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    Anne Hathaway's Fit Philosophy

    By | Healthy Living – Mon, Jul 16, 2012 5:01 PM EDT

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    When The Dark Knight Rises opens later this week, Anne Hathaway will become one more in a list of actresses who've donned the infamous Catwoman suit. Here's how the newest Batman installment taught the actress to love exercise and how she now stays healthy and fit.

    A new love: Before training for The Dark Knight Rises, Anne Hathaway wasn't exactly a fan of exercise. In fact, she said she hated it, but eventually changed her mind. "There's a workout hump where you're so weak that you hate everything, and everything's painful, and you look like an idiot," she said about her training regimen. Now Anne's "that person" who loves to exercise and likes to do Bikram yoga to stay fit.


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    Feline form:     To get in shape for her Catwoman role, Anne did stunt training five days a week and danced for an hour and a half daily. Her intense regimen helped her realize that even in Hollywood, it's not always about your dress size. "I've always thought that skinny was the goal, but with this job, I also have to be strong," she told Harper's Bazaar last year.

    Her diet: When she's not depriving herself to drop 25 pounds in just over a month - as she did to portray dying prostitute Fatine in the upcoming Les Misérables movie, Anne's diet is a lot less dangerous (about her two-week starvation, Anne says, "I don't recommend [it] . . . You can be too thin.") Except for a stint eating meat in her early 20s, Anne Hathaway usually sticks to a plant-based diet. The "commitment-shy" vegetarian sometimes struggles with sticking to her convictions, but since reading Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer, has become even more dedicated to her vegetarianism. When Anne wants to indulge, she turns to vegan desserts - she's a huge fan of vegan New York City bakery Babycakes.


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