14 DAY TRIAL // These past few years, Kelly Osbourne has learned to live a healthier, more balanced life, which also translated into a slimmer figure. In the latest issue of Self Magazine, she insists her goal isn’t to be skinny but healthy and happy.
First off, she shoots down reports that she only lost the extra weight because she’s dating someone who is half vegan, insisting that her slimmer figure is the result of hard work and will power, the Daily Mail reports.
She works out daily and keeps a close tab on what she eats, she says. She knows her body is not perfect but, after years of dealing with all kinds of issues, she knows it doesn’t have to be as long as she’s healthy and happy.
“[I figured] out there is no such thing as perfection. If I had known that earlier, I wouldn’t have been such a [expletive] up,” she says.
“The only thing I can be is me. I’m not perfect. I make mistakes. And my body is not perfect, either, but I love it. It will never be perfect but I do not want it to be. That’s so boring!” Kelly adds.
Right now, Kelly does interval training in the morning, usually on the treadmill, and then something more fun later in the day, either Pilates or yoga.
Another golden rule she sticks to is to try and eat the biggest, “fattiest” meal in the morning.
As any other woman out there, she still has insecurities and days when she wishes she’d look 100% different from what she sees in the mirror but, eventually, she realizes she has to be realistic about her expectations.
“When you change your body, you start to get selfish. You’re like, ‘Oh, but that’s still fat and that’s still gross and why can’t I look like that?’ To stop myself I have to look at how far I’ve come,” she explains.
“I’ve learned how to eat right and look after myself. Also, I don’t weigh myself. If you like what you see in front of the mirror, then what’s the [expletive]-ing point of getting on a scale?” Kelly asks.
“It’s OK to have a healthy envy and look up to somebody and set goals, but you have to realize that you’re never going to be exactly that person. Wishing you were Angelina Jolie or J.Lo isn’t going to change the fact that you’re not. Why not start working with what you do have instead of what you don’t?” Kelly notes.