I Can Make You Hot! (11 page)

Kelly’s Cardinal Rule

Eat to live well, not to survive.

Finally, I try not to eat after eight o’clock at night unless it’s for my work. I do try to eat with my girls as often as I can before I go out. I’m not in fourth grade and I can’t say that I eat at 6:30 p.m. every night, but if you invite me to a late dinner, you would have to be the funniest person on the planet for me to accept!

When I break my own rules, I get into trouble—a lesson I learned the hard way. In 1996, I had one week before going to St. Bart’s to do a photo shoot for
Elle
magazine, and Gilles, my husband at the time, would be the photographer. One of my friends had gone on a no-carb diet for five days and lost weight, so I decided to try it. How bad could it be? I worked out every day as usual and didn’t eat any carbs the entire time. My face looked visibly thinner, but by the fourth day I felt weak. On the sixth day, as we boarded the flight at 6:00 a.m. for St. Maarten, where we would change planes for St. Bart’s, I was exhausted. I took a bag of Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels (my five days of no carbs were over) with me in case I got hungry, but I didn’t really recognize my own hunger anymore; I just felt tired. We flew all day and when we landed it was hot. I ate a little fish that night and went to bed early because my head was pounding. The next day when I was getting my hair and makeup done, I felt faint. I had absolutely no energy, my smile was upside down, and I was very quiet. Gilles, who usually couldn’t get me to stop talking, realized that something was wrong. His nickname for me is Kiki, and I overheard him remarking to the stylist, “Kiki isn’t being Kiki.” As soon as we’d completed the first shot, in a graveyard, no less, my husband threw me in the water to cool down and to make me laugh again. No carbs is
no bueno
! Lesson learned.

We all have occasions when we want to lose a few pounds quickly. We just need to do it the right way. Here’s what I keep in mind today: A
Real
Supermodel Diet nurtures and restores, it
doesn’t
deprive. That’s the philosophy for The KKB 3-Day Supermodel diet:

The KKB 3-Day Supermodel Diet

Cut out oils, alcohol (in a glass and in your food), sugar, nuts, salt, and caffeine—no cheating.

For breakfast have 2 oranges or
Kelly Green Juice
.

For lunch have brown rice or a grain without sauce, chicken, and vegetables.

For dinner have steak, chicken, or shrimp with steamed spinach and a squeeze of lemon juice.

Drink a glass of water with lemon juice after dinner.

Switch your plates: Make your dinner plate your salad plate and vice versa for portion control.

Chew your food 8 times instead of 3 or 4.

Brush your teeth and chew mint gum as soon as you finish eating. When your mouth is fresh and minty you’ll be less tempted to eat again.

Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water a day—any more can cause water intoxication.

Take a multivitamin every day.

Do 20 minutes of light, restorative exercise—biking, walking, yoga, Pilates—every day.