Kelly Clarkson: "I Literally Dropped 18 Pounds in a Month"
Kelly Clarkson credits her fiance with inspiring her to slim down.
In the February issue of Cosmopolitan (excerpted by Radar Online), the 30-year-old "Catch My Breath" singer opens up about her 30-pound weight loss in 2012. "I think that happens when you fall in love or date someone," Clarkson explains. "If I'm going to be messing around, I gotta look good."
Clarkson promises she didn't try a "fad diet" to get in better shape.
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"I was working with a trainer, and she said, 'You'd be amazed the amount of weight you can drop by halving your portions. I know it sounds crazy, but do it for two weeks and watch what happens.' I just cut back my portions, I stopped eating late at night, and I work out a little more than I used to, and I literally dropped 18 pounds in a month," the American Idol winner reveals. "I think it happens when you get really busy. But when I'm on my off-time -- girl, those 18 might come back!"
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Clarkson, who got engaged in mid-December 2012, says she's "not willing" to go to extremes to be a smaller size. "I'm willing to work a little bit because I want to be a healthy individual -- which I always have been," she says. "I've put on weight, but that's just what I'm happy with at that moment."
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Talent manager Brandon Blackstock, 36, helps his fiancee stay fit by participating in the same workouts. "Brandon and I both have bikes on the back of the bus, and we both love the outdoors," Clarkson tells Cosmopolitan. "Once your lifestyle becomes more active, obviously you drop weight."
