{"id":16251,"date":"2013-10-21T20:10:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T20:10:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-10-21T20:10:44","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T20:10:44","slug":"-Men-Don-t-Want-Skinny-Girls--Says-Padma-Lakshmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=16251","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Men Don\u2019t Want Skinny Girls,\u2019 Says Padma Lakshmi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Padma Lakshmi may be known for her model body, but she says that men preferred her when she was heavier.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI went from a size 4 to a size 14 when I was pregnant. What\u2019s interesting, though, is that, in my experience, men don\u2019t want skinny girls,\u201d the \u201cTop Chef\u201d host, 43, told Fitness magazine. When I was a size 14, I got much more attention from men than I do now.\u201d<\/p>\n

During each \u201cTop Chef\u201d season, Lakshmi, who once posed for Playboy magazine, gains 15 pounds \u2013 and two dress sizes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

When she\u2019s not filming, Lakshmi, who has a 3-year-old daughter, Krishna, follows a tight regimen to lose the weight. Her strict diet means no meats, sweets, alcohol, cheese, fried food or wheat.<\/p>\n

Once she gets back to her normal weight, though, she eats what she wants:<\/strong> pizza, nachos, cheese.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love food way too much to starve myself just to look good,\u201d she said. \u201cI will put in the work at the gym so I can enjoy what I eat.\u201d Lakshmi does planks, boxes, carries her jump rope to work, and climbs up to 70 flights a day to maintain her figure. She also makes a homemade blend of cranberry juice, green tea, vitamin C, and fiber powder three times a day. <\/p>\n

She definitely looks good and has a healthy, fit body!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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