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How Danielle Fishel Dropped 30 Lbs.
May 26th, 2009 / Author: OK! Staff
Danielle Fishel is walking lighter these days now that she’s dropped 30 lbs.
The Boy Meets World star turned Dish host credits NutriSystem for her weightloss.
“I thoroughly enjoyed doing it last year, and since then I have maintained by learning portion control,” the actress, 28, tells me. “That was one of the greatest things NutriSystem taught me. I cook a lot now. I eat 95% of my meals at home. I never eat fast food, I take protein bars with me everywhere, and I make all of my own food. I eat very low-carb and high fiber and a lot of protein.”
She continues, “I make a lot of fish, I love vegetables – so that’s a good thing – and then, the working out and the eating well, that allows me – I have a sweet tooth – so that allows me to have a cookie here and there. My mom just baked my favorite – my kryptonite is chocolate chip cookies that my mom bakes that are amazing.”
Danielle tells me she spends nine hours a week in the gym, doing cardio for an hour three days a week, and cardio for one hour and weights for another hour three days per week. She builds her workout into her morning, and gets her motivation from her trainer.
“It’s my favorite part of my day. It wasn’t always my favorite part of my day, but I grew into the lifestyle of working out, and now if I miss a day or I have to skip because of work, I don’t feel like my day is complete.”
One of her dieting dos is enjoying a cheat meal – but not a cheat day because she can get carried away.
“It’s so important to maintaining your overall mental health,” she says. “It’s easy to know that you only have a week before you can have something that you really want than to know ‘I’m never going to be allowed to eat this again.’”
Her favorite healthy snacks?
“I love my protein bars that I eat. They’re called Pure Protein, and they’re chocolate peanut butter ones. I put them in the refrigerator so they’re really cold, and, to me, they’re like my equivalent of having a Snickers, but it’s super healthy and low sugar.”
Also: La Tortilla Factory’s low carb, high-fiber tortillas. “I make wraps with those. That’s one of my favorite lunches is to make a salad and have a little turkey wrap.”
For Danielle, motivation to lose weight happened gradually.
“It takes awhile once you put weight on to have the ability to say ‘all right, I’m cutting everything out and starting over from scratch.’ But I just wasn’t happy. I was feeling uncomfortable in my clothes and in my skin. When I’m not feeling good about myself, I don’t feel like being social. I was wanting to stay home all the time, and there were a lot of friends and family events going on that I didn’t feel like going to because I didn’t have anything to wear and I didn’t feel good about myself. That was the biggest motivating factor for me. And when I don’t feel good about the way I look, I tend to be really grumpy without even realizing that that’s why.”
How did she feel after she dropped the poundage?
“I felt a-mazing after I lost weight,” Danielle says. “You wake up and you feel so much healthier. That’s the biggest thing for me. Not even so much the physical appearance of it, it’s more the way you feel. That was the biggest upside for me.”
Keeping it off is no sweat.
“Once you have the weight off and you feel great about yourself, it’s easy to look at something that you’re going to eat or look at the gym, and say ‘I’m really happy right now with the way I look, so it’s not worth it to me to have this cookie or have this cake or skip out on my gym appointment.’”
What slimming secrets can Danielle share?
“No matter what size the tag says, get the size that actually fits you,” she says. “Nobody else sees the tag after you’ve put it on. But dressing in clothes that fit you and that are more fitted – if you feel like you’re carrying extra weight, the only thing that makes you look even heavier is wearing bigger, baggier clothes.”
She adds, “Having a good tailor will make you look thinner, and dressing appropriately for your age and in a clothing size that actually fits you.”
Catch Danielle on The Dish, which airs on Style Network.
Danielle Fishel Talks Lance Bass, Love Life
January 17th, 2009
Danielle Fishel is no stranger to gossip. After all, the former Boy Meets World star romanced *NSYNC’s Lance Bass, who came out of the closet in 2006. They dated from 1999-2000, and remain cordial.
Now the single beauty, 27, returns to TV as a host for celeb news show The Dish, which airs on Style Network. She opened up to me about her life with Lance, current outlook on love and heading back to college.
What is your relationship like with Lance these days?
Lance and I are very good friends. I absolutely adore him, and I support him in everything he does. I actually went to go see him dance at Dancing With The Stars a couple times. We talk via text, and we see each other when we can, and keep each other updated on what’s going on. Our lives take us all over the place, so I don’t get to see him nearly as often as I’d like, but we stay in touch regularly.
What was your reaction when you found out he was gay?
Well, I found out many years before he went public with it. I found out when he had a Halloween party at his house, and I was out one night with him at his house, and we just openly talked about it. I was like ‘we’ve never really discussed this, but I’ve heard all these rumors.’ It was kind of just accepted amongst our friends that he was gay, but we had never addressed it face-to-face. So I just asked him, ‘are you gay?’ and he was like ‘yeah.’ I was like ‘all right, cool. I’m happy for you. I’m happy that you were able to come to this realization.’
