Did you gain a few pounds during the circuit break? All the weeks at home (with the refrigerator just a few steps away!) have derailed many of our fitness and diet goals. Try some of these celebrity diet and exercise secrets to get back on track.

Load up on salmon

Supermodel Ashley Graham’s typica ldinner is baked salmon with a sweet potato and arugula salad. It’s light, healthy, and has omega-3 fatty acids for glowing skin and a healthy heart. Best of all, it’s easy to prepare.  

Dance, dance, dance!

Who says fitness had to feel like work? Kdrama superstar Park Min Young loves to dance, so even if she’s dead-tired from a long day of filming, she doesn’t mind squeezing in a short dance workout at home.

Write what you bite

Carrie Underwood uses the MyFitnessPal app to keep track of what she eats. “It helps me make better choices and pay attention to what I’m eating,” she says. The app automatically computes the calories, salt, fat and carbohydrate content for all food and drinks, so it also helps you spot hidden calories.

Don’t eat after 6 PM

Bae Suzy makes sure to have an early dinner, so she doesn’t eat anything after 6 PM. That gives her enough time to burn the calories, and she doesn’t feel or look bloated when she wakes up in the morning.

Eat salad before every meal

That’s how Nicole Polizzi lost her pregnancy weight without feeling deprived. She fills up on healthy vegetables, so she can stick to her carb and protein portions. To make salads more interesting, try different dressings and play with different flavours and textures. Nuts can add crunch, beans and lentils can add colour, and dried fruits can add that tiny touch of sweetness.

Level up your salads

Selena Gomez keeps fit (and full!) by eating hearty salads that contain slices of protein and healthy fat. She adds chicken slices, canned tuna, fried tofu, beans, breaded fish fingers, or nuts.

Focus on the Four B’s

Britney Spears’ trainer, Tony Martinez, helped her slim for her Planet Hollywood residency by focusing on these workouts:  Basketball jump shots, Backwards walking, Balancing on one leg while doing medicine-ball slams, and Bicycling. The singer mixes these up with simple moves like push-ups, squats and core exercises.  The simpler the workout, the more likely you’ll do it even when you’re not in the mood to move.

Add protein to every meal

Kim Kardashian shed the pregnancy pounds by following a sensible diet plan that included 6 ounces of protein for every meal. The protein kept her full, so she was never tempted to binge on unhealthy snacks in the middle of the day. “If you go hungry, then you’re more likely to make bad food choices,” says her nutritionist.

Have an egg for breakfast

Model and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen makes sure to start each day off with an egg. It’s one of the healthiest food you can eat, and you can serve it up in so many ways. And since she’s full, she has energy for the rest of the day and doesn’t “go crazy” during lunch. Studies that lunch tends to be the meal where most people overeat—mostly because they skip breakfast, or order lunch while they’re at work. Start the healthy and hearty breakfast, and you increase your chances of staying on your diet the rest of the day.

Beauty Tips

Exercise at 6 AM

Korean actress Jun Ji-Hyun is nearly 40 years old, but she still has an enviable figure. Her secret? She wakes up early to exercise. She knows that she’s more likely to skip an evening workout because she’s tired or busy. Plus, her morning workout helps calm her mind and mentally prep her for the rest of the day.

Make yourself a smoothie

To help her prepare for a film role, Jennifer Garner’s nutritionist taught her how to make a protein rich smoothie with almond butter, spinach, blueberries, and collagen protein powder. She loved it so much that she still drinks it almost every day!

Trade chips for seaweed

Craving something salty? Steal this trick from Chrissy Teigen, who says that she beats her snack cravings by eating seaweed sheets instead of potato chips. They’re still high in salt, but are packed with antioxidants. And they usually come in small, single-serving packages – so it’s easier to stop munching.