Salma Hayek talks weight loss struggles: Women are 'expected not to age'
The 'Frida' star admitted she's he's struggling to lose weight after filming a new movie
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Salma Hayek got incredibly vulnerable about weight loss and aging in a new interview.
The 54-year-old actress told InStyle magazine that she feels pressure to be a certain size because it's "what's expected for a woman who people consider good-looking."
"As you get older, you're expected not to age," Hayek pointed out.
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Despite not yet being at her goal weight after putting on a few pounds for her upcoming movie, "House of Gucci," she's still proud of her body.
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"I've lost very little. You go, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa.' You gain it so fast, but it takes so long to lose it," she admitted.
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Hayek said she's aware no matter "how much pressure and judgment I put on it, my body has been incredibly generous."
"I don't think I am some hot tamale, but I know that for my age, for the lifestyle that I lived, I'm not doing too badly. And I attribute all of this to meditation," she said.
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"It makes you experience your body with a lightness that's really delicious and satisfying," she said of meditation. "With the breathing and the going inside, you explore your body in a different way, and you learn not to go crazy with the expectations."
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Hayek explained how she's been meditating since her 30s.
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"It makes you experience your body with a lightness that's really delicious and satisfying," she said. "With the breathing and the going inside, you explore your body in a different way, and you learn not to go crazy with the expectations."