Secrets of beauty and harmony of actress Maria Kozhevnikova

At the former gymnast, actress Maria Kozhevnikova, it would seem, problems with excess weight can not be. But the deputy's work caused the appearance of extra pounds.

She is a beauty and a successful actress, she is primarily familiar to the audience on the role of blonde Alla from the TV series "Univer" (TNT), Anna Prokhorova, the wife of one of the cadets, from the Kremlin cadets (STS) and Ani's nurse from Sklifosovsky (Russia-1 ). Her portraits adorn the covers of the most popular glossy magazines, even though Maria has been working for the second year as a member of the State Duma (she is on the committee for culture). However, it was more difficult to maintain the former form of Kozhevnikova: Maria honestly admits that the new kind of her activity caused the purchase of unwanted weight and a few extra inches at the waist. Sports hardening
My mother dreamed of growing from Masha champion in rhythmic gymnastics. But the girl was a very creative child: she sang in the choir, danced, read poetry. Therefore, at the age of 15 after she received the title of master of sports in rhythmic gymnastics, the future actress categorically declared that she was throwing the sport, because she was tired of endless fees and competitions. A little later she entered the GITIS, and my mother, of course, supported the daughter's decision. "Despite the difficult sports life, I am grateful to my mother for making me work hard, and of course, I'm grateful to the sport," Maria reflects. "Twelve years in rhythmic gymnastics is hard work, but the result is my good figure and blood, through "I can not and do not want to") and fighting character. "

I'm just pretty
Unlike many of her stellar colleagues, Kozhevnikova does not consider her appearance outstanding. "I'm pretty fair with beauty," Maria says, "I do not consider myself to be a beauty, I'm just pretty, I like to play the roles of not the first beauties, but girls that are simple and not too attractive." I believe that the most important thing in any woman I have a lot of familiar girls who do not fit the standards of "beauties," but that's the warmth, charm and elegance that emanate from them, they just shake. "

To the now popular medical methods of creating beauty, the actress treats with skepticism. She believes that all problems go from the head. And when there is a desire to go to a plastic surgeon, it is first of all to think about where it comes from, in fact. "If, for example, a person can not feel happy, not having corrected too protruding ears, we must give him the opportunity to do such an operation. But when the girls after that, there is a desire to correct the shape of the nose, then pump your lips or raise your eyebrows and so on - it already looks like a disease! I have nothing in mind yet, besides, I'm very much afraid of pain. I saw the swollen and blue faces of my friends after they had their noses broken. It's horrible! I am sure that you can support and improve your appearance in other ways. I myself never use even a cream. I think that you need to listen to your body in everything. I take off makeup only with cosmetic milk. And the girls who start to pump themselves Botox and increase their lips, I look with fear and I try to persuade not to do it. "

Although Maria admits that for an interesting role, she may well make sacrifices. In the summer of this year, for example, she had to cut hair, which the actress had been growing for several years, at the request of director Dmitri Meskhiev for the role in the film "Death Battalion" dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I. "If you need to get better, gain weight without thinking. I take work very seriously, "Maria says.

Insidious work in the Duma
As you know, sedentary work spoils the figure. This did not pass Maria Kozhevnikova. "I am an ordinary woman, I can get well, for example, I gained 6 kg last winter, but this is quite understandable: the New Year holidays were very tasty, and the Duma work is more sedentary, but by the summer I was able to throw 2.5 kg and I continue to work on myself. "

Kozhevnikova has her secret of rapid weight loss - her crown diet. Three days Maria is only buckwheat, three days - only a boiled chicken, and the next three days he drinks an exceptionally fat-free kefir. All this can be eaten in unlimited quantities, but only one product all three days. Of course, such a diet is difficult to combine with work in the Duma, but the girl copes with it. "I wear cooked buckwheat in small containers with myself to the Duma meetings, and at the break there I warm up. So the unloading week every time gives a positive result. "

No prohibitions
For many years, Maria is a supporter of a healthy diet. She eats only healthy food, and the best diet calls the realization that you can not overeat. The actress has long ruled out the ration of flour, in addition, she does not like coffee, almost does not drink alcohol, but daily drinks a few liters of water. If she feels that she gained a little extra weight, she replaces dinner with water with honey and lemon: this drink dulls the feeling of hunger. "It so happened that I do not like salt, pepper and various spices," says Kozhevnikova. - I do not like mayonnaise. This habit I have from childhood. Mom, on the contrary, prepares all the pepper and salted, so for me she had to cook all her life separately. " Maria never says "no" to any product because she is sure: you can and you need absolutely everything. "For me there is no ban" not to eat after six in the evening, "says Kozhevnikova," I can afford to eat not only in the evening, but even at night. "Limiting myself when losing weight is necessary, but it's never necessary to drive it to madness. all bans in my childhood, when my mother did not give me tasty buns, sweets and cakes, because in gymnastics to get better at 100 g is crime. And what I was not allowed to eat then, very often I want to eat today, especially This is already at the level of the subconscious. I understand that I do not need a bun now, but I can not stop, so I think that you have to pamper yourself with all sorts of delicious things periodically, otherwise you'll eat more. "

Quickly in shape
Different new-fangled diets Maria Kozhevnikova does not favor. He does not believe that they are not harmful to health. Always, when Maria thinks, eat something, or refrain, she listens to her body. Recently, a friend of Kozhevnikova, the singer Zara, advised her to bring herself in a good form to drink medicinal chloride-sulphate magnesium-sodium mineral water. Maria entrusted Zara and weight immediately rushed down. Although this water is very salty, almost like sea water and it is quite difficult to drink.

Natural Cosmetics
Kozhevnikova - a fan of olive oil, which tries to bring from abroad. The actress laughs that her suitcases, as a rule, are packed not with new clothes, but with a battery of bottles with olive oil. Maria adds it to salads, cares with his help for hair and body. The actress, about once a month, applies olive oil to her hair and wraps herself in a soft towel for half an hour. After this procedure, the hair becomes lively and silky. In addition to olive oil, skin care uses coconut oil. And weekly massage of the face and body. To maintain the tone goes to the pool. And in summer it rests solely on the sea. During swimming, he puts his face in the water - all imperfections immediately go away.