Adriana Lima went on an all-liquid diet for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. (PHOTO: AP) Adriana Lima consumes no solid foods and follows weeks of physical training before going down the catwalk, reported The International Business Times (IBT). Limas diet entails nine days of protein shakes and water only with no solid foods. The protein shakes are made of powdered egg and taken with a gallon of water. Twelve hours until show time, water consumption is completely banned, saying you can lose as much as eight pounds by abstaining from all liquids, she told The Daily Telegraph. But the Victoria Secret model also stressed that her extreme, no-solid food diet is done only once a year in preparation for the much-anticipated annual lingerie fashion show. She recently made a public service announcement on ET Canada to warn teens from trying her specific diet without the guidance of a professional dietician. Its not that I do crazy diets throughout the year. I just do it for this partic...

Want to have a rockin' hot bod like a Victoria's Secret model? Adriana Lima said it's not as easy as walking down the catwalk, as she revealed her diet secrets and regiment which take weeks of preparation and discipline before the annual fashion show. What's her secret to look so stunning? No solid foods and oodles of water. According to Lima, she begins working out with a personal trainer months beforehand and commits to twice-a-day workouts three weeks leading up to the Victoria's Secret fashion show. "I know it's very intense but ... I just have an athlete's mind and I appreciate doing this thing," she revealed to the Telegraph. While that seems pretty typical for a 30-year-old mother of one to require, Lima said she doesn't eat any solid food nine days before the show, instead opting for protein shakes and water. Her nutritionist prescribes her the shakes, comprised of powdered egg, which she drinks daily along with a gallon of water per da...

Adriana Lima at 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Lexington Avenue Armory, New York City on November 9, 2011. Photo Credit: Janet Mayer / PR Photos by Ruchira Haldar November 13, 2011, ( Sawf News ) - Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima dropped jaws at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show November 9, 2011. The show, held this year at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New York City, featured many top models performing to the music of Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Adam Levine, and rapper Jay-Z. Adriana, 30, brought the sexy back dressed in a red and black lace pushup bra with matching low-rise panty with thigh-high sheer stockings and towering black heels. Matching the stockings was a black floral lace shrug and a statement necklace. The look was elegant, and the heels made her gams appear even longer than usual. Hair was parted to one side, and makeup was fairly low-key with neutral blusher and pout to allow her outfit to take center stage. Of course, in an outfit like this, one wo...

Adriana Lima at the 2011 Victoria's Secret show © Rex Features ADRIANA LIMA has defended herself after reports suggested that she may have taken her Victoria's Secret pre-show diet too far. SEE HER DIET HERE Dubbing the "crazy diet" a "misunderstanding", Lima was keen not to give a bad impression to teenage fans. "Those teenagers out there, don't go starving yourself or only drinking liquids. Don't do that please," she told E! Online. "It's not that I do crazy diets throughout the year. I just do it for this particular thing. After this show, I become normal again!" Lima even claimed that she had eased off her strict exercise regime prior to the show. "This year, even though my diet was intense, I took it a little bit easier on the working out so I won't be as muscular," she said. Meanwhile, Lily Aldridge admitted that she struggled against the temptation of the backstage buffet, which included bagels. "I ha...

Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima got herself in a bit of a jam last week when she was asked what she does to prepare for a fashion show. Why? Because she revealed just how extreme her regimen really is. The 30-year old said she's been working out with a trainer since August, and for the past three weeks she's been exercising twice a day. In the 9 days prior to the show she abstains from eating all solid foods and only drinks protein shakes. 12 hours before the show she'll stop drinking entirely, just to get rid of any extra water weight she's carrying. The whole diet seemed a bit like starvation to most people, and so she was forced to address the issue with E! Canada. She said the details of her diet are a misunderstanding. “I have my Starbucks coffee right there…" she told E! "It was a misunderstanding. You can’t eat everything, of course… I eat healthy and work out a lot. “Those teenagers out there, don’t go starving yourself or only drinking liqu...

Adriana Lima Explains Extreme Leading up to the show, Lima, 30, revealed that she went through a strict regimen of twice-daily workouts and absolutely no solid foods. Model Adriana Lima is taking some heat for talking about her extreme diet leading up to the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, which features the worlds top models in fanciful lingerie. Twelve hours before the show, she even forgoes all liquids. “Sometimes you can lose up to eight pounds just from that,” she told the London ’s Daily Telegraph newspaper. The 5’8″ Brazilian model touched off a Internet storm with her comments, forcing her to qualify her remarks and backtrack a bit on her claims. “I just have an athlete ’s mind and I appreciate doing this thing,” she told E! Online . She insisted that her “crazy diet” wasn’t as intense as it sounded. “It’s not that I do crazy diets throughout the year. I just do it for this particular thing. After this show, I become normal again!” She was even filmed backstage at the show las...

Adriana Lima walks in 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Jennifer Graylock/INF Facebook Tweet Model Adriana Lima has some advice for anyone planning an extreme diet to imitate her slim physique when she struts on the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway: Don't try this at home. "Those teenagers out there, don't go starving yourself or only drinking liquids. Don't do that please," she told ET Canada Thursday. Lima's plea comes after she was quoted Monday saying that in the run-up to the annual shows, she works out twice a day and drinks only protein shakes for nine days. She indulges in "no solids" for those days, and then, for 12 hours before the show, "No liquids at all so you dry out, sometimes you can lose up to eight pounds just from that," Lima, 30, told the U.K.'s Daily Telegraph . But, she says now, her regimen is not as extreme as it seems. At the show on Wednesday, Lima – mom to 2-year-old Valentina with husband Mar...