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" When you work out a lot, it's so important to eat the right foods. "
Mary Helen Bowers
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" Designing and creating dance clothes has taken my love for dancewear to a whole other level, melding the creative process with my daily fashion and allowing me to bring my most dreamed-about ballet styles to life. "
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" My body needs a lot of protein because I exercise so much. I eat dairy, meat, and gluten, but I stay away from white flour, sugar, and processed foods. "
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" When you dance, you engage your abs in every step. "
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" A calming place, where you can go to escape it all and just focus on your body, is so wonderful to have. "
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" I had the opportunity to train with Natalie Portman for 'Black Swan,' and the program we created was intense and involved a lot of travel. "
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" Keep it simple. Layer your leotard with high waisted skinny jeans, legwarmers, and heels or high boots. "
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" For ballet dancers, style is about melding personal expression with physical form. "
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" A simple ballet wrap sweater heats the back muscles but is easy to put on or take off without disturbing a dancer's makeup or hair before a performance or during a workout. "
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" When you're not experiencing your food, that's when it's harder to pay attention to when you're full, and that's what being satisfied really means. "
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You
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" Ballet can be hard on your joints, and when you're on a movie set doing take after take, it can become really repetitive. "
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Your
Doing
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" The key to building long muscle as you swim is stretching arms far ahead of you in the water, sort of like a swan. "
Mary Helen Bowers
Long
Ahead
Water
" It's not realistic to say never eat sugar, but I try to limit my sugar as much as I can to buckwheat honey and dark chocolate, which I love. "
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Dark
Limit
Say
" A simple scoop-neck leotard highlights a ballerina's swanlike neck and elegant posture, both rooted in a powerful core. "
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Simple
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" Generally speaking, I love a workout that includes stretching and toning exercises for legs and core on the mat paired with ballet-inspired cardio and Barre exercises to get the heart rate up and take the results to the next level. "
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Love
Heart
Legs
" Posture has such a big impact on the way people perceive you. "
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Impact
Big
Way
" I try and get as much sleep as I possibly can, although it's harder with a baby. "
Mary Helen Bowers
Much
Baby
Get
" Audrey Hepburn was always so chic, simple, and beautiful. "
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Beautiful
Audrey
" My company, Ballet Beautiful, is built around celebrating the strength and femininity of the female body - for me, pregnancy has just been an extension of that. "
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Company
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" It's important to remember that life is hectic and unpredictable. "
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Remember
Life
Important
" It definitely wasn't cool in junior high, when everyone else is trying out for cheerleading, to have a life consumed by ballet. "
Mary Helen Bowers
Life
Everyone
Ballet
" The idea for 'Ballet Baby' started when I was going through my own pregnancy. "
Mary Helen Bowers
Idea
Started
Own
" Rather than thinking about what not to eat, I like to focus on what I can eat to look and feel my best. "
Mary Helen Bowers
I Can
Focus
Feel
" Pregnancy is magical, I've never felt more connected to my body. "
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Body
Never
More
" I train a lot of celebrities, including a lot of women who work for Victoria's Secret as Angels. "
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Work
Who
" Carrying a baby is such hard work, I've found that the stronger I am, the better I feel. "
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Baby
Better
Hard Work
" The image of a pregnant woman embracing her figure and really putting it out there can be scary to some people, but I don't let that stand in my way, and I don't think other women should either. "
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Stand
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" I think being in the right mindset is a huge challenge for women, who often take an all-or-nothing approach to working out or eating well. "
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Women
Challenge
" Nail polish is like the icing on the beauty cake. "
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Like
Nail Polish
Beauty
" I've found the entire process of being pregnant to be such a miraculous, beautiful time. "
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Process
" My style is a little '70s and classic old Hollywood. I incorporate a lot of vintage, bohemian blouses paired with a good wedge. "
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