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        5 Simple Habits That Keep Megan Fox in Incredible Shape at 38
    Discover Megan Fox's secrets to staying fit and looking youthful at 38.
By Leah GrothJan 27, 2025
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Megan Fox might be 38, but has she even aged a year since she made her mark on the big screen in Transformers at the age of 20? The actress, currently pregnant with her fourth child, clearly knows a thing or two about diet, fitness, and self-care. Here are 5 of the core habits that help keep her fit and looking decades younger at 38. 

                She Make Her 2 Workout Per Week Count
            
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“I don’t exercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor,” Megan once joked in an Instagram post. In all seriousness, exercise does play a role. However, she works out a lot less than you would think. "I exercise really hard twice a week. I got my ass kicked this morning before I came here! I do bursts of cardio with really heavy weights. Circuit training," she told E! News. 

                She Avoids Processed Foods and Carbs
            
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Megan has a few non-negotiables with her diet. "I cut out all bread and those sort of carbohydrates. No crackers, no pretzels, no chips. Nothing unhealthy," she told E! News. According to GLAMOUR, when she does eat bread it will be gluten-free. As for cheat meals? "I don't have any cheat days," she told E! News. "But if I did, it would be pizza or cake."

                She Also Avoids Alcohol
            
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Megan is “completely sober,” she told Glamour. “I don't even drink a glass of wine. I don't ever smoke. I don't drink coffee. I'm super strict with my diet and I never deviate," she added. "When I was in Costa Rica, somebody described the purpose of alcohol with plant medicine: you use alcohol to extract the essence of a plant. And I thought, 'That is exactly how alcohol makes me feel. As though it is extracting my essence.' Which is why I have avoided it for so long."

                She Meditates
            
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Megan makes time for self-care, which she describes as “enough quiet time to be able to connect to my super consciousness, my higher consciousness, connect to God, connect to spirit,” she explained to Glamour. “And this lifestyle makes it very difficult sometimes. I do feel very lost when I’m not able to do that, so I have to have time to ground myself. And that is being able to do the metaphysical things that I like to do, the spiritual things that I like to do and having silence. I avoid my phone as much as I possibly can all the time, but there are times where I avoid it completely. The same thing with anything that has an LED light in it. And I just go back to what our bodies were made for, which is to be in nature and to be silent within ourselves.”

                Exercising While Pregnant
            
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Fox is likely exercising during her fourth pregnancy. She trained with Pasternak during her others. "We worked out throughout her entire pregnancy. She was a model of health through the whole process. She really educated herself big time and had a great relationship with her physician so she really understood the safe boundaries of how to exercise and eat well during pregnancy," he told People in 2012. "As a result, she knew how active she could be and she was very consistent and didn’t overdo it."
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1. Bethenny Frankel: She Doesn’t Diet
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Bethenny Frankel, 52, has one big dietary secret – she doesn’t diet. "I’m old enough to know that fat-free was a craze, low-carb, eat your weight in meat and cheese was a phase, keto is a fad, the Zone was a moment, and so on .... so yes, I eat carbs. I eat everything, but I don’t binge," the Real Housewives star dished to Good Housekeeping. "What I eat has no consistency. Today, it was an egg white vegetable omelet with a baked potato and a few french fries for lunch. Sometimes, it's arugula with tomato, avocado, and Parmesan. Pureed soups are a mainstay for me."
2. Jennifer Lopez: No Alcohol, Healthy Diet, and “Harder and Smarter” Workouts
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"I'm in the best shape of my life," Jennifer Lopez, 53, told InStyle in 2021. The star attributes her ageless beauty to a healthy diet, lots of water, and zero alcohol. She has also been extremely devoted to exercise. "In my 20s and 30s I used to work out but not like I do now," she revealed. "It's not that I work out more; I just work out harder and smarter. And it doesn't take me as long as it did in the past. I do it more for my health than I do for looks, which is funny. When you do things for the right reasons, you actually look better!"
3. Paulina Porizkova: Gracefully Aging with Daily Exercise
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Supermodel Paulina Porizkova, 58, believes in aging gracefully. And while she didn’t start exercising until she was 40, she now works out almost daily. “I try to exercise at least 3-5 days a week. And you know what? I ... hate it,” she said in one of her workout videos. “I don’t like to sweat and huff and puff and hurt. If sitting on a couch, eating cake, drinking wine and reading did the same for me as exercise, there would be no contest. BUT. I have come to find out that ‘working out’ is that perfect little pill everyone is looking for. It makes you feel good, look good, good for your brain and body - a small miracle that has to be paid of by a little discomfort.” Her favorite workouts include dancing, rowing, and pilates. 
4. Kelly Ripa: “I Work Out Seven Days a Week”
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Kelly Ripa, 52, never skips a workout "I work out seven days a week," she told In the Know. "And I try to workout an hour and a half a day, no matter what — whether I'm working or not. If I'm working, maybe I'll start it a little bit later or a little bit earlier, depending on what day of the week it is. But I am very religious about my fitness." She also avoids alcohol and maintains a super clean alkaline diet. 
5. Jennifer Aniston: She Switches Up Her Workouts
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Jennifer Aniston, 54, recently revealed to Bustle that she toned down her super-aggressive “feel the burn” approach to exercise. “I work out about three to four times a week, which is basically all your body really needs. I’ll do Pvolve, and then to switch it up, sometimes I’ll do Pilates, or sometimes I’ll take a hike,” she said. She also focuses on recovery. I love an infrared sauna or an Epsom salt bath. Those are two really good for drawing that lactic acid out, and I’ll even use my hands or a little gua sha on my legs for the same purpose.”
6. Jennifer Garner: Daily Cardio Sessions
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On Jennifer Garner’s 51st birthday earlier this year she appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show and revealed her secret to longevity. “What I do in the morning is I work out,” Garner said. “You’ve gotta do hard cardio to get that—to get yourself—I’m sorry, you do,” she said. “We need it in our bodies, but we need it in our brains. Your brain needs it!” she exclaimed. “You find something that actually makes you feel joyful while you’re doing it or it won’t work.”
7. Sofia Vergara
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Sofia Vergara, 50, regularly jokes that she isn’t a fan of exercise. However, as she has gotten older she has incorporated weights into her routine. “The one thing that I have done that really has made a difference in my body is lifting weights. Not crazy weights. But, you know, like five pounds, seven pounds, 10 pounds. Twelve pounds is the maximum I can do. It keeps your muscles tight, and your skin tighter to you,” she explained to Health. “I’ve done Pilates and spinning, and I’ve tried all sorts of things—and they’re great.”

