Celebrities, and women ingeneral, are under tons of pressure to keep their weight down, even when havinga baby. For many women, that isnt a realityKatherine Heigl included. I had hoped to only gain 25 to 30 poundslike my mother during her pregnancies, but found that just wasnt possible forme,Heiglwrote on her blog Heavenly Days.
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Although Heigl isnt at hergoal weight yet, she shared in a post how she has lost 50 pounds thanks to somemental exercises and healthy habits. After all, she believes the process shouldnt be astruggle. Instead of weight lossbeing a terrible, frustrating burden and battle, its become more of a lifestyleof healthy choices I make to show my body the love it deserves.
The first thing she did was changeher relationship with food. After years of counting calories and deprivingherself of certain foods and complete food categories, she realized she wassetting an unreasonable weight goal for herself. None of those things ever really worked forme and only fostered an unhealthy, resentful relationship with my body, anattitude that I do not want to pass on to my daughters, she wrote.
With that being said, Heiglstill points out the importance of mindful eating during her weight-lossjourney. Because she doesnt do high-impact workouts that burn a lot of calories,she eats low-calorie meals. This includes things like smoothies, oatmeal andcreamy cucumber soup.
When it comes to working out, Heigl explains she doesnt really enjoy high-intensity workouts. Instead,she does things like hiking and yoga, which are better for her body type. Shedevotes at least three days to exercising.
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Another surprising piece ofadvice she shared was the importance of sleep. She gets at least eight hours ofsleep every night. YeahI realize thats a little hard to believe with a six-month-old and all, but itsthe truth, she jokes. Sleep for weight loss is definitely something we can geton board with.
All in all, whats her bestweight-loss advice? Startevery morning by saying out loud a positive mantra of your choice about yourbody. Her mantra is, I am easily, with good health, inspiration, grace andgratitude losing weight faster than I can even imagine with harm tonone.
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The Mental Trick That Helped Katherine Heigl Shed 50 Pounds - NewBeauty Magazine (blog)
