Is This Meghan Markle's Tip For Weight Loss?

Meghan Markle has almost always tried to live a healthy lifestyle, making sure that she is nourishing her body with a solid diet, and staying active whenever she can. Over the years, she has been pretty open about her love for yoga, and has been seen attending yoga classes from time to time, according to People magazine. And, as Insider points out, yoga is somewhat of a family affair for Meghan, whose mom, Doria Ragland, is actually a yoga instructor. "Yoga is my thing. There are so many benefits that come with the practice of yoga – increased flexibility and strength, greater happiness, increased mental focus, a greater ability to relax, decreased anxiety and better sleep," Meghan previously said during an interview with Best Health.

In that same interview with Best Health, Meghan revealed that she keeps a fairly strict diet — or, at least, she did back in 2019. "I try to eat vegan during the week and then have a little bit more flexibility with what I dig into on the weekends. But at the same time, it's all about balance," she said, revealing that her favorite thing to eat is french fries. And while Meghan seems to have it down to a science when it comes to staying in shape, there's actually something else that transcends yoga and a healthy diet that has helped Meghan with weight loss. Keep reading to find out the one thing that really kicked things up a notch in Meghan's routine.

Back in 2018, Meghan Markle's former personal trainer Craig McNamee told Women's Health a bit of a weight loss secret that has worked for the Duchess of Sussex for years. "Meghan Markle's fitness definitely takes priority; she's very focused on her health," McNamee told the outlet. He pointed out that Meghan was pretty much always in good shape, so he made things interesting by taking her fitness goals to the next level. The one thing that he focused on was Meghan's posture. "Generally speaking, we had a full-body approach. And since Meghan was onscreen, we really focused on posture," McNamee explained.

Interestingly, Postural Alignment Therapist Eleanor Burt told Hello! magazine that a focus on posture can be really beneficial when it comes to weight loss. "The reason that good posture helps with weight loss is because it aids the efficiency of [practically] all of the systems within the body. The body works as a unit, so your musculoskeletal system's function (or lack thereof) will impact how well you can think, breathe, shift lymph, digest food and expel waste," she explained, adding that "a body that moves well (and moves a lot) will indirectly aid the processes involved in weight loss because movement helps with the dynamism required to keep the systems constantly pumping, as well as directly helping with more rapid muscle toning."