The Office Star Jenna Fischer Shares Swimsuit Photo of “Family, Fun, Food”

The Office star Jenna Fischer had a beautiful trip to the Ozarks over the summer and added the highlights of her vacation to social media. Fischer, 49, shared a picture of herself posing on a boat wearing a brightly-patterned one-piece swimsuit and black hat, enjoying the time spent with her family. “Lake of the Ozarks! Family, Fun, Food, Cousins. See you again next year!” she captioned the post. Here’s how Fischer takes care of herself, inside and out.

1. Coffee and Sleep

Fischer relies on coffee and sleep to keep her sane when juggling work and family responsibilities. “My favorite thing to do just for me is sleep,” she says. “But as the mom of two little ones, I rarely get as much sleep as I want. My second favorite thing to do for me is drink coffee. When I do yoga regularly, I feel so good. It's my mind, body, and spirit cleanse. After a long weekend of play dates and sporting events and kid birthday parties, I can't tell you how much I crave my Monday morning yoga class.”

2. Yoga Fanatic

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Fischer loves the mental and physical aspects of regular yoga sessions. "As we get started with stretching, the first 20 minutes of every class is usually me fighting my brain to relax, to stop making to-do lists, and to stop making notes on my mental calendar,” she says. “The more poses we do, the more my brain gets quiet. As the hour goes on, I feel like I'm literally wringing out the weekend and resetting myself. I leave feeling refreshed and clear-headed. Although it's difficult to find time to rest and recharge in her busy schedule, she tries to make time for yoga once or twice a week. I don't see yoga as an exercise class — I see it as a sanctuary. I love yoga almost as much as my coffee."

3. Doing It All

Fischer insists not every celebrity has a team of people helping them. “It’s so funny because I think there’s the perception that every [famous] woman has a driver and a chef and a personal trainer and a nanny,” she says. “I don’t have any of those things. Like other working moms, I’m trying to figure out how to balance it all. When I say I’m going jogging with my son or eating certain things or whatever, there’s a tendency to be cynical and say, ‘Of course, because someone cooked it for her’ – or ‘Of course she’s on a date, because she had her nanny watch the baby.’ No, absolutely not. I want people to know that.”

4. Postpartum Health

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Fischer was gentle in her approach to postpartum health and fitness. “I didn’t start exercising until Weston was six months old and was taking regular naps,” she says. “It’s taken me every day of 10 months to lose the weight. I did it slowly and I did it moderately. It was important for me to lose it. I was a fit and active person before I had my son, but if there’s one thing I could do for a new mom, it’d be to alleviate her of any guilt or any stress over the idea of having her body look a certain way.”

5. Weight Gain and Loss

Fischer says it’s no surprise actresses are careful about their weight. “In a normal job, if you gain or lose a few pounds, it's no big deal,” she says. “But in my business you have to tell someone so that the next time you go to a fitting, the clothes are the right size. It's really embarrassing to have to say to your manager, ‘I'm now a 6 pant instead of a 4.’ Emails go out, and they cc the agents: ‘Jenna would like everyone to know that she's now a 6 pant.’ This is why actresses obsess about their weight. It's not a private affair.”

The Office star Majandra Delfino—she played Fannie Schrute, Dwight's sister—went paddle boarding in Portland, Maine, not letting the cold weather get in the way of a fun time on the water. Delfino, 42, shared a picture of herself wearing a black one-piece swimsuit, posing in front of a mirror with two friends also in swimsuits.“Beaches of Eastwick,” she captioned the post. “I bet y’all had a blast and you enjoyed your besties being there,” a fan commented. Delfino has been acting for decades—here’s how she does it.

1. She’s a Singer

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Delfino was a singer before getting into acting. “Acting came a lot later in my life,” she says. “I've been singing professionally since I was like 11, when I was in a band in Miami, with three of my friends, called China Dolls. Our managers had this great image of us being like Spice Girls or something, but we just didn't get to do what we wanted, so we split up. Now two of the girls have a deal with Sony and the other has a deal with BMG, so everybody's got it together.”

2. Avoiding Unhealthy Fats

Delfino tries to avoid unhealthy fats in her food. “I love to eat lots of things that I am discovering contain partially hydrogenated oil which is such a bad fat for your heart,” she says. “I'm a firm believer in good fats that have been proven to be necessary, only problem is a lot of our foods put these oils in to give their products a longer shelf life. So I don't feel guilty when I have cookie dough with normal fat, but I feel bad when it has the unnatural kind.”

