How to Stay Slim Like Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman displays long legs and a healthy attitude

Natalie Portman is a petite actress whose career continues to be larger than life. Learn how to live healthfully like Natalie (without rigorous exercise routines or crazy diet plans), simply by changing your values and lifestyle.

Things You'll Need

• Local walking route and walking shoes.
• Yoga class or DVD.
• Vegetarian or vegan foods such as produce, nuts and soy.
• Local restaurants or cookbooks for vegan variety

Instructions

Get Her Body

1. Start exercising like Natalie simply by increasing the activities in your daily life. Although Natalie typically resides in New York City and spends most of her days walking, try mapping out local walking routes or heading for errands on foot. If walking throughout your day is impractical, simply aim to add more miles to your workouts or hit the treadmill whenever possible.

2. Add yoga to your daily routine, like Natalie does. Try attending a local class, taking a personal session or viewing a yoga video or television program from home.

3. Ease into a vegetarian lifestyle like Natalie's. She began by eliminating meat products from her diet, until eventually eliminating fish, cheese and milk altogether. Natalie cites her love of animals and anti-cruelty values as motivation for becoming a vegetarian, although her clean living extends to avoiding alcohol and cigarettes as well (which contributes to a slimmer physique.)

4. Choose healthy vegetarian options such as vegan soups, lentils or raw foods, and seek out interesting restaurants or cookbooks to prevent boredom in a limited diet. Natalie also follows portion control (eating frequent small meals of organic, healthy fare).

5. Indulge in desserts and unhealthy foods in moderation. After embracing a primarily vegan diet, it can be easier to choose healthier options as treats (nuts, seeds or carob) instead of fatty ice creams or cakes. Try enjoying organic vegetables, fruits, nuts, soy products and legumes whenever possible.

Tips & Warnings

• Try replacing meat products at meals with items such as tofu, tempeh, polenta or soy products.