieces total) of your choice (none should include mayo, nor may you add soy sauce)
Snack
1 cup soy pudding
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled chicken breast with ½ cup steamed spinachTuesday
Breakfast
1 cup vanilla — or plain — nonfat rice milk and one poached egg
Lunch
2 celery stalks with 2 to 4 tsp almond butter
Dinner
3 to 5 oz fresh turkey breast with 1 sweet potatoWednesday
Breakfast
1 cup vanilla — or plain — nonfat rice milk and one poached egg
Lunch
1 slice whole-grain toast with 2 slices veggie bacon with ½ cup each of tomatoes and spinach
Dinner
3to 5 oz grilled sea bass with ½ cup steamed spinachThursday
Breakfast
1 cup vanilla — or plain — nonfat rice milk and 1 poached egg
Lunch
2 slices whole-grain bread with 3 oz fresh turkey, 2 slices of tomato, 3 to 4 slices of cucumber and romaine lettuce, and 2 tsp mustard
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled salmon with ½ cup steamed kaleFriday
Breakfast
1 cup vanilla — or plain — nonfat rice milk and 1 poached egg
Lunch
1 cup quinoa with ½ cup each of chopped parsley, spinach and tomatoes
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled chicken breast with ½ cup steamed spinachSaturday
Breakfast
1 cup vanilla — or plain — nonfat rice milk and 1 poached egg
Lunch
2 slices whole-grain bread with 3 oz fresh turkey, 2 slices of tomato, 3 to 4 slices of cucumber and romaine lettuce, and 2 tsp mustard
Snack
1 snack cup of sugar-free Jell-O
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled salmon with ½ cup steamed cabbage
WEEK THREE
Sunday
Breakfast
1 cup vanilla — or plain — nonfat rice milk and 1 poached egg
Lunch
2 celery stalks with 2 to 4 tsp almond butter
Dinner
1 grilled chicken breast with ½ cup each of chopped cucumber and tomatoesMonday
Breakfast
1 pumpkin spice Kashi bar with 1 cup vanilla — or plain — nonfat rice milk
Lunch
1 cup plain penne pasta with ½ cup steamed peas
Dinner
3 to 5 oz fresh turkey breast with ½ cup each of chopped spinach, cucumber and tomatoesTuesday
Breakfast
1 pumpkin spice Kashi bar with 1 cup vanilla — or plain — nonfat rice milk
Lunch
1 cup soy yogurt with 3 to 4 celery sticks
Snack
1 cup mixed berries (strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries)
Dinner
1 cup brown rice with 3 to 5 oz grilled chicken breastWednesday
Breakfast
1 pumpkin spice Kashi bar with 1 cup vanilla — or plain — nonfat rice milk
Lunch
3 oz chopped turkey with ½ cup each of chopped tomatoes, cucumber and spinach
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled salmon with ½ cup steamed kaleThursday
Breakfast
1 pumpkin spice Kashi bar with 1 cup vanilla — or plain — nonfat rice milk
Lunch
2 hardboiled eggs with ½ cup each of baby carrots and cherry tomatoes
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled chicken breast with ½ cup steamed spinachFriday
Breakfast
1 pumpkin spice Kashi bar with 1 cup vanilla — or plain — nonfat rice milk
Lunch
3 oz grilled chicken with ¼ cup of chopped avocado and ½ cup each of chopped cucumber and beets
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled salmon with ½ cup steamed spinachSaturday
Breakfast
2 poached eggs and 1 slice whole-grain toast
Lunch
3 oz grilled chicken breast with ½ cup each of chopped cucumber and tomatoes
Snack
1 cup mixed berries (strawberries, blueberries, red grapes)
Dinner
3 to 5 oz grilled sea bass with ½ cup steamed spinach
In addition to that crazy business, Tracy said she makes her clients work out six days a week for two hours.
No thanks.
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May 2nd, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Celery stalks are not the foundation for a lunch. It’s something you eat at a party because you’re uncomfortable and the hors d’oeuvres happen to suck.
May 2nd, 2008 at 12:38 pm
It’d be fine if you weren’t really working out, but 2hrs of workout on that diet (unless you’re only doing certain types of yoga) is asking for organ failure.
Nomi’s right about celery- it has negative calories.
May 2nd, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Dude I’m on it. I wanna get into a child’s 6x bathing suit by summer.
May 2nd, 2008 at 12:45 pm
There’s no such thing as a food with “Negative Calories”. What you meant to write was that it take more calories to eat and burn celery than the amount of calories there are in the celery itself.
Either way, this is mild starvation…one’s body will go into a state of ketosis if they follow this (not healthy). You will lose weight, but mostly water weight and it will definitely come back as soon as you return to your normal everyday diet/eating habits.
May 2nd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
No wonder she looks pissed off all the time. Bitch is hungry.
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Her trainer chick is hella super shady, she had some studio in Indiana and got all these people to pony up thousands of dollars and then shut the studio and skipped town!
OK, also, the only thing that really bugs me about this diet (besides the 2 pieces of celery for lunch, obvs) is the strict rationing of vegetables! Vegetables like cucumber and tomatoes have hardly any calories!!!! I think a whole cucumber is 20 calories. You’re not gonna get fat off cucumbers.
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:44 pm
I agree with Darth Paul. If this were someone who just worked out maybe 1 hour 4 times a week this would be a great diet plan. I think the two hour workout is a little too much. Our idea of portion sizes in this country are crazy. We eat way more than we need. Her trainer is right on with the portion sizes.
May 2nd, 2008 at 4:19 pm
No, I meant to write “negative calories.” Your edits are neither desired or required “SuperstarER.”
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Eating the jewelry sounds more appetizing.
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:39 am
Ancient chinese secret #234
After short term diet
This one needs a sandwich and 2 shots of estrogen NOW !!!
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 am
Yeah, I’ll stick with my fat rather than do that. That’s not healthy.