Adriana Lima's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Diet

Every Novemeber, while the rest of the world is thinking about turkey and stuffing, the Victoria's Secret models are thinking about juice fasts and calorie counting. Last week, the lingerie brand celebrated their annual fashion show and leading up to it, the models celebrated their fine diet skills.

Model Joan Smalls boasted her calorie burning via twitter.

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Angel Doutzen Kroes posted acai berry smoothie recipes which included chia seeds, organic dried mulberries, and cocoa powder. But, all eyes were undoubtedly on supermodel Adriana Lima who famously last year admitted to fasting before the big show.

"She sees a nutritionist, who has measured her body's muscle mass, fat ratio and levels of water retention. He prescribes protein shakes, vitamins and supplements to keep Lima's energy levels up during this training period. Lima drinks a gallon of water a day. For nine days before the show, she will drink only protein shakes - "no solids". The concoctions include powdered egg. Two days before the show, she will abstain from the daily gallon of water, and "just drink normally". Then, 12 hours before the show, she will stop drinking entirely."

This year, she took a different approach, however, and posted pics of her post-workout.

Adriana, who gave birth to baby Sienna in September, took up boxing to get in shape for the big show.

And it looks like the workouts paid off. She looked amazing walking down the runway and it was nice to see a little bit of baby love on her belly instead of the sucked in stomach from last year. No word on whether or not she fasted, but chances are, she did the right thing and ate. She admitted to nursing Valentina when she was born, so the good mama instincts surley kicked in and she took care of herself this time around.

Supermodel Adriana Lima just had a baby. Even so, she'll definitely be ready to walk in this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

While other models, like Gisele Bundchen, claim to eat steak and pizza, Lima is actually honest about her pre-show regiment.

Last year, she told the Telegraph exactly how she gets ready:

"She sees a nutritionist, who has measured her body's muscle mass, fat ratio and levels of water retention. He prescribes protein shakes, vitamins and supplements to keep Lima's energy levels up during this training period. Lima drinks a gallon of water a day. For nine days before the show, she will drink only protein shakes - "no solids". The concoctions include powdered egg. Two days before the show, she will abstain from the daily gallon of water, and "just drink normally". Then, 12 hours before the show, she will stop drinking entirely."

In addition to her liquid diet, Lima works out for two or more hours a day.

Other models are also consuming liquids before the show. Fellow Angel Doutzen Kroes tweeted her smoothie recipe, which included cocoa, chia seeds, acai berries and flaxseed.

The fashion show is tonight but won't air until next month. We'll be there to show you what happens.

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Jessica Alba's Got Cooking Skills

Jessica Alba is proving more and more that she could be the ultimate woman. The pregnant actress is not only hot, but she's a good cook.  The Fantastic Four star takes her skills in the kitchen so seriously, she enrolled in culinary classes at the Epicurean School of Culinary Arts. 

 A source tells  Star magazine, "She figured it would be fun and informative. She's actually a good cook."

Alba started cooking for herself at a young age, so obviously she isn't afraid when things get too hot in the kitchen.  "Everyone in my family is heavily overweight. I wanted to be healthier, so I started cooking for myself when I was 12 years old."

She's evolved to cooking from herself to her entire family. Last December, she prepared the entire Christmas dinner for her family.

"#MerryChristmasEve tweeples. Presents wrapped now onto Xmas din shopping. Who else is cooking an organic X-Mas din? What's on ur menu?" she tweeted to her fans.

But there is one skill the top chef has yet to master.

The insider added that her next round of classes could prove to be a challenge. "Her next class will be for baking - it's the one thing she isn't good at."

Kate Hudson: Drinking While Pregnant

Kate Hudson got some much unwanted attention when she was out to dinner recently in Argentina. The six month pregnant star was snapped sipping what appeared to be a glass of wine. While she hasn’t confirmed that it was, in fact, wine, the picture has garnished enough attention to spark a furious debate over drinking while pregnant.

Many experts say that avoiding alcohol all together is the best course of action for a mom-to-be. But in many European countries it is customary for a pregnant woman to sip a small glass of wine late into her pregnancy. In fact, studies have shown that their rate of birth defects is lower than those in the US.

Where do you stand on the issue?  Is it OK for pregnant women to have an occasional, small glass of wine?



Spotted: Stephanie March is a Lady Who Lunches

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We spotted Law & Order's Stephanie March at lunch today in New York City. Where does a woman with a celebrity chef for a husband have lunch? At one of his restaurants, of course.
March dined at Bobby Flay's popular Manhattan restaurant Bar Americain and while she was joined briefly by Flay himself, the real star of the show was Flay's dad, Bill Flay, who spent the afternoon with Stephanie.

Bobby has always been open about the special bond he shares with his dad, who has been one of his biggest supporters.
“I learned three principles from my dad," he has said, "that continue to guide me to this day: Always do the right thing, treat people fairly, and make decisions for the long term. He taught me that it’s better to look at the big picture, and in moments when I have been surrounded by deadlines and demands, I’ve always managed to rely on that advice. I use his advice as I run my restaurants, work on my cookbooks, and in everyday life.”

March has been laying low since her stint as ADA Alexandra Cabot on L&O: Special Victim's Unit ended last year. She attended the Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth at Christie's yesterday along with power players Graydon Carter and Amanda Hearst. A charity event and an afternoon lunching? Could the life of a socialite be in her future?



Rachel Bilson & Hayden Christensen pig out on date night

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Rumors that Rachel Bilson and Star Wars actor Hayden Christensen got back together were confirmed at the Cinema Society premiere party of his new sci-fi, horror flick Vanishing on 7th Street. The couple attended the event together and then partied it up at the after party at NYC hotspot Beauty & Essex where they sipped Appleton Estate Rum cocktails and snacked on mini bacon pizzas and sliders.

When Jamacian rum, sliders and bacon pizzs are involved, you know things are serious.

The constantly on-again-off-again couple officially split up in August, but date nights like this one have been frequent. Just this time, their date night happened to include fellow celebs like Eve, Russel Simmons, John Lequizamo and Christensen's co-star Jacob Latimore.