I was really happy after he was able to go public with it because I don’t think anybody should have to live their life in a way where they feel like they’re keeping a secret.
Of course not! Now when you were dating him, did you ever suspect?
I didn’t, but I was a little naïve because I was 17. I didn’t really have a lot of experience in relationships, but my mom had actually suspected and had said something to me after we broke up. She asked me if I thought it was a possibility, and at first my reaction was like ‘Nooo!’ And then, the more I thought about it, I was like ‘hm, maybe.’
After we broke up, I started thinking about it and I started hearing things from people we were friends with. I was like ‘OK, I wish he had felt more comfortable at that time to be honest with me then’ but I respect his decision and the way he handled everything. He was nothing but a great boyfriend and an incredible gentleman.
You found out after you guys broke up?
Yes, I found out after we broke up.
And how far did you guys get? Was he the kissing-only kind of boyfriend?
Yeah, we never slept together. We never had sex or anything. I was a virgin all through my relationship with Lance, and then some. It was more like a kissing, high school-style relationship. The funny part about it is that we traveled a lot together, so we were staying in hotel rooms together, and then when I moved out of my parents’ house, he would come stay with me at my parents’ house in Manhattan Beach. So we spent a lot of time together where that stuff could’ve happened, but it never really did.
Again, I was naïve and 17 and a really good girl, and didn’t want to ask questions. I just assumed he was a real gentleman.
What advice would you give others who might be in the same situation – when they find out their significant other is gay?
I would just be very supportive. That’s a tough situation for anybody to be in, to come out of the closet, ever, but especially when you’re young.
A lot of people thought I was going to take it really personally – like ‘are you mad? Do you feel like you were lied to?’ and I was like ‘no, I don’t.’ I understand where he was at. He wasn’t really sure what was going on in his life, and he was trying to come to terms with ‘was this something he thought he could change or not change?’
One of the nicest things Lance ever said to me was, ‘I knew if I wasn’t going to be happy being in a relationship with you, then I wasn’t going to be able to be happy being in a relationship with any woman.’
I just would tell someone in my situation now just to not take it personally. It has nothing to do with you. They’re just trying to find their own way. The best thing you can do for someone is to be supportive and for that situation, to not just think about yourself.
I know you said you were young and you guys had broken up, but did you feel confident in your ability to find a straight guy after that? How did it impact you?
I do, I did. I didn’t feel like ‘oh my God, they’re all gay.’ I have actually been very fortunate that I’ve met a lot of really wonderful straight men in my life — and a lot of really wonderful gay men in my life.
But I will say I don’t assume anybody is straight anymore. I’m always like ‘hm, I wonder if he’s gay.’ I do think about that now, but I also don’t assume that every guy is gay. [laughs]
What is your love life like now?
I’m single. This is the first time I’ve been single in a while, and I’m enjoying it actually. I’m finding that I tend to be one of those people who gets into very committed, long-term relationships, and then I really focus on that relationship and not so much myself.
And I feel like maybe I’m a little bit of a late bloomer to be doing this, but I’m really focusing on me and my career and what I want to do and going back to school. I’m going to a J.C. [junior college] by my house in Orange County, and once I get my associates, I’m going to transfer most likely to U.C. Irvine. l’m getting my psychology degree with a focus on marriage and family therapy. I think the human mind is fascinating. I love figuring out why people are doing what they do.
I’m not really even thinking about trying to find another relationship right now. If it happens, it happens and it would be great because I do ultimately want to get married and have a family some day. But right now I’m really enjoying Danielle time.
What’s the best part of being on your own?
The best part of being on your own is not really having to answer to anybody. Not that when you’re in a relationship you should really have to answer to somebody then, either. Just the freedom of not checking in with someone all the time is nice. I’ve lived on my own since I was 18, and I really love living alone. That, to me, is just great. I love the freedom of having my own space and my own place and doing things on my terms, and not really having to think about anybody else’s schedule.
Catch Danielle on The Dish, which airs on Style Network.
Danielle Fishel’s Dating Block
January 2nd, 2009 / Author: OK! Staff
Danielle Fishel has dater’s block. She’d love to marry one day but can’t forget her romance with former ’Nsync-er Lance Bass, who came out in 2006.
“I don’t assume anybody is straight anymore,” the Boy Meets World Star, 27, who hosts Style Network’s The Dish, tells OK!. “I’m always like, ‘Hmm, wonder if he’s gay?’ ”
She and Lance were never intimate in their 1999–2000 relationship, she says. “I was naive, 17 and a good girl!” After they split, she confronted Lance, who told her, “ ‘I knew if I wasn’t happy with you, I wasn’t going to be happy in a relationship with any woman.’ ”
Danielle adds, “I wish he’d felt he could have been honest with me then!” Despite that, she and Lance are still friendly — and she hopes to follow him on Dancing With the Stars: “There could be no better way to get into incredible shape!” she says.
