Mariah Carey Reveals Toned Body After Losing 70lbs After Twins
Mariah Carey has appeared on Rosie O’Donnell’s “The Rosie Show” and revealed that she lost 70lbs since the birth of her twins in April.
The singer, 42, gave birth to her twins Moroccan and Monroe on April 30.
“In the beginning, when I first had the babies, I had so much edema…water and swelling,” Carey said to Rosie. “Most pregnant women have that just in their feet. One day I was doing my thank-you notes and I noticed it started rising up the leg, so I had edema... I didn’t think I would ever be the same person.”
Carey started the Jenny Craig diet plan soon after losing some initial weight: “The first week, I lost 40 lbs. … of just water. It was just water, initially. When I started with the programme, I lost at least 30 lbs of weight that needed to be lost.”
“The whole point of this is not just like: ‘Oh, hey, look at me and my weight loss, I'm fantastic.’ It's really health.”
She went on to say that “diet is 90 percent of it.”
She has been eating calorie-controlled meals along with exercise and workouts.
The singer was also featured in this week’s US Weekly magazine.
“I gained an enormous amount of weight. I was scared I was never going to walk again,” she said in an interview with US Weekly. “I feel incredible but it was a long road. Being pregnant felt longer than it was. It was a huge blessing to be able to have the babies but I felt trapped in my body because I couldn't move.”
