Through Thick & Thin | Jennifer Love Hewitt

Hawaii 2007

Jennifer Love Hewitt or J-Love, as I like to call her, got a lot of heat when these pictures of her less-than-svelte body vacationing in Hawaii in 2007 emerged. I've been a fan of J-Love since Party of Five and have always thought her body was pretty hot. She wasn't stick and bones, like most celebs, but was in shape. These less than flattering pics were quite shocking when I saw them. I'm guessing that the pics shocked J-Love too because not too long after their emergence, she whipped her body back into shape.

October 2009, Shape magazine 

In the October '09 issue of Self magazine, J-Love reveals her stay-healthy-and-happy strategies that she used to slim down and stay that way. 

Healthy eating tips # 1: Put your fridge on a diet. To keep her food choices healthy and fresh, Jennifer hits the super-market every two days. "Instead of piling up food in my fridge that says 'Come eat me!' I keep enough for only a couple of days. And I rarely have treats around that might tempt me late at night, which is when I usually crave something really fattening. What am I going to do? Drive out at 11 at night just to satisfy a craving? No, that's crazy."

Healthy eating tips # 2: Always eat lunch. It's no secret that over the last few years, young actresses have become fixated on being super thin, a trend Jennifer finds really disturbing. "Hollywood used to revolve around women with curves, like Liz Taylor and Marilyn Monroe," she says. "But now it's so different. Not that long ago, I went to this celebrity luncheon, and I was the only person in the room eating. The other girls looked at me like I hadn't gotten the memo, but I was hungry! All of these girls were afraid that if someone saw them eating, it would be a disaster. It makes no sense at all."

Jennifer with boyfriend Jamie Kennedy @ the Twilight New Moon Premiere

Celebrity Beauty Buzz got the scoop on J-Love's diet and exercise regimen.

Jen’s diet consists of 1,500 – 1,800 calorie a day diet. She is allowed to eat whole grains, but not after 2pm. She is mostly allowed to snack on protein, veggies and fruit. A typical meal plan includes mixed fruit, Greek yogurt, or cottage cheese for breakfast.

For lunch Jen munches on turkey, tomatoes, sprouts, mayo and mustard on Ezekial sprouted bread. Dinner includes an 8oz roasted chicken with steamed veggies. She can snack throughout the day on a teaspoon of peanut butter, laughing cow cheese, and carrots and broccoli.

Along with a healthy diet, Jennifer is working out 3-4 times a week. She works with a trainer, Sant’Angelo, who gets her started with ten minutes of cardio (jump rope or treadmill). Then she does 45 minutes of toning – Jen uses a kettlebell weight, doing bicep curls, squats, kickbacks, and full body planks with a 15lb or 18lb weight.

When she’s on her own Jen does 40 minutes of straight up cardio such as roller skating (her favorite!), incline training on the treadmill, or swimming. She finished off her workout with pushups, body planks, lunges, and bikecrunches.