Say what?!  She’s only 32 years old!  Yep, girl has been dieting since she was 9 years old.  Ginnifer Goodwin is a beautiful, talented actress that I would never have known had weight issues.  But Weight Watchers has been part of her life, well practically all her life.  She shared her lifelong “journey” with Health Mag,

“I have been a member of Weight Watchers for 23 years and I’m back on it right now.  It’s the only thing on the planet that doesn’t dehydrate you or just make you miserable.”

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Ginnifer grew up in the South where everything and I mean everything is fried.  The city of Memphis set her up to fail,

“I really did go through a period when I was very little when I remember realizing that vegetables did not come out of the ground deep-fried,” she recalls. “I changed my eating habits in fourth grade because I was a heavy little girl and I was unhappy.”

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When she made the choice to change, it wasn’t the easiest transition,

“I remember my mom making dinner for me the first night that I was on this new program, and I burst out crying because the vegetables were green,” she tells the mag. “I thought she was trying to starve me to death.”

Ginnifer has now found a really nice balance with her diet and exercise,

“I have a trainer who used to be a New York City Ballet ballerina, and she does a lot of hybrid Pilates ballet,” she says. “I like the elliptical, ’cause I feel like I’m dancing. And I’m also big on speed-walking outside. Like, I’ll speed-walk a couple of miles, get a cup of coffee, speed-walk back. It’s so easy! Just break a sweat for 30 minutes and you’re fine.”

I am loving that idea.  Speed walking to get coffee.  Now that’s my kind of exercise.  Maybe P90X can wait….

Ginnifer has a very healthy perspective on her body image no matter what, and that in itself is very impressive,

“Even when I’m too heavy, I’m still confident because I never actually let myself go.  I can be indulgent for six months and put on some weight, but I still never actually get to the point of being unhappy and self-destructive.”

I so appreciate her honesty and I believe that a lot of people will be inspired through her story.  Thank you Ginnifer!

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