My Name Is Earl actress Jaime Pressly has revealed that she once went on a crash diet and ate eight bananas in one day, in a bid to lose her pregnancy weight in time for her 30th birthday.
In an interview with Health magazine, Pressly, now 32, who has a two-year-old son Dezi James, said it took her just three months to lose the 42lbs she gained during her pregnancy.
She told the US magazine: “But I lost the first 32lbs by my 30th birthday, which we celebrated in Vegas. We had pool parties and I was not about to be chunky.”
She added: “I did the cabbage soup diet twice in a row. It lasts six days and you eat cabbage soup three to four times a day.
“But one day, you can also eat up to eight bananas.”
The North Carolina-born actress, who gave birth to baby Dezi on 11 May 2007, and turned 30 two months later on 30 July, revealed she blitzed the remaining pounds with gruelling work-outs with her personal trainer.
She said: “I get bored easily, so my trainer, Mike Jones, introduced me to the [suspension training system] TRX… You use your body weight for resistance.
“We also do abs, plus 150 to 200 squats… I enjoy feeling the burn and pushing myself.”
Asked whose body she most admires, Pressly said: “When I think of legs, I always think of Shirley MacLaine… She’s always been one of my idols because she’s funny, sassy, ballsy, smart, spiritual.”
Source: Splash News