Stars Share New Year’s Resolutions
January 1st, 2009
A New Year is time for a new you, and stars are revamping their outlooks. What are their resolutions?
Julianne Hough says, “Keeping my skin fresh and not tanning so much. I won’t have to so much when I take the season off from Dancing With The Stars, so I can keep my face fresh.”
Emma Roberts is practical. “Probably just to eat healthier and get more sleep,” she tells me. “I have a problem where if I start thinking about something, I’m up all night just thinking and can’t go to sleep.”
“I’m always 15 minutes late, so I’m going to try and wake up 15 minutes earlier,” Natasha Bedingfield says.
Gabrielle Union is going to stop obsessing. “I think I worry too much, and put too much emphasis on ‘Oh my God, she’s an eight, or oh no, she’s a double-zero.’ You know what, do your thing. If you look like one of the 90210 girls, then God bless you. And if you are a 12, God forbid – that’s illegal in the county of Los Angeles – then go with that. Do you and keep it moving.”
Gossip Girl’s Lydia Hearst has her list ready. “Honestly, to remain happy and healthy and maintain good friendships and be able to be back in the City more and do more charity work with God’s Love We Deliver,” she tells me. “I work in the kitchen.”
Jesse McCartney says, “I always procrastinate and put things off to the last second. Maybe that should be my resolution. Stop procrastinating.”
Jake T. Austin is under the parental influence. “My mom really wants me to try not to argue with my sister,” the Wizards of Waverly Place star, who appears in January’s Hotel For Dogs, tells me. “I don’t know how long that’s going to last, but I’ll try as hard as I can.”
Darius Rucker is also thinking family. “I’m going to make the same one I make every year, that I’m going to get in much better shape and I’m going to start breaking that around January 2. I think next year I’m going to try to make a resolution to stay home a little more. I’m going to try and see the family more next year.”
Jake Owen seconds that notion. “I think it’s going to be to call home more just because I think everybody should do that. Time flies, and I seem to sometimes go a week or two without talking to my mom and dad. I want to make sure that I keep up with them.”
Lena Olin, who appears in The Reader with Kate Winslet, doesn’t think big just once a year. “I start every day with a resolution. I try to make the most of every day I wake up, so New Year’s – I start out fresh every day. I have a lot of ambition in my life. Personal. To make the most of every day.”
“We’re all going to try and sit back with our families and soak this up and reflect,” Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley tells me. “Be thankful.”
Lady’s Hillary Scott adds, “Keep dreaming big, too. I think always if you put it out there and you say it, it can happen. We just try to stay optimistic and make goals and I think this dreaming big.”
The Dish host Danielle Fishel uses a slogan for each year. “I tend to not make resolutions because I think you tend to set yourself up for failure, but what I do is I make a statement about whatever I want this year to be for me. Last year, my statement was ‘no fear’ so anything that scared me – such as going back to school – it scared me, and I did it anyway. This year I’m not exactly sure what my positive affirmation is going to be, but I think it’s going to be career-based.”
Some are not so serious.
“Always wear socks with boots,” Ashanti laughs.
And some are opting out. “I don’t make resolutions because I’m not good at keeping promises,” Damien Fahey tells me.
Be sure to make the most of your 2009.
Stars Share Party Tips
December 31st, 2008
New Year’s Eve is here. It’s out with the old and in with the new as we say goodbye to 2008 and usher in 2009.
Former Boy Meets World star Danielle Fishel, who hosts The Dish on Style Network, offers party tips.
“Don’t trap somebody in a corner and talk their ear off,” she tells me. “Keep your conversations short and pleasant. Laugh, and smile, and be welcoming. And don’t get drunk.”
Former TRL host Damien Fahey, who has jumped to Extra, remembers his highlight of 2008.
“I was really affected by the election of Obama,” he tells me. “The bar in my head has been raised for the American public in their idea to hope for better things and for change. That was really surprising to me.”
Since Damien is a staple of the NYC party scene, I thought he might have a few hangover tips up his sleeve. (He does!)
“I do a Dewar’s soda and then I’ll do a glass of water immediately afterwards,” he tells me. “If you do that, that is it. It’s also difficult because the more Dewar’s you drink, the less apt you are to reach for the water. So if you are hungover the next day, I recommend staying in bed and sleeping it off. Puking is good – just get it out, get rid of it. And then, eat a lot of fried food. A lot of fried chicken, a lot of barbecue is good the next day. It soaks all the alcohol up.”
Yonkers Joe star Chazz Palminteri and wife Gianna make their New Year kid-friendly for son Dante, 13, and daughter Gabriella, 7. “We usually go to a house party in the neighborhood where I live. It’s low-key. But we like to keep the kids with us. They get to stay up late. We always like to have the kids with us.”
Happy New Year, guys!
