Almost inevitable, weight gain is an effect of menopause, known by Carla Bruni. But to keep her wasp waist, the singer has a slimming method that is not recommended… Confidences.
Carla Bruni was the guest of the podcast Come on, I dare! by Elsa Wolinski. Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife spoke about menopause and its undesirable effects on her model body.
Carla Bruni only eats one meal a day
For the 8th episode of her podcast during which she invites female personalities to talk about menopause, the journalist called on Carla Bruni. At 56, the former First Lady of France admits to being in “this transitional stage which is between the fifties and the sixties which is very particular in my opinion for women and much more than for men because there is a hormonal break, etc… And modifications which for me are like those of adolescence. It is an old adolescence“she confided.
Among the symptoms of her menopause, Carla Bruni mentions weight gain. To counter these effects, the star has a radical method. “I stopped gaining weight. Finally, I simply stopped eating, but it is in the last two years. Before I had a normal life, she declared. Thus, Carla Bruni no longer eats three meals a day. “I only eat dinner. But that’s for professional reasons. If I did a job with really no image circumstances, I would gain five kilos. Relax, chap. Because frankly my husband doesn’t isn’t he the one who would complain and I, at 56, have a little more cheeks, if I gained 4-5 kilos I wouldn’t be unhappy even aesthetically. I wouldn’t want to take 15 but just take one size I would allow myself“, she added.
Carla Bruni doesn’t want a fat body
The singer reduces her daily calorie intake to stay in shape, but also for health reasons. “Diseases like fat. They don’t like sports. If you exercise all the time, you have a lot fewer diseases”explained the one who revealed having had a breast cancer, four years after his diagnosis. Finally, among the other inconveniences she experiences because of menopause, the Italian notes mood swings, hot flashes and even a strong need to sleep.