ESPN Analyst Cat Osterman in Two-Piece Workout Gear Shows Off "Happiest Face"

Cat Osterman is glowing after her run – in her workout gear. In a new social media post the softball star turned ESPN analyst shows off her amazing body in an exercise set after going for a long jog. “This is the happiest face you’ll find after 7 miles,” she captioned the Instagram photo. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. Adjusting Her Diet to Her Training

“I counted calories and was very adamant that I continue to pay attention to what I eat,” Osterman explained to Us Magazine. “Since then I’ve gotten a little more lenient. I don’t necessarily count calories as much as I just look ahead to what I need to do that day. If I have all three components of training, then obviously I need to eat a little more, but if I only have pitching and I don’t have lifting or conditioning, then I eat a little bit less or am smarter with what I eat.”

2. Here Is What She Eats in a Day

Cat dished about her diet to Us. “Breakfast can range anywhere from a smoothie to a yogurt parfait, which is yogurt, berries and granola,” she said. “This morning, I had a sweet potato hash that includes sweet potatoes, turkey sausage, peppers onions, and then I put an egg over top of it,” she said. She tries to be “conscious” of what she eats, but sometimes relies on a grab-and-go option for lunch. “Lunch can be anything from a salad to sandwich, occasionally maybe some chicken nuggets from Chick-fil-A. I try to do grilled chicken as much as possible,” she said. “For dinner, we eat pretty well. We cook for the most part. I will substitute zucchini noodles instead of spaghetti noodles or have potatoes or sweet potatoes instead of bread and rice. I’ll put quinoa in there sometimes, I’m pretty conscious about what I eat.”

3. Body Image Issues

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“I haven't, I've never, I don't shy away from it, but I've just never really talked about it,” Cat confessed to Burn By Mandy about her body image issues. “I struggled with it, not to the extent that it changed my eating habits or anything. I love food. So some of my body image issues come with the fact that I just have zero willpower when it comes to food. And I know that but you know, growing up I was very skinny. I was a late bloomer, so I was very thin for a really long time. My height didn't so much distract me or be something that I was subconscious of, or whatever.”

4. Basketball

One thing she wasn’t shy about? “I wasn't afraid of my height because I play basketball too. And basketball was my first love. So I knew height was gonna make me good at that,” she said. “Basketball promotes speed, agility, strength, power and endurance. It [has] also been shown to increase flexibility and motor coordination. As a result, basketball is uniquely oriented to improve fundamental motor skills that are shown to be beneficial in promoting general health,” Koco Eaton, M.D., orthopedic surgeon, founder of Eaton Orthopaedics and a former basketball player, tells Nike.

5. Running

In her latest post, Cat explains her recent running achievement. “Twice I’ve attempted 7 miles and come up short on finishing without walking. First time I felt like a massive failure; second time I saw progress,” she said. Today I was only supposed to run 6, but I felt good at 5 and told myself ‘you’re going to do this!’ Lo and behold I did! Finally!! Been a bit since something was such a struggle, but it’s fun to have a challenge! I’m not running 9 min miles like @skylar.wallace but these old legs are going. Conquer something today!”