"Charmed actress Alyssa Milano and her talent-agent husband David Bugliari had their second child, daughter Elizabella, in 2014. Since the latest Alyssa Milano pregnancy the 43-year-old dropped from 172 pounds to 126 pounds. Alyssa Milano’s weight loss is credited to the low-carb high-fat Atkins diet.
When Alyssa Milano had her baby she began cutting out carbs and sugar, and had some success, but the last 20 pounds were harder to lose. She then did her research and noticed that the Atkins diet was similar to what she was already doing; however, the Atkins approach was just a little bit easier to follow.
“I feel so much better than I did before, it’s crazy,” explained Alyssa Milano, who is known for her role in the ABC sitcom Who’s the Boss?, which aired from 1984 to 1992. “You know that feeling when you’re dieting where you stomach is growling and you’re angry and moody?
There’s none of that [with Atkins], because you’re getting fats and proteins. It’s great!”
Alyssa Milano’s 46-pound weight loss propelled the actress to become the spokesperson for Atkins’ “Happy Weight” campaign. Alyssa Milano also writes a weight-loss blog on the Atkins website where the actress suggests low-carb high-fat tips for Atkins dieters."
"Alyssa Milano maintains her 46-pound weight loss with the low carb Atkins diet and feels amazing.
The 5-foot-2 Milano slimmed down from 172 pounds to 126 pounds with the low-carb, high-fat Atkins diet, as Celebrity Health Fitness previously reported.
Like many people, Alyssa was afraid of eating fat. Since adopting Atkins, she realizes that consuming healthy fats such as olive oil and eggs is a great way to curb hunger.
“I feel so much better than I did before!” said Milano. “You know that feeling when you’re dieting where your stomachs growling and you’re angry and moody? There’s none of that [with Atkins], because you’re getting fats and proteins.”
Alyssa’s daily meals usually include chicken, fish, eggs or meat coupled with high-fiber vegetables. For snacks, Milano enjoys cut-up vegetables with hummus, nuts, or a piece of cheese.
“The protein, fiber and healthy fats in the whole foods I’m eating keep me satisfied and eliminate any cravings,” Alyssa wrote on her Atkins diet blog.
“If I’m traveling, there’s always room in my purse for a few portions of almonds, plenty of water, and my favorite Atkins Pecan Caramel Clusters to satisfy my sweet tooth.”
Alyssa Milano began the Atkins diet a few months ago to jump-start her weight loss after giving birth to her second child in September 2014.
The “Who’s The Boss” beauty was surprised she was able to lose weight without starving or feeling hungry all the time, like she did on other diets.
Low carb, high-fat diets like Atkins keep blood sugar stable, suppress appetite, and enhance mental clarity, said Dr. Eric Westman, author of New Atkins For A New You."
"The actress and social activist swears by a few tried-and-true methods (none of which taste like "diet food").
Alyssa Milano's resume is as varied as they come. Sure, she starred in Who's The Boss? and Charmed, but in the years since, she's been dabbling in all sorts of areas, starring in Project Runway All Stars, designing a line of luxe paper towels for Viva, and even launching her own hacking-meets-social-activism comic book series, Hacktivist.
But her true hidden superpower is her knowledge of low-carb food that doesn't suck. She's become a connoisseur of cutting out starches after getting on the Atkins diet a while ago, when she struggled to lose the last 20 pounds of baby weight. The diet worked so well that she decided to stick with it, adopting it as a lifestyle, rather than a way to quickly drop pounds. Here are some of her tried-and-true techniques.
1. Taco 'Bout A Great Tortilla Substitute.
Taco nights are especially popular at Milano's house. "I love any sort of meal I can cook for my kids," she explains. While she puts out regular taco shells for the kids, she'll use lettuce or cabbage to wrap up hers.
The same goes for sandwiches. "I find that it's just satisfying to wrap any kind of sandwich in a good piece of sturdy lettuce, like iceberg or butter lettuce," she says. "It give it a nice crunch."
