Kate Hudson’s All-Time Most Inspiring Advice on Fitness, Diet, Health and Wellness

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Kate Hudson’s All-Time Most Inspiring Advice on Fitness, Diet, Health and Wellness

Kate Hudson is funny, bubbly, successful, smart and beautiful. But if there’s one thing the actress has become synonymous with, it’s wellness. At 40 years old this Friday, April 19, the Fabletics cofounder has never been wiser with the inspiring life advice she shares — or in her own healthy efforts. Recently, the mother of three — sons Ryder, 15 (with ex-husband Chris Robinson), and Bingham, 7 (with ex-fiancé Tom Bellamy, and 6-month-old daughter Rani Rose (with boyfriend Danny Fujikawa) — signed on to be a WW ambassador for 2019 to help drop the pregnancy weight she gained with Rani. When the health guru announced the news to her fans on Instagram, she also shared her motivation: “My ‘why’ is really my kids and my family and longevity — wanting to be here as long as I possible can,” she said in a video. “And I just said, ‘OK, I’m going to try this.’” Since Rani’s birth, the founder of eco-friendly fashion line Happy x Nature — who made headlines for saying she and the baby’s father would raise their daughter with a “genderless approach” — also stepped up her fitness efforts with a daily regimen that includes Pilates, yoga, intense strength training and cardio sessions. “She’s very active but has had to stay disciplined,” a source tells Us. “It’s taken a while, but she’s very happy with the results” — which she showed off six months post-baby. The Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body author is equally pleased about turning the big 4-0. The source adds that seeing friends like Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Garner kick ass after 40 made Hudson excited for the milestone: “Kate’s in a great place in her life and is very comfortable entering a new decade. She’s happy to be joining the club. She doesn’t worry about wrinkles or gray hair. She feels like everything gets better with age.” “Kate doesn’t get worked up about things and knows that whatever difficulties come up will eventually pass,” the source adds of the star. “She’s too busy enjoying every day.” Scroll down to see photos of Hudson working out and to read the optimistic actress’ most inspirational quotes on health, wellness, life and love.

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Keep True to Yourself

“Authenticity is everything. If you believe in something, believe in yourself,” Hudson said in her acceptance speech for the daily front row fashion Los Angeles Fashion Entrepreneur of the Year award in March 2019. “You know, whether it becomes the most successful business or just a business that makes you happy — authenticity, that’s where it all comes from.”

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Carve Out 'Me Time'

The actress is an advocate for moms setting aside time for themselves. “The routine with our baby is getting more familiar and I’m ready to start taking a little time in the day focusing on myself,” she told Instagram followers in November 2018. “For me that means my health. Why? Because I wanna be around a long time for these three kiddos of mine.” 

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Go Low-Maintenance

Asked by Cosmopolitan in 2017 what her best post-workout beauty hack was, she had a cheeky reply: “Shaving your head. Cuts down on time spent post-sweat.”

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Be 'Body Smart'

As she wrote in her 2016 book, Pretty Happy, being in tune with your body is important. “When you understand yourself and connect to how you can become body smart, you realize pretty quickly that the perfect, the ideal, is not the goal. Instead, [it is] feeling good in your body. That’s what leads to confidence, to feeling and looking fit, and being pretty happy.”

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Make Peace With Aging

“I didn’t just wake up one day understanding how to take care of myself, I had to learn how to do so over time, and I continue to learn — each and every day,” Hudson explained in her book. “This is a process, and my body is constantly changing. So is yours. And when I learned how to accept that I will always be like this, I relaxed. Our bodies do not stand still for time.”

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Stay the Course

“What is important to me is to recognize that life is a journey with its ups and its downs, and its challenges and trials, and all the while we need to stay resilient and focused on your goals and your truth,” the How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days actress declared in a 2014 speech. “So to burden ourselves with perfection is unrealistic — but the joy of living authentically and fearlessly is the life that I would like to live.”

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Energize With Exercise

"It really is a vital part of my day in terms of energy,” Hudson told Harper’s Bazaar in 2013 of exercising. "I do have the work ethic of, when you show up to something, you do it." 

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Don't Count on Instant Gratification

“If you want to make lifestyle changes, it doesn’t happen with a Like on Instagram,” she noted in Pretty Happy. “It takes time and discipline.” 

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Work Out Your Way

“Exercise really comes down to moving in a way that makes you feel good,” she wrote in her book.

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Indulge When You Want

After giving birth to her first son, Ryder, in 2004, she told Blackfilm she welcomed the extra pregnancy weight. “I gained 60 pounds, and I’m proud of it. Why do I need to watch my weight when I’m pregnant? I could eat whatever the hell I want to eat."