3. Pregnancy Experience

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Delfino believes people should stop treating pregnant women like public property. “From the moment your belly pops (which for me was two seconds after the ‘positive’ pee experience) you become what I can only guess most people consider ‘public domain’,” she says. “That means everyone and I mean EVERYONE has something to say (and feels they MUST say) about how you look, what you’re having, how you’re going to deliver it and then right back to how you look. And what I learned almost every time is that people (even women) are still super down on women.”

4. Horseback Riding

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Delfino loves horses and horseback riding. "For the average junior or amateur rider who trains in the saddle at least two to three times per week, riding is a great addition to an exercise program," says professional hunter-jumper rider and trainer Melissa Gruber. "Riding is a total body workout. Your legs, arms and core work together to control and communicate with the horses. Really, riding is a partnership sport; the rider and the horse support and guide each other. Just like dancing or ice skating with a partner, horse and rider communicate through body language and touch."

5. Skiing Trips

Delfino enjoys skiing trips with her friends and family. “It’s well documented that skiing and snowboarding benefits cardiovascular health, overall fitness, strength, coordination, balance and more,” says the Canadian Ski Council. “Regardless of your health and fitness goals, strapping on a pair of skis or a snowboard is sure to fulfill some of them. Due to the versatility of skiing and snowboarding, it can encompass the benefits of a cardio workout, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) session, and strength training session, all in one fun activity.”

The Bold and the Beautiful star Jennifer Gareis had a wonderful trip to Lake Tahoe with her family, and posted the photos of her vacation on social media. Gareis, 53, shared pictures of herself paddleboarding on the lake in a black bikini, looking absolutely stunning as she soaked up the sun. “My dad was a sweetheart and actually got in the water to take these pictures so I feel obligated to show a few of them! Thanks dad for your hard work to get these 📸 #southlaketahoe #dadsanddaughters #paddleboarding #familyvacation #familyiseverything #lakelife😎,” she captioned the post. Gareis works hard to stay in shape and eat a healthy diet—here’s how she does it.

1. Her Workout Routine

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Gareis lifts weights and does Pilates. “I like to shock my body ev­ery once in a while with some­thing new be­cause if I do the same thing ev­ery day, I get bored," she says. "I swim. We have a pool at home. I use my home gym. I go to the gym and do it on my own and some­times I’ll use a trainer. I’m train­ing with weights. To­day, I did Pi­lates. Pi­lates works the smaller mus­cles, whereas lift­ing works the big­ger mus­cles. I al­ways try to in­cor­po­rate three things: car­dio, stretch­ing and lift­ing. Some­times, I’ll walk with my cousin, just put on my sun­block and my hat and we’ll go power walk­ing, or maybe go to the beach and take a re­ally nice beach run — just as long as I’m do­ing some­thing. But don’t for­get to rest.”

2. Healthy Balanced Diet

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Gareis enjoys a healthy, well-rounded diet for herself and her family. “I eat healthy about 90 per­cent of the time: pro­tein, veg­eta­bles, fruit, yogurt and milk,” she says. “I al­ways try to pre­pare a well-rounded meal. For break­fast, I will make a veg­gie omelet or I will make pancakes, but I make oat­meal pancakes now, as op­posed to mak­ing them with flour. We’ll squeeze fresh or­ange juice. For lunch, we all have those con­tain­ers that have five dif­fer­ent spa­ces and I make sure I have ev­ery lit­tle food group. At din­ner, I will have four kinds of veg­eta­bles, and one, some­times two pro­teins. I’ll have a com­plex carb, like brown rice. Some­times, I’ll get a pasta that has quinoa in it in­stead. My kids don’t know the dif­fer­ence and they love it.”

3. Wake Surfing On the Lake

Gareis also did some wake surfing on her Lake Tahoe vacation, and posted the video on Instagram. “I figured out how to let go of the rope and navigate the wave! I am now completely addicted!!!!” she captioned the post. “Wakesurfing is a great way to release stress and tension,” says Krish Tangella, MD, MBA, FCAP. “The combination of physical activity and being out on the water can have a calming effect on the mind and body.”

