Trisha Yearwood, 60, Says This Cardio Workout Makes Her 'Feel Like I Can Do Anything'
Trisha Yearwood has been a country music icon for decades, so it’s only natural that she'll host ABC's CMA Country Christmas special again.
On December 3, the 60-year-old hosted the special alongside fellow singer Amy Grant. But it’s hard to miss the fact that she looked fit and glowy in a preview for the show.
Trisha has been open about her health and fitness routine in the past. Here’s what she’s shared.
Her diet is ‘hardcore and boring.’
Trisha lost weight in the past by following a “hardcore and boring” diet, she told Good Housekeeping in 2013. For her, that meant eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins.
She’s also big on meal prep, which means focusing on foods she loves, including cabbage, carrots, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, apples, grapefruit, and grilled chicken. "I made [my diet] simple, because I knew I wouldn't stay on it unless I saw results fast,” Trisha said. She also cut out “white food” like sugar, pasta, and white bread. (FWIW, dietitians say you don't need to eliminate any food to lose weight.)
She’s a big fan of Zumba classes.
Zumba is Trisha's go-to exercise class, which she takes three times a week. She particularly enjoys class in the evenings, so she doesn't have as much "free time before bedtime," per Good Housekeeping.
“I fell in love with it,” she told People in 2013. “I have a strength I never had before. I feel like I can do anything.”
She was inspired to lose weight after a particularly moving volunteer trip.
Trisha has been active with Habitat for Humanity for years, but a 2012 trip to Haiti really kickstarted her weight loss journey.
“I really felt my weight on that trip,” she told Good Housekeeping. “I'd put a few extra pounds on top of the 20 extra that I always carried. I didn't feel great.”
That tour put things into perspective for her. “I had just come back from a place where people don't know where their next meal is coming from, and I was bitching because I was a size 14—poor, pitiful me,” she said.
So Trisha vowed to stop obsessing over her weight. “I realized I was tired of losing the same few pounds, tired of complaining about it,” she said. “I felt, 'Just do it, or shut up about it.'"
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