How COURTENEY COX can EAT CANDY
and stay so SLIM
Kiss strict diets good-bye!
We’re to reveal how you can eat all your forbidden favorites-
like the candy bars our favorite Friend loves- and still
drop your most stubborn pounds.
With the possible exception of Ring
Ding-loving Rosie O’Donnell, Friends beauty Courteney
Cox just may have the most notorious sweet tooth in Hollywood. On
the set, insiders have been quick to point out "Courteney’s
Candy Cabinet," the actress's private cache of M&Ms,
Butterfingers and other goodies that she dips into often. "Acting
is a high for me," Courteney says. "And when it’s
over I want to eat candy bars." We’ll bet the stress of
public life feeds her craving for comfort foods, because the
Friend doesn’t stop there! She’s also been seen downing
her share of treats like cookie dough-plus munchies like pudding
and potato chips and Cheetos. No wonder she battles to keep her
slim figure! Arriving on the show biz scene in 1982, the now-svelte
starlet carried two extra dress sizes. Of her days on Family
Ties, she says, "I can’t believe I was that heavy!"
And though shape-up efforts Southerner skips fatty "fixings"
tricks whit a regular workout regimen-her candy cravings plague
her to this day. Not only do her oft-lost pounds rumors of
Courteney’s sugar binges have sparked painful gossip that
she has an eating disorder. "I go up and down,"
concedes the actress, who has said she gains about five pounds
every three shows." Do I eat a lot of candy? Yeah. Do I have
an eating disorder? Not at all."
"I was bigger then Michael J.
Fox!" said Courteney, the now-slim Friend, of her time on
Family Ties.
Can Courteney’s cravings be conquered?
Courteney has tried everything to compensate for her sweet tooth.
Exercise is one weapon-especially running and power yoga. Once a
reporter spied a bottle of appetite suppressants in her kitchen.
And most recently, she’s trying to go cold turkey. "I
haven’t had sugar in almost three months now," the self-proclaimed
perfectionist bragged in May. "I got a little crazy whit
certain foods. Now I’m in a transitional period... I care
about staying fit." These days, Courteney-who was once heard
admonishing photographers to show her skinny side ("Don’t
make me look like I have rolls under my neck," she said) is
supremely slim from all angles. At 5’5, she slips easily
into slinky size2 dresses-and says she feels better then ever!
But according to experts, Courteney (who was seen scrambling for
her candy cabinet a year ago after a devastating breakup from
longtime love Michael Keaton) doesn’t need to give up
the candy she loves to maintain the figure we envy. "In fact,"
says nutritionist Shari Citron, M.S., R.D., "Courteney-and
anyone else whit a big sweet tooth-would be smarter to include
her favorite treats in her diet plan."
"Have your cake and lose weight too!"
"Strict diets set you up for failure," she explains.
"Cravings build and build until you go crazy with the urge
to eat forbidden foods." And yes, Courteney was caught whit
her hand in the candy cabinet again before Friends wrapped
for the season. The key to success, Citron says, is balance. Feed
your cravings and watch your overall fat and calories. "Most
moderately active woman easily lose weight on sixteen hundred
calories a day," our pro explains. "You can cover your
nutritional bases for about a thousand calories. That leaves room
for a candy bar every day-while you are still lose weight!"
It’s a plan even confirmed candy-craver-like Courteney Cox
could love.
-Susan Vaughn
