Work it like Beyonce
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Whether she\'s shaking that infamous bootylicious behind on stage or belting out her latest hit, Beyoncé never fails to look jaw-droppingly beautiful. She\'s also one of very few celebrities to embrace her natural curves, making her a pioneer among women everywhere. To celebrate summer\'s shorter hemlines we\'re celebrating Ms Knowles\' body and sharing her exercise and diet tips with you so you can shake your jelly with pride.
Think yourself thin
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Beyoncé is always the first to admit her love of food and she recently confessed to Self magazine that she doesn\'t find it easy to stay in shape: \"I\'m not one of those people who doesn\'t have to work at it. I can\'t eat what I want, and I can\'t not go to the gym. There are no quick, easy secrets. The truth is, it\'s a lot of sacrifice. It\'s more about your mental strength than your physical strength.\" So there you have it, if you really want a body to rival Beyoncé\'s you have to resist that slice of cake every day. No excuses.
Work on what you have
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Women always look their best when they don\'t stray too far from their natural body shape and Beyoncé is no different. Although she works out regularly, her shape rarely changes unlike many other celebrities who consistently make the headlines for yo-yo dieting (Janet Jackson, take note). If you\'ve always been a pear or an apple shape then it\'s unlikely you will ever get a figure similar to Kate Moss\' so stop trying, you\'ll only make yourself miserable.
Don\'t crash and burn
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When Beyoncé starred in Dreamgirls as 16-year-old Deena she wanted to completely transform her body so the audience wouldn\'t see her as \'Beyoncé\' any more. She embarked on the maple syrup diet or Master Cleanse as it\'s also known as, and lost 20 pounds in a fortnight but claimed she felt like less of a woman without her curves. Crash diets are great if you need to shed weight quickly but the truth is, the weight won\'t stay off and you\'ll end up pigging out and regaining all of the weight you lost and then some. Do yourself a favour and stick with eating fresh, healthy food which satisfies you and stay away from the chocolate and fried food. It really is that simple.
Move it to lose it
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If you\'ve ever seen Beyoncé perform on stage you\'ll notice that she\'s incredibly fit, performing song after song while simultaneously dancing to a strenuous routine, something that would leave most of us gasping for breath after five minutes. To help keep the pounds off and stay toned, Beyoncé works out six times a week, mixing long dancing sessions and weight training with more relaxing jogging. While Beyoncé enjoys a run or dance routine, it\'s not for everyone, so make sure you find a form of exercise that works for you, that way you\'re more likely to stick with it.
Don\'t be yourself
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Believe it or not, Beyoncé suffers from shyness and to help give her the confidence she needs before going on stage, she adopts an alter-ego called Sasha Fierce, a diva with bags of attitude. Research has shown that if you think and act like a thin person, you are more likely to eat like one so, the next time you feel despair when you look in the mirror, pretend you\'re someone else who likes, no, adores the way she looks and we can guarantee your day will be a helluva lot better and healthier too.
Channel your frustrations
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Ever eaten when you\'re bored, stressed or depressed? Emotional eating is every dieter\'s biggest downfall so head any negative thoughts off at the door by taking up a hobby. When Beyoncé isn\'t performing or rehearsing she\'s an avid painter and she says it helps her to relax and express her feelings. So why not pick up a brush instead of a Galaxy or try meditation or yoga to help you relax and take your mind off food for long enough to allow any cravings to pass.
Be a cheater
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Restrict yourself of the foods you love and the chances are, you\'ll end up wanting, and eating them more than you would have if you weren\'t on a diet. Beyoncé deals with her food cravings by allowing herself one free day a week, when she can eat whatever she likes so give yourself a little slack and you won\'t lose momentum on your diet and end up throwing in the towel after a fortnight.
Don\'t be so hard on yourself
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There are very few women who go through life and never put on weight, we don\'t all have willpower made of steel and there are always going to be some days when a chocolate brownie is the only thing that will help you make it through. When Beyoncé started growing into her curves she fought back at the pressure on women to be stick thin and ended up silencing her critics with the hit single Bootylicious. \"I wrote that because, at the time, I\'d gained some weight and the pressure that people put you under, the pressure to be thin, is unbelievable. I was just 18 and you shouldn\'t be thinking about that. You should be thinking about building up your character and having fun and the song was just telling everyone just forget what people are saying, you\'re bootylicious. That\'s all. It\'s a celebration of curves and a celebration of women\'s bodies.\" So the next time you fall off the diet wagon, don\'t beat yourself up about it, stick on your favourite dance track and shake your arse Beyoncé-style!
Fake it
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If you haven\'t discovered the miraculous benefits of Spanx control pants yet what the hell have you been doing? Everyone from Beyoncé to Katy Perry swears by these incredibly thigh-slimming, waist-trimming, bottom-lifting babies so get yourself down to your nearest department store and grab a pair in every colour for instant weight loss without any of the pain.
