Melissa Joan Hart in Workout Gear is "the Best"

Melissa Joan Hart is celebrating workout success – in her exercise clothes. In a new social media post the Sabrina the Teenage Witch star shows off her amazing body after a sweat session at her husband’s gym. “When the hot 🔥 owner is your husband, you get a shoulder ride to post your 100th class photo on the wall! @bft_brentwood,” she captioned the post. “This is the best!! Way to go sis!!!” commented one of her followers. “Lucky lucky man…” added another. How does the actress approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. Motivation: Her Family

It’s all about motivation when it comes to weight loss, according to Melissa who lost 40 pounds in 2014. “Being able to take off layers or put on a jean that’s a size smaller is so refreshing and it just makes it easier just to move through life,” she said in a video for E! “Especially when chasing children. It just makes it easier for me to play with them and run after them and have the energy.” She added: “Staying in shape and staying fit is so important in my life just because of all the things I want to do.” Some more weight loss benefits? “It just made me happier. It made me feel physically and emotionally lighter to be able to do the things I wanna do, to be able to wear the clothes I wanna wear, to be able to feel sexy around my husband again,” she said. “I’m very proud of myself.”

2. Workouts with Her Husband

Melissa’s husband, who owns BFT Brentwood, a Nashville workout studio that focuses on group strength training and conditioning, is her personal trainer. “Since he’s such an avid workout guy, I wanted to have him train me to see how my body could shift and change,” she told People. While she takes classes like everyone else, she also trains with him for one hour, three times a week, mostly focusing on weight training.

3. Cardio Twice a Week

Melissa also does cardio two other days a week. Her go-to form is spinning. Why is it a great workout? According to the Cleveland Clinic, biking, a low-impact aerobic exercise, is great for building muscle, improving strength and flexibility, and improving balance. It can also boost mental health and help other health conditions, including arthritis.

4. Shakes

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Melissa is a fan of Slim Fast shakes. “If my kids are eating something I don’t want, like pizza or burgers, I can have a shake, and it’s satisfying,” Melissa told Us. “It gets me through the night without any cravings, and I feel so much better the next day.”

5. Treat Yourself

Melissa doesn’t deprive herself. "One of my slimming secrets is to treat yourself. It can't be about deprivation. If I want to have a piece of cake or a slice of pizza, I do. And then I get back on track the next day," she told Us.

‘90s teen queen Melissa Joan Hart is killing it at the gym—and the results speak for themselves. Hart, 48, shared a video of herself wearing green pants and a black tank top, lifting weights at the gym. “Getting stronger every day feels amazing! Hit a goal at @bft_brentwood in my military barbell press! 5 reps at 75lbs. Woohoo!!” she captioned the inspiring post. “Dang!!! 75lbs you go!!! I’m not there yet but working on it 👊🏼” commented Candace Cameron Bure. Hart is getting fitter and stronger with every year that passes—here’s how she does it.

1. Social Workouts

Hart loves working out with friends and family. "I make it a social event,” she told Us Weekly. “I chitchat with friends on walks or run with my husband," Hart reveals of her fitness routine. "It's so nice not to be busting out of things or having to wear undergarments to keep things in. I feel good!"

2. Busy Moms Relate

Hart says she has less time for self-care as a middle-aged busy mom. “During the Sabrina years, I had a lot of time for self care, and now I’m trying to squeeze it in,” she told New Beauty. “But it’s funny because I also wore a lot more makeup back then and it was every day, so I think my face care routine has actually gotten simpler over the years. It used to be so complex. I also used to work out diligently when I had the time. Then that went away. I’m back on a great workout program now, though.”

3. She’s a Bookworm

Hart loves to read. “I’m reading two because we recently moved and I haven’t been able to finish them up. ‘The Great Alone’ by Kristin Hannah is about a family who moves to Alaska,” she told Apartment Therapy. “She has a book called ‘The Nightingale’ and I’m obsessed with her writing, it’s so descriptive. My husband and I are also reading ‘The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work,’ it’s really helpful when you’ve been married a long time to rethink how you see each other.”

4. Fan Support

Hart loves the support she gets from her fan base, especially in relation to weight fluctuations and aging. “There’s this nice thing about people that have grown up with me,” she told New Beauty. “While they don’t want me to be older—they all freaked out when I was playing a grandma in a movie last year—they don’t want me to get older because it means they’re older, but they’re still nice to me. I think they’re about it because they’re going through it. It’s relatable. I think everyone else is going through the same things, whether it’s perimenopause or starting to head towards menopause if you grew up at the same time as me. It’s an interesting experiment.”

5. Advice For Younger Generation

Hart says if she could give her sons one piece of wisdom, it’s to be fearless. “Learning to be okay with yourself is huge because then what you think about yourself won’t be dependent on how other people feel about you,” she told New Beauty. I feel like it’s common, especially growing up in the arts, for kids to need validation, but if you’re comfortable with yourself and comfortable in your own skin, you won’t need all that. And just be nice to people. Even if they’re not nice to you back, if you’re nice to people nothing else matters.”

90s icon Melissa Joan Hart is all about balance these days—she works hard but knows when to relax. Hart, 48, shared a picture of herself wearing leggings and a white tank top with the words” Squats and Margaritas” on it. “Did my squats at @bft_brentwood… now for the margarita!” she wrote on the Instagram story. Hart has been steadily working since her Sabrina the Teenage Witch days and shows no sign of slowing down. Here’s how this mom-of-three she stays happy, healthy, and fit.

1. She Takes the Stairs

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Hart tries to go the extra mile to keep her mind and body sharp. “I just think our society is making us cut corners where it feels like we’re not doing what we’re capable of,” she told Scary Mommy. “Even stairs used to be a modern convenience; now we’re taking the escalator. I notice that all the time. There are escalators everywhere now. I always take the stairs.”

2. Always Working

Hart is proud to have steady work, even if it’s not something people might know about. “I put it on my social media, but unless you’re following me, you really have no idea,” she told Glamour. “I’m proud to say in the last year I directed more than I acted. Of course naysayers say, “You disappeared! You’re not working anymore!” I’m like, “Well, actually, I’m doing exactly what I want to be doing, and what I always dreamt for myself at an older age in this industry.”

3. Embracing Motherhood

Hart is embracing life with three children. “There's something about getting older and just maturing, accepting. This is who I am. It’s OK,” she told Scary Mommy. “I have a little belly on me. And I think for every child you have, you’re allowed to be 10 minutes late. So I’m allowed to be 30 minutes late. Parenting is hard, right? As moms, aren’t we told… What’s the Barbie quote about doing it all and not doing it well? You have to be perfect, but you’re not perfect. Yet at the same time, we are capable of a lot more than we give ourselves credit for.”

4. Life After Sabrina

Hart says she was inspired by Shirley Temple to go from child star to successful working adult. “When I was a young teen, I was really aware of the child-star stigma,” she told Glamour. “People will hit it big for one project, and then it’s really hard to work after that. I never expected this to be a lifelong job. I just thought I was lucky I had a show, Clarissa, and that college would lead me to my next career.”

5. Keep Moving

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Hart believes any movement is good for you. “It’s really important to take care of your diet, to drink your water and to make sure you get some exercise every day,” she told Us Weekly. “I try to do little things around the house.”