Gwyneth Paltrow Drops 20 Pounds: What's Her Secret?
(CBS) Gwyneth Paltrow chubby?
It's hard to imagine, but the famously svelte Oscar-winner packed on 20 pounds to play an alcoholic singer for her new movie "Country Strong."
Paltrow, 38, beefed up for the role by eating a ton of fried chicken and abandoning her exercise routine.
But she has a trainer who noted every pound and was ready, as soon as the film wrapped, to "make her sweat" in the gym, according to People magazine. She went back to her workout routine and dropped the pounds in time for Wednesday's Country Music Awards ceremony.
Few "regular people" can afford a personal trainer, and when we gain weight, we have to go it alone. And we're not always so successful: consdier that the average dress size for American women is 14, and that the percentage of obese adults more than doubled from 1960 to 2006.
"Weight is at the center of everything," American Association of Dietetics spokesperson Dawn Blatner told CBS News. "High cholesterol, high rates of diabetes - all are all affected by excess weight."For Paltrow, of course, gaining and losing is all in a day's work.
Hurray for Hollywood!
