Kathy Ireland battles weight
Kathy Ireland has a big fat secret. Apparently, she’s not the super swimsuit body that she used to be. When the former super model got a look at a recent photo her son snapped of her while she was making cookies at home, she realized something had to change:
“He said ‘Mom, you look pregnant. I didn’t recognize the person I saw. I saw someone who looked overwhelmed, overstressed, overweight, over-everything.”
In her latest book, Real Solutions for Busy Moms. Ireland talks about how mothers tend to put everybody else’s needs before their own. Case in point: she had put on 25 lbs. without even really realizing it.
“I was not making enough time to take care of me,” says Ireland, 46, a mother of three kids ranging in age from 6 to 14 and CEO of Kathy Ireland World Wide, a $1.4 billion design empire. She also runs a mentoring program for single teen mothers.
To get back on track, Ireland enlisted the help of a friend, who happens to be a personal trainer and nutritionist. Thanks to healthier food choices, including cutting down on snacking and desserts, plus three exercise sessions a week, Ireland says she’s almost back to where she feels her best.
Does that mean she wants to get back into a bikini?
“No, that’s not my goal. I want to be healthy, to be there for my husband and my kids.” [Source]
I guess it’s nice to know that even models can get a bit off track from time to time. Also, it seems like Ireland has the right goals and is being realistic about where she is in her life. Why worry about a bikini when happiness can be as simple as staying healthy and spending time with the fam?
Photo Credit: Fame Pictures
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