2. Dough Not Use Traditional Pizza Crust.
Milano loves making homemade pizza, and if she's having a slice, she'll often make it with a cauliflower crust. To save time, she buys the dough pre-made, but you could try this recipe.
She'll often go for a plain cheese slice, but she'll splurge on one topping: ranch dressing. "I love ranch dressing on anything, really," she says.
3. Choose Plenty of Protein for Breakfast.
The actress skips toast or cereal, preferring scrambled eggs and turkey bacon most mornings. The protein helps you feel fuller longer. (She often follows that up with salad and fish for lunch, getting in a hearty dose of veggies to round things out.)
4. Get Saucy, Not Starchy.
The Brooklyn native grew up in an Italian family, where her mom made "Sunday sauce" every weekend (AKA tomato sauce). "I'm really good at making pasta dishes, but unfortunately, I can't have them right now," Milano says. But she has found some alternatives, like using thinly sliced zucchini in place of noodles in her lasagna.
5. Chip in For Healthier Snacks.
Milano has an organic vegetable garden in her backyard, which makes it easier for her to throw together a salad—or whip up a healthier alternative to potato chips when she's craving something salty. "I make kale and spinach chips that the kids love," she says. "I just drizzle them with olive oil, salt, pepper and a squeeze of lemon, then cook them over low heat for 15 minutes or so."
You know you've got a crowd pleaser when even toddlers give it the seal of approval. Another favorite carb-free snack? Flavored almonds. "I really love wasabi pepper almonds," she says.
6. Go Ahead and Be Cheesy.
Just in case Milano's parents come to visit over the weekend—and, admittedly, just because it's so undeniably good—the actress always keeps a bunch of cheese on hand, to throw together a quick cheese platter. "There's nothing like a good cheese plate," Milano says, who's a big fan of bleu cheese and aged gouda. Here's one she put together for us, which also includes strawberries, grapes, cherries, cured meat and pickles (and, in case you're curious, that paper towel is from her Viva line):
7. When Life Hands You Lemons, Squeeze Them on Everything.
So many of the most crave-worthy toppings on meals add a ton of flavor—and calories. (Ahem, cheese, bacon, ranch dressing.) Milano adds fresh lemon or lime juice to "just about everything," to give a dish a citrusy kick without turning it into a calorie-bomb. "
Summary:
"When Piper, Phoebe, and Paige undo a spell that turned a local politician to stone, they little realize the powerful magic behind the hex. As attacks on innocents mount, The Charmed Ones enlist the help of their sister, Prue, confined on the magical Nexus, only to learn that the most heinous of mythical creatures—a gorgon—is to blame.
Freed from her underground tomb, Medusa joins her sisters in a crusade to avenge womankind, turning those who cross her to stone forever. At the same time, dark magic seems to be undoing all of Phoebe’s good works, distracting her from the impending battle with the gorgons. With time running out, will the sisters be able to defeat Medusa and restore their innocents to life?
Inspired by the hit televisions series Charmed, the new novel Charmed: Let Gorgons Be Gorgons continues the story of the Halliwell witches. With only the Book of Shadows to guide them, the Halliwell sisters are the fulfillment of their ancestor Melinda Warren’s prophecy that three sisters descending from her line would become the most powerful witches of all time. The sisters use the Power of Three to protect the innocent and banish evil from the Earthly realm.
"Another day, another remake?
2016 is proving to be the year of the revival. With the Fuller House reboot available to watch on Netflix as we write this and Gilmore Girls filming again too, it seems a domino effect is sweeping our nostalgic minds and television screens.
This phenomenon hasn’t been missed by Charmed actress Alyssa Milano who, in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, has spoken about the possibility of a revival for The Charmed Ones.
"It seems like that's going to happen any second. I just feel like with all these reunions, and we still have such a cult following, that I feel like someone's going to put that together at some point," she said, "and we're all totally on board for that!"
Charmed, which also starred Holly Marie Combs, Shannen Doherty and Rose McGowan, first aired in 1998 on the U.S. network The WB, with the final episode airing in 2006."
"Mom of two Alyssa Milano, today clad in a ravishing Mimi Plange frock, has a very simple fashion rule for her everyday life.
