Gisele Bundchens unhealthy habits as a 20-something led to panic attacks that were so intense she hit rock bottom.
The supermodel admits her diet as a young model was so poor she started every day with a coffee and four cigarettes.
I felt like I reached rock bottom, she tells Australian Vogue. It became so unbearable I couldnt breathe and I thought, I gotta change.
But adopting a healthier lifestyle was more difficult than she imagined.
My system was so used to that life it was in shock because I stopped everything, she says. We are beings of habit and I think you cant just expect to do something you have always done and stop. You have to replace bad habits with good habits.
She adds, So when I stopped having coffee, the mocha frappuccino for breakfast and four cigarettes when I woke up in the morning, I started running. I dont run anymore, but I ran then because it allowed me to feel my lungs and every time I ran for 20 minutes I was like, OK, I can feel my lungs. OK, Im not smoking.
The 39-year-old, who is now a mum of two, claims meditation helped to get her breathing back on track.
I was meditating with breathing techniques so I would not feel anxious, she shares. (Before that) I would get into the elevator and I would feel like I was going to die. So I replaced bad habits with things that were supporting me and I realized that every day I was feeling better.
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Gisele Bundchen thought she 'was going to die' on diet of caffeine, cigarettes - Montreal Gazette
