Danica McKellar reveals fitness secrets for staying fit at 50
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Danica McKellar looks fit at 50, and the Great American Family star recently revealed her secret to avoiding vacation, or any other time of year.
“My secret — one of my secrets — is that I don’t eat sweets or anything that’s bad for me until I’m completely full with all the healthy things,” she told Fox News Digital. “When I’m full of healthy things, maybe I’ll take a few bites. But I don’t want to be hungry while eating bad things.”
If he eats everything on his plate healthily and is still hungry, he said, “I can have some.”
The “Wonder Years” alum also said she doesn’t make New Year’s resolutions.
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Danica McKellar looks fit at 50, and the Great American Family star recently revealed her secret to avoiding vacation, or any other time of year. (Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)
“I’m not sure why. I think it’s because I try to decide every day to be the best person I can be, to do what God wants me to do, to keep listening to God for guidance,” Conrad said during the Nashville interview. “In fact, one of the themes of my Christmas movie is listening to God.”
McKellar’s 12th Christmas movie and first feature film, “Did We Meet This Christmas?” It premieres on Great American Family on December 13. It also airs on Great American Pure Flix. He not only wrote the movie himself, but also starred in it.
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McKellar also published his 12th mathematics book last month; Children’s book “I Love You 100: A Counting Book Filled with Love”.
“It’s so much fun to write your own Christmas movie,” he said. “You can put whatever themes you want. So you’ll see themes of listening to God and forgiving, which is great for the holidays because of what Jesus did for us.”
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McKellar emphasized that she follows a “very boring diet” and that the “number 1 secret to staying fit, healthy and young” is to drink plenty of water.
“I don’t actually drink alcohol. I don’t drink coffee. I don’t drink soda, I definitely don’t drink anything with artificial sweeteners or sweeteners,” she explained. “I think those things are bad and actually mess up your body more than if you just consumed sugar. Sugar is really bad for you, though. That’s why I try to stay away from all that stuff.”
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McKellar emphasized that she follows a “very boring diet” and that the “number 1 secret to staying fit, healthy and young” is to drink plenty of water. (Eric McCandless/Disney via Getty Images)
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She added that she doesn’t eat gluten or dairy and eats almost no processed foods.
“I cook dinner every night — so every other night, so we can have leftovers,” she said. “I make it myself because I know what’s in it. I cook even when I’m filming.”
“I cook dinner every night — so every other night — so we can have leftovers,” she said. “I make it myself because I know what’s in it. I cook even when I’m filming.” (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)
The 50-year-old actress said she keeps an instant pot in her hotel room: “I make my own chicken. I bring the rice cooker. I make my own brown rice. I steam the vegetables, a little salt, pepper, olive oil. It’s very good. It’s very delicious and it’s very healthy.”
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He said it helped him “resist the urge to eat bad things.” And when I resist that urge, believe me, I hear temptations, I think to myself: ‘This is my other secret.’ I think to myself: ‘Feeling good right now is when I gain everything I love about feeling fit and healthy. I’m winning this right now.”
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