From the Fabulous-Over-50 Club: Christie Brinkley

From the Fabulous-Over-50 Club: Christie Brinkley

Former Sports Illustrated model and Covergirl (among others) Christie Brinkley is 57 years old and she is a stunner! Here she is the other day in a hard-to-pull-off bandage dress, matched with red nail-polish and killer peep-toe heels.

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Christie Brinkley Graces Prevention Magazine’s February Cover

Christie Brinkley sat down with Prevention magazine to dish on everything from beauty secrets to motherhood to romance. She shares:
On her divorce:

“You’ve got to find a way to keep laughing, even if it’s black humor, and my friends are very good at that. Some people think of happiness as a luxury, but it’s a necessity, and you need to make space for it in your life.”

On the possibilities of another romantic relationship:

“Most of the time, I’ve got my kids with me, so I’m not as prone to meeting people. And then, you never really know if someone is talking to you because you’re a celebrity. It’s not my number one priority.”

On her biggest career regret

“I didn’t do Saturday Night Live when they asked me to and I wished that I had now because I love that show and I faithfully watch it whenever I can, I rush back to get home for Saturday Night Live.”

 Christie Brinkley Graces Prevention Magazine’s February Cover

Christie Brinkley sat down with Prevention magazine to dish on everything from beauty secrets to motherhood to romance. She shares:
On her divorce:

“You’ve got to find a way to keep laughing, even if it’s black humor, and my friends are very good at that. Some people think of happiness as a luxury, but it’s a necessity, and you need to make space for it in your life.”

On the possibilities of another romantic relationship:

“Most of the time, I’ve got my kids with me, so I’m not as prone to meeting people. And then, you never really know if someone is talking to you because you’re a celebrity. It’s not my number one priority.”

On her biggest career regret

“I didn’t do Saturday Night Live when they asked me to and I wished that I had now because I love that show and I faithfully watch it whenever I can, I rush back to get home for Saturday Night Live.”

On the pressures of the media spotlight:

“I also think that the TV shows and internet shows need all this celebrity scrutiny in them. It creates an environment for young girls of “how can anybody attain the perfect that they demand of you on all of these outlets.” There’s always somebody waiting to catch a bad angle and then send it out to the whole world. Girls are home alone in their room and going “well gosh I have cellulite on my leg like that and look how she’s being vilified.” What is that doing to everybody’s self esteem and confidence and willingness to just breathe and live and enjoy their life?”

Being a celebrity:

“I think for me the biggest positive that’s come from being sort of a celebrity or in the public eye is that it’s given me the ability to give back and to be able to speak out on issues that are important to me such as protecting our environment, children’s health issues and I consider that a real gift, a real honor to be able to help wonderful organizations achieve their goal.”

On family:

“I always knew I wanted to be a mother…it takes a lot of work. My work makes me a better mom. It gives me a little door to step out of my parenting and bring the excitement from that day back home.”

Her take on dieting:

“Saying you’re on a diet puts you in the frame of denying yourself. But if you replace ‘diet’ with ‘healthy choices,’ you’re giving yourself the gift of feeling good. Go ahead and have the Kit Kat at the movies. If you don’t satisfy an urge sometimes, you often substitute less-satisfying things and end up eating more. I’m cooking for two kids, and they don’t think a dish is complete unless it’s sitting on top of pasta!”

Her Beauty Secret To Young-Looking Skin

“It’s not a secret, I love to exfoliate. I once read a long, long time ago that men tend to look younger than women and it’s because they shave and when they shave they’re exfoliating their skin so I thought well I don’t want them to have an unfair advantage so I immediately started using exfoliators.”

On the pressures of the media spotlight:

“I also think that the TV shows and internet shows need all this celebrity scrutiny in them. It creates an environment for young girls of “how can anybody attain the perfect that they demand of you on all of these outlets.” There’s always somebody waiting to catch a bad angle and then send it out to the whole world. Girls are home alone in their room and going “well gosh I have cellulite on my leg like that and look how she’s being vilified.” What is that doing to everybody’s self esteem and confidence and willingness to just breathe and live and enjoy their life?”

Being a celebrity:

“I think for me the biggest positive that’s come from being sort of a celebrity or in the public eye is that it’s given me the ability to give back and to be able to speak out on issues that are important to me such as protecting our environment, children’s health issues and I consider that a real gift, a real honor to be able to help wonderful organizations achieve their goal.”

On family:

“I always knew I wanted to be a mother…it takes a lot of work. My work makes me a better mom. It gives me a little door to step out of my parenting and bring the excitement from that day back home.”

Her take on dieting:

“Saying you’re on a diet puts you in the frame of denying yourself. But if you replace ‘diet’ with ‘healthy choices,’ you’re giving yourself the gift of feeling good. Go ahead and have the Kit Kat at the movies. If you don’t satisfy an urge sometimes, you often substitute less-satisfying things and end up eating more. I’m cooking for two kids, and they don’t think a dish is complete unless it’s sitting on top of pasta!”

Her Beauty Secret To Young-Looking Skin

“It’s not a secret, I love to exfoliate. I once read a long, long time ago that men tend to look younger than women and it’s because they shave and when they shave they’re exfoliating their skin so I thought well I don’t want them to have an unfair advantage so I immediately started using exfoliators.”

Christie Brinkley shares her fitness secrets

Supermodel Christie Brinkley has shared her workout and fitness secrets with Shape magazine and she's also giving her advice on how anyone can look their best and stay fit with the same techniques.

She says that when it comes to working-out she finds variety is the key and that it''s important to her to not get bored.

"I like to mix it up. I get bored if I do the same thing," the Daily Mail quoted her as saying.

"The only constant that I have in my life is that I start whatever I do with my Total Gym, because I believe it helps keep me from getting injured.

She added: "Think variety is the spice of sticking with an exercise routine, whether it''s getting a dance tape one day, or getting a tape with those stretchy things for building resistance on a different day.

"Arm yourself with a few different things. Ask your friends to go jogging or on a long walk. Sign up for a dance class, she said.

Brinkley also loves to combine her love of the outdoors, and especially water, with her work-out.

"Some of the things I like to do include kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, sometimes surfing, sometimes rafting, running on the beach, and walking down the beach waving my arms—I call it swimming down the beach. Kind of silly looking, but I don''t care," she said.

Busy working mother Brinkley says she optimises every opportunity she can, even squeezing in some moves whilst cheering on her children''s sports games from the sidelines.

"Parents were teasing me at the games last week. I was on the sidelines using a bench to do arm presses and then using it like a step board to step up and down, the model said.

And she even combines her workouts with her everyday chores like cleaning her teeth, or styling her hair.

"I thought, "OK, I''m going to multi task." I''ll dry my hair as though I''m sitting on a chair, even though there''s no chair there, she said.

"Then I''ll do some squats, I''m always careful that my knee doesn''t extend beyond my foot so I don''t put stress on my knees, but you can do so much for your upper legs while you''re drying your hair.

"When I am brushing my teeth, I''m bending my leg behind me, or I''m lifting my leg up and holding it in that position so I''m squeezing my butt in.

"I can do that while I''m washing or slicing vegetables, too. Or I go up and down on my toes, working my calves a little bit.
"I also try to get in 100 push-ups every day. It''s really easy. I keep a rolled up yoga mat under my bed. I throw it down and I''ll do 30 push-ups before I get in the shower," she add