        
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1. She Is a Harley Pasternak Devotee
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Megan is a big fan of drinking nutrients. Like many of Pasternak’s celebrity clients, she enjoys fueling up on smoothies. "Megan's favorite is the red smoothie, which is whatever berries are in season, Chai tea, a scoop of protein powder and little bit of almond milk," he told People.
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1. She Works Out with a Celebrity Trainer
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2. She Eats Healthy
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"I don't have splurge foods. I either do something or I don't do it at all, and I'm doing this right now, so I have no cheat days,” Megan confessed to E! about her disciplined diet. “But if I was going to cheat, I would probably go with pizza or cake."
3. She Doesn’t Do White Flour or Sugar
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Megan has eliminated all white flour and sugar products from her diet. "I cut out all sorts of breads and those sorts of carbohydrates. No crackers, no pretzels, no chips, anything unhealthy. The worst thing I put in my body is coffee once a day," she revealed to E!
4. She Loves Smoothies
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5. She Circuit Trains
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1. She Does This Exact Workout
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Megan has done the 5-Factor Workout. “We do 20 repetitions on each upper body, lower body, and abs and cycle through those three exercises nonstop, repeating the circuit four times,” said creater and trainer Harley Pasternak once. Same happened after Fox had her babies: “We used the exact same exercises as we did pre-baby. We just focused more on the process and adjusted our program to suit her specific needs and limitations.” Katy Perry and Rihanna are said to do the same workout.
2. She Eats These Exact FoodsHan Myung-Gu/WireImage
Along with the 5-Factor Workout, Fox has done the 5-Factor Diet. It’s based on sound nutritional principles. You eat five meals a day with five core ingredients in each recipe, including proteins like egg whites, chicken breasts, salmon and non-fat cottage cheese, with a whole wheat grain component. "Protein is an essential nutrient in many different bodily functions, including fluid balance, enzyme production, and tissue repair and growth," dietitians tell Eat This, Not That!.
3. She Gave Up DrinkingRodin Eckenroth/Getty Images
Fox gave up drinking after a particularly memorable night at the Golden Globes, maybe one she’d actually like to forget. ​​"At the Golden Globes they always put those giant bottles of like Moet champagne on the table," Fox said. "I went through...multiple glasses of that,” Fox told Who What Wear. "And now I don't drink and this is why," she said, adding that she got “belligerent.” "I think I got in a lot of trouble for whatever I said on the red carpet at this event," Fox said. "I don't remember why, but I know that I did, you can look that up." (It may have been the time she said she was “on the verge of vomiting.”)
4. She Also Does PilatesMatt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
Fox has credited Pilates for her figure. “The objective of the regimen is to achieve a balance between flexibility and strength; increasing muscle size is not a goal,” says the Cleveland Clinic. “In developing his method, Pilates emphasized ‘contrology’ or the science and art of coordinated body-mind-spirit development through natural movements. He combined the eastern approach to exercise (calmness, centeredness) with the western approach (motion, muscle tone and strength) to develop what he considered the ultimate form of fitness: exercise without strain that cultivates power and grace.”
5. She Once Cut Out CarbsRich Polk/Getty Images
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                She Strength Trains
            
            
        Karstoft likes to strength train to keep herself in shape. She is seen using weights in her recent Instagram video. The Mayo Clinic states that strength training has a lot of health benefits. “Strength training can help you manage or lose weight, and it can increase your metabolism to help you burn more calories…Strength training can reduce the signs and symptoms of many chronic conditions, such as arthritis, back pain, obesity, heart disease, depression and diabetes.”

