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According to ‘Shape Magazine’, Grammy-winning vegetarian Carrie Underwood has dropped between 15 and 20 pounds since her American Idol days. How did she do that? By hitting the treadmill, swimming and sticking to healthy foods. Although she admits to a weakness for cheese, Carrie prevents herself from overindulging by keeping a food diary and carrying around whole grain Kashi bars wherever she goes. Nice trick gurl!

As for Kelly Clarkson, the original queen of AI, she does not reportedly believe in diets. However, being in the music business forced her to refined her eating habits (focusing on portion control) and amping up her fitness routine instead of following any particular diet plan. Kelly has told ‘Us Weekly’ that she indulges in her penchant for chocolate, but only to a certain point.

After a five-year battle with bulimia, AI season 5 runner-up Katherine McPhee managed to drop 30 pounds the healthy way by sticking to the Intuitive eating plan. She told Shape Magazine that the plan worked because she can munch on anything she pleases, but when she’s full, she stops. Exercise-wise, Katherine tones her muscles with weight training and likes to walk on the treadmill for 45 minutes four to five days a week.

Carrie Underwood is on the cover of InStyle magazine’s May 2008 issue. In the interview, she talks about her poor body image and her obsession with food. At first, she admits being an emotional eater - after being cheaten on by some of her previous boyfriends, she began drowning her sorrow in ice cream.

“I’m a ‘let it go, move on’ kind of person. And ice cream is my friend. If anybody sees me eating a sundae and I look unhappy, something bad has happened,” Underwood tells the magazine. “I am drowning my sorrows in fudge and caramel and whipped cream.”

The singer also has a serious body image problem! Even though she’s beautiful (and also very thin), she confessed that sometimes she feels disgusted by her body.

“I think about what I look like probably more than I should. But I think everybody is her own worst critic,” she says. “Some days I step out of the shower, put my lotion on, and I’ll be like ‘Ugh, ew, ew.’ ” [Source]

And here’s the worst part - Carrie has become so obsessed with food that she’s started eating less and less, counting calories for all the food that she’s eating.

It’s 5:30pm and Carrie Underwood hasn’t eaten all day… [T]here’s a platter nearby piled with sandwiches. But Underwood sips a diet soda and nibbles on a Weight Watchers bar instead. “Everything shows up immediately right here,” she says, pointing to her tummy.

She rarely goes out without makeup and keeps a food diary: “I’m OCD like that,” Underwood admits. “I count calories, fat and fiber – which is important in making you feel fuller faster – and protein, especially when I’m working out.”

These all look like signs of an eating disorder to me. I surely hope that she doesn’t have one, but if she does, she should get some help before it’s too late!

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American Idol winner Carrie Underwood is on the cover of the February 2008 issue of Shape Mazagine. In the interview, she talks about how she lost 20 pounds and reveals her 3 weight loss secrets.

I was heavier. Still, there’s nothing worse than going online and reading that someone called you chubby. … But I don’t ever want to get neurotic about my weight. I feel healthy and I know I’m a good size for me. And that’s what’s important.

Shape Magazine February 2008 will be out January 14, so make sure to buy it if you want to read Carrie Underwood’s diet and fitness tips!