Halle Berry Radiates in Swimsuit in the Desert in New Post

It was definitely not a cold and frosty holiday season for Halle Berry, who spent the run up to Christmas in intense heat out in the desert. Berry, 57, shared a picture of herself posing by rocks in the sand, wearing a black one-piece swimsuit. “Couldn’t hide these rocks 😉,” she captioned the post. Berry is diligent about taking care of herself—here’s what her approach to health and wellness looks like, inside and out.

1. Intermittent Fasting

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Berry (still!) swears by intermittent fasting for health and energy. “The first thing I take in the morning is vitamin A-D-K, fish oils, and collagen in my coffee,” she tells Marie Claire. “Then, I take either Pendulum Metabolic Daily or Glucose Control supplements. Their probiotics have been really helping me heal some gut issues that I've had. I stopped eating breakfast over 20 years ago. Everybody needs to break their fast from the night at different times, and so I've learned to really listen to my own body and not follow those conventional thoughts that, ‘Oh, breakfast is the best meal.’ The best meal is whenever you break fast. And for me, that's around 2:00 p.m. every day. I start off my morning with one cup of coffee, and that's all I’ll have until 2 p.m. And I use hazelnut, like milked hazelnuts instead of any kind of milk, and I do a sugar substitute, and that gets me through.”

2. Yoga and Pilates

Berry works out in the mornings after the school run. “I workout usually every day, or four days a week, sometimes five, depending, but usually four days a week,” she tells Marie Claire. “My fitness routine changes. Some days it's more cardiovascular-heavy. Some days it's working with light weights. Sometimes it's calisthenics, sometimes it's yoga, sometimes it's Pilates. I just recently got a Pilate machine at home, which I love, love, love. Sometimes it's that. I just try to mix it up. I think our bodies get used to the same exercises. So for me, it's always been important to do different things all the time.”

3. Yes, She Has Cheat Days

Berry lets herself indulge in non-healthy treats now and then. “I can enjoy a bag of salt and vinegar chips and a Diet Coke with the best of them,” she tells The Kit. “It’s important to have cheat days—days when you allow yourself to fall off the wagon. That’s what helps me stay on my journey: not feeling pressure to be perfect, but to simply do my best.”

4. Early Dinner and Red Wine

Berry closes her eating window four hours after breaking her fast. “I eat my last meal around 5:30 p.m and by 6 p.m., I'm done eating,” she tells Marie Claire. “So from 2:00 to 6:00 are the times that I eat food. When I'm winding down, I usually start with a glass of red wine. I found these wines by Dry Farms. They're a natural wine. They have a low sugar content and they're lower in alcohol, so it makes it an easier drinking wine. Heart disease runs in my family, and so my heart doctor's like, ‘If you can have a glass of a natural red once a day, that's good for heart health.’ So that's something that's not every night, but four times a week.”

5. Achievements Over Beauty

Berry appreciates compliments about her achievements more than her looks, which she feels she can’t take as much credit for. "I probably don't think about it as much as maybe others do, actually,” she tells PEOPLE. “I focus on so many other things in my life. So many other aspects of who I am get way more focus than what my physical self looks like. So it's not something I focus on… I love when someone says, 'You're a great mother,' or, 'You're a talented actress.' Those are the things that I appreciate more, because those are things I work very hard at every day. Physical beauty, I don't have much to do with that. We come here the way we all come here, and it's so subjective. What one thinks is beautiful, one does not. I, personally, don't spend that much time on that part of who I am."

Halle Berry is one of the most famous actresses of all time. She was the first person of color to win Best Actress at the Oscars for Monster’s Ball. She’s also appeared in Catwoman, Extant, and Die Another Day. Berry shared a photo on Instagram with her boyfriend Van Hunt. She captioned the post, “You are everything I was made to believe was asking too much!” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Halle Berry stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.