            
                She Does Lunges
            
            
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Karstoft is also seen doing lunges in her Instagram video. ACE Fitness states that they have a lot of benefits. “Lunges primarily target the lower body muscles, but they’ll call on your core muscles, too, because they’re a unilateral (one-sided) exercise. Lunges can be a top strength exercise to add to your fitness routine. There are dozens of ways to vary them, either by altering the move or adding resistance — and the payoff for doing them is big, namely a stronger lower body.”

            
                She Uses A Stationary Bike
            
            
        
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Karstoft likes to use a stationary bike to keep herself in shape. She shared two videos of herself on the bike in this Instagram post. According to Penn State PRO Wellness, using a stationary bike has a lot of benefits. “Cycling is an excellent way to get your heart pumping. Cardiovascular or aerobic workouts, such as cycling, strengthen your heart, lungs, and muscles. They also improve the flow of blood and oxygen throughout your body.”

            
                She Runs On The Treadmill
            
            
        
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Karstoft also likes to run on the treadmill to keep herself in shape. She shared this video on Instagram of herself doing so. Karstoft captioned it, “Traveled to SA to run indoors 🤪 but hey, 70% body weight and one step closer to running outside! The session: I’ve had some discomfort around some ligaments in the operated foot, so we needed to start easy to see how it felt. 60% → 65% → 70% body weight throughout the session. 8 x 25 seconds at 19 km/h with 1 min rest.”

            
                She Swims
            
            
        
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Karstoft also likes to swim to keep herself in shape. She shared this set of photos on Instagram of herself taking a dip in Barcelona. Karstoft captioned the post, “Therapy for the soul.” She also shared this video of herself walking out of the water. Karstoft captioned the post, “Life is just better by the ocean.”
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                Drinking Enough Water[
            
            
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                She Eats Healthy and Gets in Her Greens
            
            
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                Exercising Almost Every Day
            
            
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"I work out all the time anyway just to stay healthy,” she told Us Weekly. Her trainer, Michael George, revealed to Shape that she does cardio for 30 minutes six times per week. Reese added to Radio Times that she wakes up at 5:30 a.m. so she can work out by 7:30 a.m. "I probably do that six days a week," she said.

            
                Getting Enough Sleep
            
            
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Reese gets a lot of sleep. “In bed by 10pm. *no late night TV binges,” she says in one of her Instagram Reels. “Try to get 8 hours of rest!” What are the health benefits of sleep? According to the Sleep Foundation, getting enough z’s is a mood booster, promotes heart health, regulates blood sugar, improves mental function, restores your immune system, helps relieve stress, and aids in weight loss. 
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        5 Habits to Keep Skin Glowing
    Julia Roberts, at 57, defies age with her glowing skin and youthful appearance. But how does she do it? 

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Julie Roberts is 57 and looks decades younger. The star is "trying to have some peace with the aging process," she told Viva. "Just realizing that it's going to happen whether I like it or not." She added to People that happiness is also the key to beauty. "People who seem truly happy. That's what makes everybody the most gorgeous." Aside from smiling a lot, how does she keep herself looking young and her skin glowing? Here are her five secret habits for longevity. 

            
                Sunscreen
            
            
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Julie makes sure to lather on SPF to protect her skin. She told People, “As a responsible parent with three kids who love to be outdoors, I rely totally on a good sunblock,” she told People. "I have tried many and my go to is Shade. It keeps working no matter how sweaty or how much time we spend in the water!”

            
                Healthy Diet
            
            
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Her diet is also on point. She explained to the Toronto Sun that she maintains a healthy and balanced diet. “We definitely try to eat mindfully,” she said. “As I always say to my kids, ‘You have to eat the good stuff to get the good stuff.’” She added, “remain calm, drink your water, get your sleep and be joyful.”

            
                Moisturizing
            
            
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Skincare products are an essential part of her approach. She makes sure to hydrate before traveling. “Before I get on an airplane, which I am doing today, I pile up on the skincare products," she told Hollywood Life. "You couldn’t hug me because I would just slip right away from you."

            
                Taking Off Her Makeup at Night
            
            
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Roberts is a firm believer in taking off her makeup before bed. One of her favorite products is Lancôme's Bi-Facil Double-Action Eye Makeup Remover. “A lot of times you take off your eye makeup at night, and the next morning you wake up and look like you already put makeup on! But this formula gets rid of every stitch of makeup,” she told Viva

            
                Exercise
            
            
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Roberts told The Independent that she's not a fan of exercise, but does it anyway. “Accomplishment, clarity, energy, strength, joy...these are all things I give myself through working out, and I can feel it in everything I do," she said. E News maintains that yoga is her workout of choice. She also enjoys pilates, swimming, and plyometrics (jump training). "After 90 minutes [of plyometrics], I'm lying in savasana like, 'Phew! I'm so glad that's behind me!'" she said.
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