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**** THE COVER STORY **** US Weekly Cover Miranda Lambert The new Us Weekly’s cover story is all about how the country superstar, Miranda Lambert, got her best body ever –without giving up cocktails with husband Blake Shelton! Lambert had lost weight before – and gained it back, too. But as her milestone 30th birthday fast approached, the sassy crooner made a vow to get – and keep – her body red carpet ready. One pal estimates the 5-foot-4 star has lost 25 pounds, bringing her right to her goal weight – and she did it without giving up her favorite Southern home cooking, or at least half of it! “she’s doing portion control,” explains a source. “She eats part of what she normally does and it’s working!” While she gave up bigger portions, she continues to have her favorite liquid indulgence. “I refuse to give up drinking,” Lambert tells Us. But instead of high-calorie drinks, she concocts low-calorie treats using Crystal Light and Sprite Zero. Aside from smaller...

Courtney Love reportedly lost three stone in just three months by putting a lock on her fridge.The 44-year-old star bolted her fridge and gave the key to her housekeeper in a bid to help her stick to the strict diet. She told Britain's Grazia magazine: "I was at a charity event and my friend Sting said to me 'Why don't you do a body transformation?' I was about to start working on a new album and I was feeling experimental. It made me wonder what it would be like to be skinny."But it was hard. It's like kicking drugs."Courtney's tough dieting regime includes two meal-replacement milkshakes a day for breakfast and lunch followed by steamed fish and vegetables for dinner.The diet has helped the actress-and-singer to lose 51lbs since Christmas and Courtney now weights 137lbs.Courtney says she has no intention of losing any more weight and admits she gets fed up when her Hollywood friends say they need to slim down. She said: "I was out to dinne...

Gwen Stefani and Galvin Rossdale are great parents to Kingston Gwen Stefani has been dieting since she was 10 years old.The singer has always battled her weight and admits trying to keep her tiny figure is a "nightmare". Gwen told People magazine: "I've always been on a diet, ever since I was in the sixth grade. It's an ongoing battle and it's a nightmare. But I like clothes too much, and I always wanted to wear the outfits I would make. And I'm very vain."I eat healthy stuff most of the time, but I let myself cheat once or twice a day with a cookie or pizza."Gwen, who gave birth to son Kingston last May, was determined to shed her post-baby weight - no matter what. She revealed: "It's so much work afterward to get the weight off. If you just do it, it comes off. And when you're nursing, like I am, your metabolism is like whoosh!"The 37-year-old, who has been married to rocker Gavin Rossdale for four years, also confirmed sh...