Funny lady Chelsea Handler may love her cocktails, but that hasn’t stopped her from looking positively smashing on the April cover of Shape. The comedian, 35, is candid about her long road to a fit lifestyle (”I was born with a French fry in my mouth”), but says today she is healthier than ever. After years of yo-yo dieting and jumping from workout to workout, Chelsea shares that she’s finally found a fitness regimen that she can stick to. Here are the interview highlights:

Courtesy: Fit Sugar

I decided – out of the clear blue sky – to do this segment in which I feature a celebrity caught in the act of running. The problem here is that, unlike other folks, I’m too lazy to actually find a photo of the featured celebrity actually engaging in the act of running. Now, this particular celebrity might not be as glamorous as, say, Angelina Jolie, the most powerful celebrity in the world, but it will do. And maybe this photo isn’t the best example but here is Renee Zellwegger not running:
“Why did you feed me a lemon?”

However, here is a post from fitsugar.com talking about her running addiction. Unfortunately, her addiction seems to be confined to treadmill running and, apparently, Advil (which explains Me, Myself and Irene.)

To be fair, Renee looks much better when wearing make-up and worked over by a team of celebrity fashionistas. However, I still think she always seems to have this odd look on her face as if she just sucked on a lemon, no? To me, she defines “Hollywood beauty.” As in, “if she weren’t in Hollywood and just some regular person working at a grocery store, she wouldn’t be a beauty.”

She does look okay decked out in red and vogueing for the cameras. I find it odd that she’d choose a red carpet event to flex her lats though:

You are under arrest for treadmill abuse.

Keep on runnin’ Renee Zellwegger!

If Carmen Electra uses cardio strip tease to stay in amazing shape, how can I top that? I put on my ugly, sometimes two-day old workout clothes, and go to the gym to sweat like a pig. I don’t get dewy, nor do I glow, I sweat buckets. But I do feel sexy when I feel strong. So that’s something.

I caught this recent interview with sexy Carmen and had to share!

“I have been dancing since I was five-years-old so I wanted to incorporate things that I have learned over the years through my experience and Pussycat Dolls being one of them, which is kinda fun because it’s the type of workout that isn’t boring, you learn dance moves, how to strip-tease and how to give a lap dance. So you never get bored doing it”, says Carmen. She also says, “I try to workout whenever I can but sometimes I can’t so I have to try to eat healthy just to balance it out.”

Carmen has some advice for girls who break their resolutions. Carmen says, “Don’t ever be too hard on yourself. Even if you have slipped and haven’t really gotten on schedule just take it easy but slowly get yourself back into the pace, get yourself used to working out start and eat healthy.”

Although Carmen tries to stay on top of her workouts and diet plan, she also admits to sometime hating her body and claims she can’t make her stomach flat enough. Really Carmen? Because it looks pretty flat to me….The former ‘Baywatch’ babe says, although she eats healthily and exercises three times a week, she sometimes feels so disgusted with her body she won’t let her husband touch her.

The sexy model – who is renowned for her curves – said: “When anything bad happens, my insecurities come flooding out. “I look in the mirror and pick at my flaws. I hate my stomach. It’s impossible to get it flat, and the area around my belly button drives me crazy. I hate it if my husband touches my stomach when I’m in that sort of mood.”

I am wondering what the average woman is thinking…is it kinda fut’d up that Carmen Electra refers to stomach as NOT flat?

Jessica Simpson is the new Jennifer Love Hewitt, thanks to some much, er, curvier photos performing at a recent Florida chili cook-off. The pics have prompted all kinds of internet talk about her weight — and I’m not going to pile on, even though I should step right in and say something.

If the girl wants to eat chili — if she finds the country music scene more forgiving of non-stick-figures, if she likes sharing Southern cooking with much-discussed boyfriend Tony Romo — then God bless her for not starving herself. (God bless her also for just enjoying being ridiculously gorgeous, whatever her size.) But it also begs the question, in this very specific case: When a star has made herself famous by selling her personal life, where will the public dissection stop? And if you’re a conspiracy theorist (one who reads lots of tabloids), you might even wonder if she wants us to be having this exact discussion right now…?

So you tell me, is Jessica Simpson fat?

We’ve been seeing pregnant Jessica Alba head to the gym quite a bit after we found out the big news. However, in her recent interview with CosmoGirl!, she attributes her pre-baby figure to her diet, not her workout. She says she just eats right (or smart, according to me), giving up processed foods loaded with salt and preservatives — well, unless it’s cheese.

“I try to work out as much as I can. But the biggest change in my body came when I stopped eating processed food. I don’t eat fast food or anything that’s packaged or loaded with salt and preservatives. I eat as many organic and fresh foods as possible. I don’t cut out cheese, I don’t cut out carbs, I just eat fresh foods. It’s made a huge difference in how I look and how I feel.”

Smart woman.

Regarding her workout routine, Jessica said, “I try to work out every day for 45 minutes to an hour. I start out on the treadmills or elliptical machine for 10 to 15 minutes to get my heart rate up to 180 beats per minute. Then I do 50 lunges and crunches. Next I get back on the machine for another 10 minutes. Then I work on shoulders, biceps and triceps. I do that nonstop for four sets. When I work out, I have energy and feel good about myself.”

A picture is worth a million words. So I’ve attached the pictures instead of typing ONE MILLION WORDS.

Angelina Jolie is always in the media spotlight for one reason or another. What is it this week? Veiny arms.

Yup, and the Daily Mail is reporting that her workout routine may be the culprit.

That sounds about right as bulging veins can be caused by weight-bearing exercises. This bulging vein process, known as filtration, causes a swelling and hardening of the muscle that is noticed during exercise. As a result of this swelling, the veins are pushed toward the skin surface and appear to bulge.

These veins are more visible in persons with less fat, like Angelina. This bulging has been found to be neither good nor bad but simply a result of some bodies normal way function when working out.

If you don’t have a lot of body fat and do a lot of exercise (like she claims) then the fat gets stripped away and the veins become exposed. Think about all the veiny body builders out there – same concept.

Yesterday I spent all day analyzing myself. Every time I walked by a mirror, I looked—which, granted, is not that abnormal for me. But still. I checked out skin, my pearly whites, my hair, and then…I went straight for the ass. I decided to pull my pants down to check out the firmness of my bottom. Nice, but could be firmer.

One of the biggest complaints among women concerning their physical appearance is the lack of a firm butt. Let’s face it, there’s hardly anything less flattering on a woman than a butt that is flabby and saggy. It’s never too late to get in shape, though; fortunately, there are a few things you can do to help get a firm butt.

Work your muscle. Your butt is one of the biggest muscles in your body. If you want it to be firm and strong, you have to condition it on a regular basis. Try easy exercises such as skipping rope, swimming or dancing.

Change your routine. If you usually take the bus to work, try riding your bike. Instead of sitting at your desk during your lunch hour, get outside and take a walk. Climb the stairs instead of taking the escalator. Although you may not see much change in your butt in the short run, with a little dedication you will begin to see the results of your efforts.

Eat a low-calorie and low-fat diet. There are many fat cells in your butt that balloon when excess calories are consumed. Once fat cells are filled, you get the “cottage cheese” appearance of cellulite on your butt. Keep those fat cells at bay by eating a diet low in calories and fat and by drinking a lot of water.

Keep it in plain view. The only way to stay motivated about getting a firm butt is to keep it out in the open. Instead of hiding it under baggy clothes, wear tight-fitting pants so you can better monitor your progress. Likewise, find pictures of the body you would like to have and post them where you’re sure to take notice. Jennifer Aniston, you’re on my wall!