Carrie Underwood Says She's A 'Volume Eater' And, TBH, Same
Some days Carrie Underwood only has energy to go for a walk, and she’s okay with that.
It’s all about striking a delicate balance while the singer is on her Cry Pretty 360 Tour with husband, Mike Fisher, 4-year-old son Isaiah, and six-month-old son Jacob.
“Some days might be better than others,” Carrie tells Women’s Health at an event celebrating her activewear brand, CALIA, in the Hamptons. “I might have gotten more sleep; therefore I can work out longer.”
Her main goal? Focusing on doing the best she can. “I’m always trying to take steps in the right direction… even if they’re small steps.”
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In March, the designer and singer posted about how she couldn’t run as fast or lift as heavy as she could before giving birth to her second child. In her caption, Carrie vowed to stop focusing on “bouncing back” and start appreciating her body for what it could do: “I promise to stop analyzing every angle and every curve and every pound and every meal. I’m going to keep staying the path because it is a journey and as long as I’m always working towards my goals, one day I’ll reach them.”
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I’m going to be honest, “bouncing back” after having Jacob has been much more difficult than after I had Isaiah and I’ve been pretty hard on myself lately. I go into the gym and I can’t run as fast or as far. I can’t lift as much weight or do as many reps as I could a year ago. I just want to feel like myself again…for my body to feel the way that I know it can. As I was working out today, I realized that for the past 11(ish) months, my body has not belonged to me. It was a perfect home for Jacob.And even now it belongs to him every time he drinks his milk. As I prepare for red carpets and for life on tour, right now I make a promise to myself to start appreciating what my body CAN do and stop focusing on what it can’t. I promise to stop analyzing every angle and every curve and every pound and every meal. I’m going to keep staying the path because it is a journey and as long as I’m always working towards my goals, one day I’ll reach them. I’m going to take it day by day, smile at the girl in the mirror, and work out because I love this body and all it has done and will continue to do! #bodyafterbaby #fitmom #healthy #staythepath @caliabycarrie
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So far, she’s kept it up. She’s working out with trainer Eve Overland while on tour, and says she’s feeling better and more energized than ever.
“To me, working out—my husband has said it— he was like: ‘You’re, like, a more pleasant person to be about when you have a workout in the morning.’ And I was like, ‘I know! I feel better,’” Carrie says.
Carrie and her husband have the cutest love story:
It also helps that Carrie’s not being forced to scramble for equipment at hotel gyms. Instead, she’s working out inside her mobile gym which follows her tour bus. The trailer is outfitted with a treadmill, elliptical, leg press, bench, cable machine, barbells, dumbbells, and kettlebells, and still leaves enough room for Carrie to jump rope and do her all-time favorite Tabata workouts while her husband and trainer are in there, too.
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Better together! 💪🏼 @CALIAbyCarrie #StayThePath #MobileGym #CryPrettyTour360 📸: @eveoverlandfitness
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Carrie also gives special attention to her nutrition—she follows a vegan diet, and she’ll be the first to say that when it comes to fueling her body, “I’m pretty good.” She’s developed a keen sense for what works for her because she logs her meals in a food journal in order to hold herself accountable.
“I have the ability to eat lots of food, I’m a volume eater, and I feel like it’s important to me to make my brain get involved, you know? And step in and be like: ‘You don’t need that because you’ve had X already and this is how much you have left for the day and you’re not even hungry so, ‘no.’ So, I need that accountability,” she says.
Whatever Carrie’s doing, it’s clearly working.
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