Nigella’s new body secrets
Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson swears by roast chicken, carbs – and martinis…
‘No one should be put on this earth to diet… I have never been on a diet to try to lose weight’
She’s always been as famous for her curves as her indulgent meals - but recently, Nigella Lawson has been looking rather svelte.
Yet, rather than starving herself with a boring diet to drop the pounds, she revealed the secret of her amazing body is consuming roast chicken, carbs and martinis!
Nigella said, ‘I am frightened of being hungry, and not being able to eat. I love traditional food, and I’m never going to complain about having a pie! Roast chicken is my favourite food. I call our house “the House of Carbs”.’
The 57-year-old, who recently released her 11th cookbook, At My Table: A Celebration Of Home Cooking, clearly isn’t a fan of the ‘clean eating’ trend, either. She revealed, ‘The thing about a smoothie bowl is that it’s a nice picture but I don’t know who eats them.’
And while most people ditch booze in order to battle the bulge, Nigella has refused to give up on her favourite tipple, admitting she uses preserved lemons ‘a lot’ in her fabulous-sounding dirty lemon martini recipe.
Nigella, who is mum to Cosima, 23, and Bruno, 21, slimmed from a size 16 to a size 12 in 2015, but it appears her recent efforts may have seen her become even trimmer than that.
She has always railed against depriving yourself to lose weight. The chef previously said, ‘No one should be put on this earth to go on a diet. It’s certainly true my weight went up – that happens sometimes. I have never been on a diet to try to lose weight. I feel like I haven’t lost weight, but I’m possibly in better shape.’
And she isn’t pounding the treadmill to burn off those decadent desserts, either – preferring to practise Iyengar yoga.
She admitted, ‘I don’t do cardio much, but I do try to do a lot of walking. I do yoga three times a week… I have to do something I enjoy, otherwise I wouldn’t do it. The older I get, the more I realise I have got to do lots of stretching.’
Well, Nigella, it’s truly working a treat.
Carbs and cocktails? This sounds like a diet we could truly get on board with!