Whitney Port Confesses to Extreme Dieting

Whitney Port, who gained fame as one of the spoiled rich girls on MTV’s reality series “The Hills,” now reveals she paid a punishing price to maintain her figure. Port, 25, says she limited her diet to 1,000 calories a day — half the recommended amount for women her age.

And, the diet included a limited intake of carbohydrates, including no pasta.

Most nutritionists recommend a well-rounded diet of whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, healthy fats and lean sources of protein.

Whitney Port engaged in extreme dieting to maintain her figure.

As for carbohydrates, foods such as baked potatoes, whole-wheat pasta, brown rice, oatmeal, whole grain breads, and bananas boost your “feel-good” serotonin levels without a crash.

They also provide plenty of fiber, so you feel full much longer.

All the while, Port, who is 5’10″ tall, said she knew her diet was unhealthy, but she said she felt she had no choice to keep up with her castmates and the pressure of public life.

“Working in Hollywood, there’s just a constant pressure to look your best,” she told the Australian edition of OK magazine. “For all of us who are on TV, it’s natural to be like, “I have to stare at myself all the time, I want to look the best I can.”‘

She admitted that her health had suffered. “It’s hard to have that balance of wanting to look good but stay healthy,” she said. “It’s push/pull.”

“Eating 1,000 calories a day is as bad as its ever gotten, which isn’t healthy,” said Port, who now weights about 120 pounds.

Following the last season of “The Hills,” this year, Port is trying to shift to fashion design, with her own line, Whitney Eve, while pursuing acting jobs.

She recently moved to New York City and hop-scotches to LA frequently.

Her new series, “The City” centers around Port in New York, working for fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg along with New York socialite, Olivia Palermo,.

The show’s second season is focusing on the launch of her fashion line, Whitney Eve.

Her boyfriend of seven months, Ben Nemtin, also lives in New York.

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Whitney Port Calls ‘Bread’ Her Biggest Diet Vice

Even though Whitney Port has an enviable figure, her diet and exercise routine isn’t perfect. The City star, 24, opens up about her diet don’ts: French fries, pizza, Gummy bears and … bread.

“I don’t have the biggest sweet tooth, so it’s not that big of a problem,” she tells me “My junk food issue is savory stuff, like French fries and pizza. I love gummy bears, and I’m a sucker for frozen yogurt, so I’ll go for that, but that’s not that bad.”

She considers bread her ultimate vice.

“Bread and butter is my favorite food. I could eat that all day long, and if someone puts it in front of me, it’s always very hard to say no to it. That’s the biggest challenge.”

While Whitney tries to enjoy her favorites in moderation, that doesn’t always work.

“Sometimes I’ll eat so fast, I won’t even realize how much I’m eating. The key is to eat slow, and make sure you’re not eating past your satisfaction limit.”

Although she tries to go to the gym three times a week, Whitney can sometimes be lax about fitness.

“I will get into phases where I’ll have to work out every day or every other day, and then I’ll get out of the swing of it, and it’ll be hard to get into it again,” she says. “Right now, I’m in a rut. It takes me going to the gym a couple times for me to get back into the routine.”

What does she do?

“I tried Pilates for the first time about two months ago,” she says. “I liked it. I used to dance in high school, so I felt like it felt very natural for my body. Other than that, I try to walk on the treadmill, walk outside, and do weight training.”

But Whitney doesn’t need a trip to an exercise facility to keep fit.

“When I can’t make it to the gym, I’ll do push-ups and sit-ups in my apartment.”

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Self-admitted snacker, Lauren Conrad, 24, munches on six small meals per day, totaling 1,500 calories. She also credits her personal trainer, Jarett Del Bene, for getting her in the gym three times a week. "I need someone in the gym making me do the extra five squats," she admits to Us.

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