A good jacket can cure any sartorial illness, and spruce up an outfit. She points to one on the couch nearby. "That's what I'm talking about: a great white coat," says Milano.
The actress and author has learned about style on camera, as the host of "Project Runway All Stars," airing on Lifetime on Thursdays. But sadly, all those amazing ensembles she wears on it aren't usually hers to keep. "It's usually two to three outfits per episode," she says, adding that most of them go back. "Not all of it, but a lot of it."
When she shoots the show in New York, Milano brings her whole family: husband Dave Bugliari and their kids Milo and Elizabella. And she sticks to routine as much as possible.
"I find that the nighttime ritual with the kids is very important to be home for. They are better rested if I'm home for that. Home-cooked meals as much as humanly possible. It makes a huge difference for them to see mom making dinner for them," says Milano.
She very famously broke out as a kid as tomboy Sam on "Who's the Boss?" but isn't sure about either of her kids entering the family business.
"So far, I know that my son is probably too shy to do it, which I love. Her, though? She's a little showman. The most important thing you can do as a parent is encourage who they normally would be, who they innately are, and give them the opportunity to be that, whether that means their sexuality," she says.
One of the many things we love about Milano: her unfailing ability to call things like she sees them. She's shared shots of herself breastfeeding while getting glammed up. And she never pretended to bounce back to a size zero one day after giving birth. "I work really hard to stay true to who I am, because I fought really hard to figure that out," she says.
Having a daughter makes being a role model that much more vital. "I didn't think about that stuff before she was born. Now, look, she eats ice cream and I'm like, 'You enjoy that!' I want her to have healthy views on food," says Milano."
"Almost a decade after Alyssa Milano pulled the “roommate switch” on two CAA agents, the friendship between Michael Kives and Dave Bugliari still hasn’t mended.
“They can be cordial business-wise, but they are no longer friends,” a source told Page Six.
In 2007, Milano was dating Kives for “several months” before she started dating his roommate, Bugliari.
“Michael and David were best friends at the time,” the source tells us. “And for a point they shared clients
together, mainly Jeremy Piven, so they had to still act buddy-buddy in front of him for awhile,” adding that they “would appear to be friends in meetings around the clients and then immediately not to speak to each other.”
At the time, both Kives and Bugliari were assistants and have since moved up the ranks together at CAA.
They “both were promoted in fairly close proximity to one another.”
Of course, it looks like Milano, 43, picked the right roommate. She and Bugliari tied the knot in 2009 and now have two children together, 4-year-old Milo Thomas and 1-year-old Elizabella Dylan.
Kives and Bugliari didn’t get back to us. A rep for Milano could not be reached."
"In this one-hour special, Alyssa Milano surprises her assistant Kelly by completely renovating her home as she recovers from her battle with ovarian cancer.
With a tight timeline of just six days, Alyssa quickly assembles a skilled team to execute the enormous renovation; including a top notch Hollywood interior designer and a local construction crew. Together, they turn Kelly’s outdated space from drab to fab. Tacky tile floors turn into beautiful hardwood, a “rock wall” goes from an eyesore to a striking white marble fireplace and a depressing bar is transformed into a custom-made banquette breakfast table.
After six long and exhausting work days, with the team handling a laundry list of delays and disasters with creative design solutions, will the renovation be completed on time? And how will Kelly respond to all the changes?"
"Alyssa Milano seems to pick up new jobs at the drop of a hat. Constantly working and expanding her horizons she joins Sway in the Morning with her long time friend Alec Ledd aka Alaa Khaled to speak on their new FYI special “Celebrity Renovation.”
Finding out that her assistant and best friend Kelly had ovarian cancer, Milano had the idea to renovate her house while she was away at chemotherapy. Calling in Alec to help with the job, they, along with the FYI network broke into her house to complete the transformation.
Along the way they find a decaying mouse and learn to hack her phone to disable alarms the two laugh about how crazy the whole process was and how it came together so beautifully.
Watch the interview and tune into FYI this Friday to see the show."
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