Cat Deeley is making a splash in her swimsuit. In a new social media post, the television presenter shows off her amazing body in a bathing suit while swimming with a bunch of pool floats. “I don’t mind doing it for the kids so come on, jump on board, take a ride,” she wrote about her Instagram Stories image. How does the 47-year-old mom keep herself in such great shape? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.
Cat’s days start “very early.” She used to sip on a cup of warm lemon water first thing, but after her dentist warned it would ruin her tooth enamel, she made a switch. “Now I have a green juice. I have celery and cucumber, and a little bit of lemon juice and ginger,” she told Women’s Health. She follows it up with coffee. “I feel sometimes like I need my cup of coffee to properly get my eyes open and get myself moving,” she said.
Cat is a fan of intermittent fasting. She eats an early dinner with her family and then fasts until the morning. “I’m doing intermittent fasting, which I didn’t realize. But it seems to work really well for my body I think I sleep better…I actually feel so much better as well rather than having a meal later on in the day at like eight-thirty or nine o’clock or whatever,” she told Women’s Health.
“Running and gyms don’t suit me, you have to find what you like,” Cat told Metro. She claims that regular yoga classes keeps her from looking like an “old lady” even though she is “not very stretchy naturally” she says. “I’m not very stretchy naturally so yoga helps me, otherwise I’d look like an old lady.” She trains with Tara Lee. “Tara introduced me to the wonderful world of yoga 10 years ago … I couldn’t even touch my toes! I’ve been hooked ever since,” she added to Self. She even does her yoga videos, “Elements of Yoga” DVDs. “With her yoga DVDs, even I can find some ‘me time’, to focus my mind, reset my body and just breathe,” she said.
In addition to “four times a week” yoga sessions, Cat takes a daily hike. “Even if you can just do twenty minutes it makes all the difference – I just put my trainers on and walk down the hill with my dog. You never regret doing exercise, you never come back and wish you hadn’t done it, it feels amazing,” she told Cosmopolitan.
Cat attributes her healthy approach to eating to her mother. “She never made things ‘bad’ or never made things, you know, unobtainable or, you know, we were free to help ourselves whenever we wanted to,” she explains. “I think by doing that you kind of learn what makes you feel your body feel good and what makes you feel healthy. I like to listen to my body a lot.” A piece of fruit, such as a banana, or a handful of almonds, are two of her go-to snacks. When she wants something more savory, she’ll grab crackers and cheese.