1. She Does A Variety Of Workouts

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In an interview with InStyle, Berry talked about her workout routine. “It always varies! Over the past few years, I went from training for John Wick 3 to my upcoming film and directorial debut BRUISED. Some days I'd work on strength and cardio and others I'd do yoga and stretching, all while I did a few hours of martial arts training each day.”

2. She Values Her Health

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Berry’s health means a lot to her, and she tells InStyle that she has some good reasons. “I was a gymnast growing up and was physically active at a young age. At 22, I was diagnosed with diabetes and it became critical for me to manage my nutrition and diet. It really transformed my life and taught me how valuable my body is.”

3. She Works Out With A Tire

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Berry shares a lot of her favorite workouts on Instagram. She does a series called “Fitness Friday.” In this post, she revealed that she does workouts with tires. Berry captioned the post, “This week we bring out one of my favorite toys … the giant tire. I love using unique equipment that offers several workout variations and keeps exercise interesting. Not ONLY do tire workouts effectively challenge you, bringing out the badass warrior that you are, they are the perfect way to work on both physique AND cardio. Does it get any better than that?? Head to stories for 4 tire based exercises that will give you a full body workout. P.S. We found these tires in an old junkyard, so no excuses ;).”

4. She Takes Care Of Her Mental Health

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Berry shared some of her favorite ways to care for her mental health with InStyle. “I've also found that taking care of my mental health has been crucial during these odd times. I just launched my Journal on Joy at rē·spin which is part of my bedtime routine. It is a space to record memories that make you smile and helps me focus on positivity and gratitude. Also reading self-help books on ways to stay grounded and centered during this time has been widely helpful and inspirational.”

5. She Works Her Abs

Berry has amazing abs, and she makes sure to take care of them. She shared her secrets in the caption of this Instagram video. “Happy #FitnessFriday! For this week’s takeover on @womenshealthmag, we talk about how essential a 360 workout is for really letting those abs POP! As an extra lil sum sum, I also wanted to share with you this amazing moment on set with my @respin #WaistSlimmer. A trainer or sweat band (when used PROPERLY as a workout tool - it’s not a corset y’all!) can make ALL the difference in your six pack journey.”

Actress Halle Berry is known for a lot of incredible roles, one of them being as a famous “Bond Girl.” Berry starred as the secret agent’s companion in the 2002 film, Die Another Day. In the film, Berry wore an orange bikini, and discussed the outfit in an interview with Vogue, while promoting her new film, Bruised, now on Netflix. “We tried on so many bathing suits,” she said. “So many bikinis and so many belts. We had a knowing that it would maybe, because it was in a Bond movie, become an iconic situation … something that would live a very, very long time.” Berry said filming in the bikini was difficult. “The biggest acting challenge I had was to make it look like the water was warm and I was having a grand old time when I was freezing my butt off,” she said. Read on to see 5 ways Halle Berry stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Is On The Keto Diet

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Berry is open about her being on the popular keto diet. According to her Instagram stories, she typically enjoys salads, keto coffee, and lettuce wraps.

2. She Manages Her Diabetes

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Berry says on an Instagram post that she has to take food seriously, as she lives with diabetes. "Being diabetic most of my life, I have always had to take food very seriously,” she writes. Berry says that her diabetes is why she decided to start the keto lifestyle.

3. She Jumps Rope

Berry revealed on an Instagram post that she jumps rope for her cardio workout. She wrote, It’s no secret that I love #jumprope for cardio, and I can get VERY competitive about it.”

4. She Works Out On Her Own

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Berry works with personal trainer, Peter Lee Thomas, to help keep her in shape. However, Thomas revealed to Shape that Berry makes sure to workout on her own, even when he isn’t meeting with her. "On some of the days that I don't see her, she's still doing the work," he says. "I have her do stuff on her own time. She's getting her cardio in.”

5. She Does Martial Arts

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Berry’s trainer, Peter Lee Thomas, posted this video on Instagram of her working out with the actress. In the video, Thomas and Berry are seen practicing martial arts.