Carrie Underwood no longer trains to be ‘a certain size’… after consuming just 800 calories
Carrie Underwood is no longer working out to be ‘a certain size’.
The 39-year-old singer admits that her ‘goals have changed’ in recent years and she is now training with the ambition of having ‘energy and longevity’.
“I feel like early in my career I was working more to be a certain size or fit into a certain aesthetic that I thought I wanted to be,” said the beauty who ate just 800 calories a day after winning American Idol at the age. 22
Her weight has been an issue: Carrie Underwood was bigger when she was on American Idol at age 22. She’s now slimmed down but isn’t working toward a “certain size,” she told People.
“And now I feel like I exercise more to be strong and have energy and longevity,” the mother of two shared with People.
Carrie has been disappointed in the results of her exercise routine in the past. But now, she has a completely different mindset.
The Something In the Water hitmaker, who has Isaiah, seven, and Jacob, three, with husband Mike Fisher, told People: “It really is playing the long game, right?
Love of her life: Underwood (left) and husband Mike Fisher arrive at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in April 2022
I have worked a lot and I have felt frustrated because they were not the results that I wanted. I feel like now, at this point in my life, you really learn that it’s a lifestyle, it’s balance,” she shared.
Carrie added: “Overall, it’s about taking care of yourself.”
After Idol, she went on an extreme diet. “Some days, I’m down to 800 calories!” she said in 2020.
“I looked skinny, but I didn’t feel well anymore and I definitely wasn’t healthy.”
Past and present: “I feel like earlier in my career I was working more to be a certain size or fit into a certain aesthetic that I thought I wanted to be,” said the beauty who ate just 800 calories a day after winning American Idol
Easy Does It: Carrie is now very in tune with her body and is aware of what it needs to stay healthy. The singer, who married Mike in 2010, said: “Just taking care of myself, moving more, eating healthy, staying hydrated, these things are basic things.”
Now Carrie is very in tune with her body and is aware of what it needs to stay healthy.
The singer, who married Mike in 2010, said: “Just taking care of myself, moving more, eating healthy, staying hydrated, these things are basic things.”
‘If I start to feel weird or tired, it’s like, what boxes am I not checking? Am I eating fried food? Am I not drinking enough water?
“Whatever it is, I can usually identify what I’ve been missing and try to correct it and get back on track and be able to do my best.”
In 2020, her personal trainer Eve Overland told her usweekly that the Grammy-winning artist is so dedicated to staying in shape that she even runs in her place when she does the laundry.
On her way: In 2020, her personal trainer Eve Overland told UsWeekly that the Grammy-winning artist is so dedicated to staying in shape that she’ll even run on the spot when she does laundry.
“He is dedicated to living as healthy as possible for 52 weeks out of the year,” his trainer said.
The mermaid “sneaks into exercises when she can or just as she goes about her day-to-day life,” the trainer said.
“Carrie has been known to do lunges to walk around the house and jog on the spot while doing laundry,” the fitness expert added.
And his best training is running.
“When she gets on the treadmill or jogs outside in the sun, it marks her mind,” Eve said. And that ‘perks her up for the day’.
Underwood also uses his fit52 fitness app that he created with Overland.
Dedicated: “Carrie has been known to do lunges to walk around the house and jog on the spot while doing laundry,” the fitness expert added.
The star likes the card game. ‘It’s a fun and easy workout that you can do anywhere.
“Each exercise is a suit, and the card you draw is the number of repetitions you perform.”
And Eve has a gentle approach: “My philosophy is: do what you can when you can and don’t beat yourself up.”
Running: And his best workout is running. “When she gets on the treadmill or jogs outside in the sun, it marks her mind,” Eve said. And that ‘gets her excited for the day’