Do you want to see yourself 20 pounds thinner … NOW?

You can imagine that the “weight loss resolution” promotions are in full swing! Since the beginning of the year, there have been so many adverts on “weight loss”, “shedding the pounds”, “get your body back” and “getting rid of unwanted fat”.

Even Larry King Live got into the action by featuring an entire segment on the reality show: ‘The Biggest Looser’ during the week of December 24. We’re not a big reality show fan, but we’ve got to admit that ‘The Biggest Looser’ is changing lives and they are doing it the old-fashioned way with hard work, exercise, motivation, cutting out junk food, eating good quality foods and portion management. At least, this show is not about a new fad diet, but rather a new lifestyle change that incorporates healthy eating and fitness habits.

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So we were channel surfing (which as you know is the My Beauty Match insider favorite way of watching TV) and we landed on Access Hollywood.

The reason we stopped was because they had invited a personal trainer to explain why most Hollywood celebrities, such as Tara Reid, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Lindsay Lohan, Keira Knightley, Teri Hatcher, the Olsen twins, Nicole Richie … and the list goes on, are creating unrealistic weight loss goals for most women (regardless of their age).

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The Access Hollywood team and the personal trainer (sorry … we didn’t catch her name) basically showed a list of super-skinny actresses and digitally added (you’ll need to sit down for this one) 50 lbs to their frame and showed the before-and-after pictures. The mind-blowing thing is that in most cases the after picture didn’t look shockingly different at all.

Access Hollywood was trying to make the point that with an addition of 50 lbs, most female Hollywood super-skinny actresses didn’t look remotely fat with the extra pounds … on the contrary … the extra weight made them look normal, healthy and quite sexy.

The only Hollywood actress who didn’t look too good with the extra weight on was Teri Hatcher because they added 70 lbs to her physique and it actually started to look like an unhealthy weight.

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Photo by Ivan C.