From the January 19th Globe:

Hot Dog! Here's a quick & fun way to stay slim on...

Heather Locklear
Fast-food diet

WEIGHT till you hear this! Toothpick-thin Heather Locklear is a junk-food junkie who never gains an ounce - and you can be one, too!
     "I love junk food and I eat like a horse," reveals the 34-year-old sex siren of Melrose Place.
     Incredibly, the 5-foot-5 beauty manages to keep hovering around the 103-pound mark even though she pigs out on pasta, tacos, burgers - and even yummy M&Ms.
     "Eating lots of food keeps me regular and healthy," says Heather.
     "When your body is working efficiently, you don't gain weight."
     The trick to losing weight on fast food is picking the right items to eat, reveal diet experts.
     "There's nothing wrong with including so-called junk foods in your diet," says Dr. Paul Saltman, professor of nutrition at the University of California at San Diego and author of the UCSD Book of Nutrition. "The key is to balance calories and fat. If you've got a healthy metabolism like Heather's, you can get away with eating to your stomach's content."
     Heather runs for exercise, but isn't obsessed with working out.
     "I run at least two miles every two days and work outing my home gym," reveals the sultry Melrose Place vixen.
     "I also do lunges and squats to shape my legs and butt."
     "I can pretty much eat anything I want. I drink Coke and I love ice cream and cake."
     "It's impossible for me to gain weight. I can't get fat even if my life depended on it."
     "I guess I'm just one of the lucky ones!"
     You can share the star's "luck." You'll feel light as a feather on a diet based on Heather's habits (see 5-day menu below.)
     Up to five pounds a week will melt away if you drink at least eight glasses of water a day, sip all the coffee or tea with low-fat milk you desire and follow this easy plan.
     As always, you should check with your doctor before beginning this or any other diet plan.

LIP-SMACKING 5-DAY PLAN

DAY 1: Breakfast: 6 oz. orange juice; 2 scrambled eggs; 2 slices toast with butter. Lunch: Burger King regular cheeseburger; coleslaw. Dinner: Roy Rogers Greek pasta; dinner salad. Snacks: 1 bunch grapes; 1 apple.
DAY 2: Breakfast: 6 oz. apple juice; 1 toasted bagel with 1 tbsp. cream cheese. Lunch: 1 Taco Bell chicken fajita with cheese and salsa. Dinner: 6 oz. Kentucky Fried Chicken rotisserie breast; 1 cup fried zucchini sticks; sliced tomatoes. Snacks: 1/2 cup Carvel frozen yogurt; 1 orange.
DAY 3: Breakfast: 6 oz. orange juice; 1 Burger King croissan'wich. Lunch: 1 slice Pizza Hut thin 'N crispy cheese pizza. Dinner: 2 cups spaghetti with meat sauce; Caesar salad. Snacks: 1 cup air-popped corn; 1 apple.
DAY 4: Breakfast: 6 oz. apple juice; 2 pancakes and syrup. Lunch: 1 Wendy's Grilled Chicken Sandwich. Dinner: 1 serving lasagna; 1 cup buttered broccoli. Snacks: 1 cup strawberries; 1 serving Baskin-Robbins ice cream.
DAY 5: Breakfast: 6 oz. grapefruit juice; 1 Dunkin Donuts apple spice muffin with butter. Lunch: 1 McDonald's quarter pounder. Dinner: 1 Red Lobster dinner entree; Caesar salad. Snacks: 1 pear; 2 Hershey's chocolate kisses.

DRIVE THRU'S BEST & WORST

BURGER KING
Best: Broiled chicken salad with reduced-calorie light Italian dressing, 215 calories
Worst: Double Whopper with cheese, 960 calories

KFC
Best: Tender roast chicken (breast, no skin), green beans and corn on the cob, 364 calories
Worst: Extra crispy chicken (thigh), cole slaw, potato wedges, 836 calories

MCDONALD'S
Best: Grilled chicken deluxe with fat-free dressing, 160 calories
Worst: Arch deluxe with bacon, 610 calories

PIZZA HUT
Best: Veggie lover's thin'N'crispy pizza, 170 calories
Worst: Meat lover's stuffed crust pizza, 500 calories

SUBWAY
Best: Turkey breast salad with fat-free dressing, 102 calories
Worst: 6" cold tuna sub, 542 calories

TACO BELL
Best: Steak gordita fiesta, 270 calories or bean burrito, 380 calories
Worst: Taco salad with salsa, 850 calories

WENDY's
Best: Baked potato (plain) with small chili, 520 calories or grilled chicken sandwich, 310 calories
Worst: Big bacon classic burger, 580 calories


The 5-Day Plan is full of crap. Carvel and Dunkin Donuts are not available in Southern California.


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