{"id":91875,"date":"2013-10-02T09:26:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T14:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=91875"},"modified":"2013-10-02T09:36:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T14:36:01","slug":"no-diet-or-heavy-workouts-for-maria-menounos-see-the-fit-stars-reasonable-approach-to-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/no-diet-or-heavy-workouts-for-maria-menounos-see-the-fit-stars-reasonable-approach-to-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"No Diet or Heavy Workouts for Maria Menounos! See the Fit Star&#8217;s Reasonable Approach to Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You never know when Mario Menounos is going to strip down to her bikini, but if you&#8217;ve got it, flaunt it. The <em>Extra<\/em> correspondent, part-time WWE wrestler, and bestselling author of <em>The EveryGirls Guide to Life<\/em> is five foot eight inches of toned beauty, and isn&#8217;t afraid to show off her stunning physique. Maria recently sat down with\u00a0<em>E! News\u00a0<\/em>to discuss how she keeps up with her fitness while wearing so many hats, and the answers were shocking.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"maria menounos and mario lopez\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/no-diet-or-heavy-workouts-for-maria-menounos-see-the-fit-stars-reasonable-approach-to-fitness\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-91876\" alt=\"MM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MM.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MM.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MM-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The gorgeous Greek revealed that she never works out, but walks constantly and tries to limit her diet to foods &#8220;from the ground.&#8221; If that sounds like a typical celebrity half-truth, think again. Maria&#8217;s &#8220;<strong><a title=\"moderation in dieting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/is-moderation-in-diet-a-myth\/\">everything in moderation<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; lifestyle is the most reliable way to sustain a healthy weight and keep her body running like a well-oiled machine.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out dieting really isn&#8217;t Maria&#8217;s cup of tea either. &#8220;Diets are confining,&#8221; said Maria. &#8220;I don&#8217;t count calories. I just try to eat as many <strong><a title=\"plant based diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/going-vegan-5-ways-to-transition-to-a-plant-based-diet\/\">fruits and vegetables<\/a><\/strong> as I can.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>During a recent trip to Universal Studios, she spurned the escalators and chose to walk up the never ending flights of stairs to the different attractions. A fan of the pedometer, Maria&#8217;s <a title=\"10000 steps per day\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/the-10000-steps-a-day-walking-program\/\"><strong>daily goal is 10,000 steps<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last June, Maria graced the cover of <em>Women&#8217;s Health Magazine<\/em>, and admitted to only working out five times before the shoot. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t been able to work out in months,&#8221; said Maria. &#8220;And even before my last cover, I worked out five times before that. And they didn&#8217;t have to airbrush and hide anything. It&#8217;s because I&#8217;m always moving. You have to find ways to do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Keep up with the latest on Maria&#8217;s diet and fitness habits conveniently on her Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcgraser\">@marcgraser<\/a>: Fun to see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariamenounos\">@mariamenounos<\/a> in the ring (and win) at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SummerSlam&amp;src=hash\">#SummerSlam<\/a> Axxess <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23WWE&amp;src=hash\">#WWE<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/sjtvje6snc\">pic.twitter.com\/sjtvje6snc<\/a>\u201d hope to see u!!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 maria menounos (@mariamenounos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariamenounos\/statuses\/369228835809529856\">August 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ivanaavaldess\">@ivanaavaldess<\/a>: Picked up this months <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WomensHealthMag\">@WomensHealthMag<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariamenounos\">@mariamenounos<\/a> (love her!!) reading away!!!!! \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/xnIJrt9kqr\">pic.twitter.com\/xnIJrt9kqr<\/a>\u201d :):)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 maria menounos (@mariamenounos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariamenounos\/statuses\/348962550177730561\">June 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Yum <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kOUexuNAAF\">https:\/\/t.co\/kOUexuNAAF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 maria menounos (@mariamenounos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariamenounos\/statuses\/347734037152014337\">June 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"maria menounos post DWTS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/how-maria-menounos-stays-fit-after-dancing-with-the-stars\/\">How Maria Menounos Stayed Fit After Dancing With the Stars<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"hunger games workout\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/get-a-jennifer-lawrence-body-for-the-hunger-games-movie-release\/\">Get a Jennifer Lawrence Body for The Hunger Games<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"miss kansas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/miss-kansas-is-anything-but-the-beauty-pageant-norm-and-we-love-it\/\">Miss Kansas is Anything but the Beauty Pageant Norm, and We Love It<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>image via LATimes.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You never know when Mario Menounos is going to strip down to her bikini, but if you&#8217;ve got it, flaunt it. The Extra correspondent, part-time WWE wrestler, and bestselling author of The EveryGirls Guide to Life is five foot eight &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/no-diet-or-heavy-workouts-for-maria-menounos-see-the-fit-stars-reasonable-approach-to-fitness\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,18,58],"tags":[26,9444,1061,7462],"class_list":["post-91875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-fitness","category-womens-health","tag-celebrities","tag-maria-menounos","tag-walking","tag-wrestling"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91875"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91885,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91875\/revisions\/91885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}