For Eva Longoria, working out is ingrained in her daily routine. The multifaceted star looks at fitness and moving her body as her “meditation, my ‘me hour,’ my self-care,” she tells TODAY.com.
Longoria, 49, is constantly on the go, from starring in and executive producing her new Apple TV+ dramedy “Land of Women,” to directing, running her multiple companies, including tequila company Casa Del Sol, advocacy work and taking care of her 6-year-old son, Santiago. Despite her busy schedule, the “Desperate Housewives” star dedicates 30 minutes to an hour — sometimes more — to working out. And when it comes to her diet, she says she doesn’t live by any “hard or fast rules of restrictions,” though she does gravitate towards healthier foods.
Ahead, Longoria shares a look at how she stays in shape on and off set. Longoria says that her approach to diet and fitness “really hasn’t” throughout her life. “I’ve been an exerciser,” Longoria says.
“It gives me energy,” she says. “I don’t really do it for vain reasons, I do it for my mental health.” Her love for fitness goes way back, she says, “I was an aerobics instructor in college, I was a trainer.
My degree is in kinesiology, so it’s just been part of my lifestyle. It’s not something that I do, it’s part of my life.” As for her diet, she says that when she’s on vacation, “I’m on vacation.
(But) when I have to prepare for something, I prepare for something.” “I don’t t.