Katy O’Brian, star of Love Lies Bleeding, is showing off her muscular physique in her two-piece workout gear. In a new social media post the actress flaunts her amazing figure during a trip to Scotland, wearing exercise pants and a crop top. “Gorgeous,” commented one of her followers. How does the actress approach health? Here are her top diet and fitness tips.
1. Pay Attention to Your Symptoms
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Katy understands how important it is to pay attention to your body’s cues. It took a year of confusing symptoms before she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, an autoimmune condition with symptoms including diarrhea, abdominal pain, and intense fatigue. “My symptoms started at least a year before my diagnosis when I suddenly lost 15 pounds. Then I was just so tired, to the point of feeling like I could barely function, especially after a bigger meal. Meanwhile, it wasn’t unusual for me to have diarrhea four times over the course of a 12-hour day of filming. I had no idea what was going on, so I chalked my GI issues and fatigue up to nerves,” she told Self. “Then there were some weird symptoms that you don’t typically think of as being part of Crohn’s: I developed open sores on the corner of my mouth; I started having night sweats; and when I experienced even the slightest surprise, it felt like a bolt of electricity was shooting through my body.”
2. Do Martial Arts
Katy is also a “martial arts instructor” and teaches classes. Studies confirm that the practice helps with balance, cognitive function and psychological health in addition to weight loss and physical fitness.
3. Lift Weights
Katy understands the importance of strength training. While filming Love Lies Bleeding she did two to three hours of cardio and lifting at the gym every day. “My character, Jackie, is training for a bodybuilding competition, so in addition to filming gym scenes and some pretty intense action scenes, I had to work out for multiple hours every night once I got home,” she told the publication.
4. Pay Attention to Your Diet
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“Paying attention to how my body reacts to different things has been a game changer for me. I’ve had to just try different things and see how they affect me. For instance, I have issues with high-fat foods and spicy foods. (Although I have to admit, while I moderate how much spicy food I eat, I’m not ready to give it up completely.) I’ve also found that taking a multivitamin that includes a digestive enzyme before I eat a questionable meal tends to work really well,” Katy said about her diet. “The filmmakers did an amazing job of making sure I was taken care of on set. I had a nutritionist who was responsible for all my meals, which made it easy to eat really healthy and to avoid my trigger foods,” said Katy.
5. Try New Exercise
Katy is always trying new exercises.”Been a bit overwhelmed lately with awesome opportunities which I’m sosososo happy for, but I definitely feel I’ve had too much mental fatigue during my workouts to be as effective as possible when left to my own devices. Thankfully Steve @atighteru pulled some fun exercises out today to fully occupy my brain. I’ve been lifting regularly for about 10 years and I don’t think I’d ever done a single one of the numerous exercises we did today. Always a learning experience!” she captioned a post.
