{"id":3982,"date":"2016-10-01T20:18:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T20:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmed-online.nl\/nieuws\/?p=3982"},"modified":"2016-10-03T22:19:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T22:19:19","slug":"alyssa-milano-on-football-spinning-and-why-she-hates-eating-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charmed-online.nl\/?p=3982","title":{"rendered":"Alyssa Milano on Football, Spinning, and Why She Hates Eating Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alyssa heeft een interview gehad met de New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Plenty of us grew up watching Alyssa Milano as Sam on Who\u2019s the Boss? So, when we were invited to take a spin class at Peloton in New York with the actress for the launch of the 2016 NFL Women\u2019s Apparel Collection, including Milano\u2019s GIII Touch line, we couldn\u2019t resist. Before subjecting ourselves to 45 minutes of intense cardio, the Cut chatted with Milano about being the busy mother to two young children, making time for wellness, and why she loves football.<\/p>\n

How I start my day: The kids [Milo, age 5, and Elizabella, age 2] wake me up and then I can\u2019t even think about it. I have to just dive into getting them ready for school, which is different with two than it was with one. I eat the Atkins lifestyle, so I [cut back on] carbs. In the morning, I\u2019ll do a cup of coffee and then on the way to the gym, I\u2019ll do an Atkins shake or one of their protein bars, or something else that\u2019s fast, so I\u2019m not going to eat the pancakes I make for the kids. It\u2019s all a balancing act.<\/p>\n

What wellness means to me: It\u2019s an overall sense of feeling good, whether that be mentally or physically or health-wise. Just feeling good about who you are and the choices you make. Honestly, I think it\u2019s really important that we take care of ourselves, and with the amount of things that I juggle in a day, as far as trying to balance motherhood and being a working mom, I don\u2019t think I could do it without a sense of wellness.<\/p>\n

On Atkins: First of all, I love that I can consider it a lifestyle. I\u2019m not really good at dieting and I just think that for me, that word is setting myself up to not succeed. So really, the Atkins lifestyle has allowed me to not feel deprived, and to keep my energy level up throughout my crazy, crazy day. I feel healthier while I\u2019m trying to balance it all.<\/p>\n

The products that they have really helped me stick with it, because they have a lot of really delicious treats that help satisfy my sweet tooth, and you don\u2019t feel like you\u2019re cheating. They also have a great online community. I write a blog [for the Atkins website] and there\u2019s lots of responses, chat rooms. They have a great carb-counting app as well.<\/p>\n

How I like to sweat: I love spinning, which is why we\u2019re here [at Peloton]. I also love Pilates and yoga. Occasionally I\u2019ll take a dance class or a Zumba class. But I really like to spin because I feel like it\u2019s a full-body workout: 45 minutes, you\u2019re in and you\u2019re out. I don\u2019t really have time for much more than that. I used to do a lot of yoga, but I just don\u2019t have time for a 90-minute class anymore.
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How I sleep: I struggle to find enough sleep. I sleep usually from about midnight to 6 a.m. It\u2019s interesting, but I grew up in this business, so I\u2019m used to waking up very early, because you have to be in hair and makeup at 6 a.m. And you\u2019d work crazy, crazy hours, and you\u2019d come home and you just crash. Honestly I think that I just function okay with small amounts of sleep if I have to \u2014 I think my body\u2019s just preconditioned to that.<\/p>\n

Of course, motherhood puts a whole new spin on it because it\u2019s very rare that you\u2019ll sleep solidly because you always have one eye, one ear open to see if everyone\u2019s okay. And I have weird hormonal insomnia: Right before I get my period I get where I can\u2019t sleep at all, and those are the nights that I just kind of surrender to it and try to not stress myself out about not sleeping. If I\u2019m traveling, I\u2019ll bring melatonin just in case, if there\u2019s a time difference.<\/p>\n

How I\u2019m teaching my kids about wellness: My kids are really young but they\u2019re naturally super, super active, so for us it\u2019s just about encouraging them and giving them the opportunity to be themselves, and to encourage activity over screen time and watching TV. I don\u2019t believe in totally withholding sugar from kids because I feel like there is a good lesson in them learning moderation for themselves, so I do allow them to have sugar when they want to have sugar. And it\u2019s so interesting in that they stop eating when they don\u2019t want any more, whereas in adults I think we\u2019re conditioned to just keep eating, especially with sweets.<\/p>\n

We have an organic vegetable garden in the backyard. So my kids from a very young age would be in the garden with me and pick tomatoes or peppers off the vine and eat it there. And I think that\u2019s so important. Kids love to see vegetables grow, and get to see that that\u2019s where their food is from. To this day, both my kids, if there\u2019s French fries on the plate and broccoli, they will go for the broccoli \u2014 even my 5-year-old.<\/p>\n

On eating alone: I actually don\u2019t like to eat alone. I think that has something to do with the fact that I\u2019m Italian, and food is always about family and celebration and having meals. So if I\u2019m alone, I\u2019m much more likely to pick up a shake or a bar than I am to actually sit and have a meal by myself.<\/p>\n

Why I love football: I love everything about football. I love that it\u2019s almost like a choreographed ballet dance that they all do on that field. I love how smart the quarterback has to be, and how he runs the show. I love the thinking aspect of football. So often we think of it being this gladiator sport where they\u2019re just ramming into each other, but a lot of preparation, thought, and intelligence has to go into winning a football game.<\/p>\n

My best wellness advice: I always say, \u201cEat less, move more.\u201d It\u2019s about eating less carbs and moving more; that could mean anything that you enjoy doing that is actually active. It doesn\u2019t have to be working out; it could be gardening or hiking or taking the kids out for a walk in the stroller.<\/p>\n

This interview has been edited and condensed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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