Kate Winslet reveals the secret to body confidence

published 8 June 2009

At 33, Winslet says she finally loves her body and her life

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet – known for her beauty as much as for her talent – has revealed she has reached the happiest stage of her life so far.

‘I’m happier about myself than I’ve ever been,’ Winslet told Hello! Magazine.

Winslet admitted she is finally content with her body and says she is having the time of her life.

The Reader star cites turning 30 as the landmark when she began to feel comfortable in her own skin.

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Despite having given birth to two children she is not self-conscious about her figure.

Winslet credits her age to her positive outlook. ‘I think turning 30, you’re allowed to be less obsessed with how you look. I really like being 33.’

The mother-of-two battled with her weight during her teens, but now boasts a figure most women would envy. Refreshingly, however, Winslet has a nonchalant attitude to exercise, unlike most of her fellow A-listers.

‘I haven’t done any exercise since October. I haven’t done a thing,’ she announced. ‘Maybe it’s just being busy and age’, the 33-year-old added.

However it is not only her svelte figure that has left the actress beaming. Winslet admitted her raft of successes in 2009 (two Golden Globes for her performances in The Reader and Revolutionary Road as well as an Academy Award for Best Actress) has given her career confidence a hefty boost, allowing her to believe she’s in it for ‘the long haul’.

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Natalia is a health journalist with 14 years experience in the publishing industry. She has worked for a number of well known magazines and websites including Marie Claire, Woman&Home, Top Sante, Boots and The Telegraph. She likes to think she practices what she preaches when it comes to health and fitness. Her athletic prowess began early. A keen fencer for 13 years, she wielded an epée for Olympic Team GB during her teenage years. She likes to think she made sword-fighting cool before Game of Thrones came along! While working on her sporting performance with the team, she also participated in a lot of nutrition and psychology training, When it comes to time off, you’ll most likely find her up a mountain somewhere. It seems holidays have become a time for climbing several thousand feet, rather than chilling out. She’s now hiked eight of the major mountain ranges across four continents – including the Appalachians, the Smokies, the Sierra Nevadas (she spent her honeymoon hiking to the top of Half Dome), as well as hitting the summits of Snowdon, Pen-Y-Fan (Brecon Beacons), Table Mountain in South Africa, the Blue Mountains in Australia and the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. She’s also passionate about all things health, particularly vaccinations, and will happily jump on her soap box at any given opportunity to talk about their benefits to anyone who will listen!

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