4. Family Bond

Gareis loves spending time with her family, which experts say offers benefits both mental and physical. "There have been more than 20 years of dozens of studies that document that family dinners are great for the body, the physical health, the brains and academic performance, and the spirit or the mental health," says family therapist Anne Fishel. "In terms of nutrition, cardiovascular health is better in teens, there's lower fat and sugar and salt in home cooked meals even if you don't try that hard, there's more fruit, and fiber, and vegetables, and protein in home cooked meals, and lower calories. Kids who grow up having family dinners, when they're on their own tend to eat more healthily and to have lower rates of obesity."

5. Role Model

Gareis wants to set a good example for her children when it comes to health and nutrition. “I don’t like the word ‘diet’, for my­self or for par­ent­ing," she says. "When I talk to my kids, I talk about grow­ing foods. We talk about avo­cado be­ing brain food, or pro­tein will help build your mus­cles, and milk will help your bones. We talk about all the pos­i­tives of food. I never say, ‘Oh, this is fat­ten­ing,’ or ‘No, this is bad for you.’ I just say, ‘First, we eat our grow­ing food, and then we can have dessert.’"

You star Kathryn Gallagher is a friend to all animals—even ones who invade her pool. Gallagher, who played Annika Atwater on the show, shared pictures of herself relaxing in her pool, wearing a bright halter-neck swimsuit—and making friends with an amphibian friend. “This is my friend toad who is a frog. He jumped in the pool and I saved him from a chlorinated demise. After that we hung out for a while and I thought u guys might like him as much as I did,” she captioned the sweet post. Gallagher is an accomplished Grammy and Tony award-winning artist—here’s what her days off look like.

1. Mondays Off

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Gallagher sees her physical therapist on her days off. “I would love to say I go for a fun lunch and do really great stuff on my day off, but that would be a lie,” she says. “I wake up, I’ll get a massage, I’ll read. I’ve got the hobbies of a grandmother; I bake cookies, I crochet. The smartest person I know does crossword puzzles and I thought, 'Oh, that’s how she knows so many words,' so I thought I should start doing them too. I started with Mondays, and so now I do them every Monday—my time is getting shorter every week, I’m getting much better.”

2. Christmas In Connecticut

Gallagher loves to spend down time in the country, relaxing and recharging. “I try to get up to my family’s house in Connecticut as much as I can,” she says. “It’s so beautiful and I’ve been coming since I was two years old. I come up on a Sunday night, I wake up Monday and build a fire, make some coffee, and sit and read. It’s a dream. I’m a big fan of Sakara. I try to be vegan, and it’s all plant-based so I love it. But I also definitely indulge. Over Christmas I made cookies for the cast and I did a classic gingerbread house.”

3. Humor and Honesty

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Gallagher looks for humor and honesty when collaborating with other musicians. “Honesty’s a big one,” she says. “I start any co-write with just talking. Openness and all the things I look for in a friend. And also talent is always lovely [laughs], but it really is almost further down on the list. You have to like them as a person, especially because co-songwriting can be such an awkward thing…you have to be honest and open, and that’s not an easy thing to do at all.”

4. Bagels and Nostalgia

Gallagher spends her day off practicing, and enjoying her favorite foods. “I pick up my guitar every day and write, but Monday is a good day for me to focus on the business side of my music; figuring out what song I’ll put out next or getting together the artwork for a release,” she says. “H&H Bagels is 100 percent my place. I’m a bagel aficionado, and pretty much every day off starts there. When I’m really stressed out, I walk through the Natural History Museum. I find it really relaxing there, maybe because I grew up nearby and went a lot as a kid. Nostalgia is my favorite way to deal with stress.”

5. Jagged Little Pill

Gallagher played Bella Fox on the Broadway show Jagged Little Pill, and says the experience was incredibly timely. “When I got the role, it was before the #MeToo movement began,” she says. “It was before people talked about it. Honestly, seeing how our script came to life in the news every single day was miraculous. We were actually in rehearsals during the lab when #MeToo broke, when the Weinstein stuff came out, everything. All of that happened while we were in the rehearsal room. Every day we came into work and there was a new headline about these incredible women coming forward and sharing their stories. There was no way that wasn’t going to inform both my performance and also the way the script grew and evolved.”