a cool article on Gwen Stefani
Gwen Battles 'Chubby Kid' Within
The toned and taut figure Gwen Stefani showed off at the VMAs in a clinging-on-for-dear-life leopard-print gown didn't come easy. But unlike certain celebrities who claim their fat-free frames are natural or the result of nixing calorie-laden vices such as French fries (Hilary Duff, we're looking at you), the pulchritudinous pop star says she achieved her slimline look through good old-fashioned hard work.
"I'll never be one of those women who says, 'I look like this because that's how I am,'" Gwen tells Grazia magazine. "I work out a few hours every day. It takes a lot of effort for me to look like this. If I slack off, it really shows. That little chubby kid starts coming out and I have to rein her back."
Not surprisingly, she's having some trouble letting go of her pudgy past. "I still think of myself as a fat little dorky kid from Orange County desperately wanting to be cool," Stefani admits. "I wasn't a prom queen or cheerleader. I was 10 pounds overweight and wore my odd little clothes."
While the No Doubt frontwoman later grew out of her awkward stage ("the weight shifted up with me and I guess I was pretty popular") and eventually fulfilled her cheerleader dreams in the "Hollaback Girl" video, she admits there's still one goal she's yet to achieve, namely having a baby with husband Gavin Rossdale.
"It hasn't happened and that's something that isn't under my control," she says. "I would like it to happen, of course I would, but I have an amazing husband and career so I'm not complaining."
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