Liv Tyler candid pictures eating lunch and smoking

Posted by Anna on June 3, 2007 | Categories: Liv Tyler, eating, weight

Liv Tyler, who recently admitted she has been on a diet her whole life, was recently spotted having lunch with her husband (actually, she was the only one who seemed to eat something, and then she smoked a cigarette).

Here’s what she had to say about gaining weight when filming the thriller The Strangers in South Carolina:

“I’ve been eating like a pig. I think it’s because I hired this chef on the set of Strangers to cook for me, and I ate a lot of vegetables and protein. Filming was also incredibly intense: We were supposed to be out of breath in every scene, so I would run around the stage to achieve that. I just went to Marc Jacobs and I bought a red dress in a size 4. I’ve never been a size 4 in my entire life!” [Source]

Liv also revealed she had trouble losing weight after giving birth to her son Milo:

“I was not one of those women who just dropped pounds instantly when I was breastfeeding,” the Reign Over Me actress, 29, tells Britain’s You magazine. “Actually, I got so homely I was ravenous for things like doughnuts and cakes.”Tyler – who married Brit rocker Royston Langdon in March 2003 – was determined to be a stay-at-home mom for the first year of Milo’s life. She “hibernated” inside the house, she says, until she had a rude awakening about her weight.

“I can remember walking down the street one day – I was going to the nail salon – when … a photographer took my picture,” she recalls.

“I was wearing a very unflattering shirt that I had worn when I was pregnant and a pair of sweat pants, and when the picture appeared in a magazine they ran a caption asking if I was pregnant again. When I saw it I said, ‘I think the holiday is over.’ ”

Once focused on taking action, “I did a million different things,” she says. “I would be on a strict protein diet and then a raw diet, and then I would do colonics and fasting. And I did Pilates, yoga and working out with my trainer.”

Here’s what she had to say about smoking in the same interview:

“I’m afraid I smoke sometimes. I did give up for a long time when I had Milo, but on my last film my character smoked and that was bad for me,” she says. “I don’t like it, but I secretly love it. I know it’s terrible.” [Source]

Candid pictures of Liv Tyler and her husband taken on May 21 in New York City.

Photos: Splash News