‘Real Housewives’ star Luann de Lesseps says no salads after 6pm keeps her fit at 59

"Real Housewives of New York City" prima Luann de Lesseps shared her astonishing secrets for staying acceptable astatine 59.

During a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital, the TV property and cabaret performer, who precocious launched her caller Countess Cabaret Tour, revealed her apical 3 tips for maintaining a svelte physique.

"You should not portion portion you eat," de Lesseps said, citing wellness and wellness proposal she received during stays astatine Austrian spas.

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"The Real Housewives of New York City" prima Luann de Lesseps shared her secrets to staying successful apical signifier astatine 59. (Sophy Holland/Bravo)

"People are drinking acold drinks portion they eat. And what happens is digestion starts successful the mouth. That's wherefore we salivate because, similar erstwhile we're hungry, you deliberation — the pain — the digestive juices are already going. So, the astir important happening is to chew a batch portion you eat. Pay attraction to that. And don't portion portion you're eating.

"Europeans are thinner due to the fact that they sip wine," de Lesseps added. "They don't portion big, acold drinks. That's not their thing. And this is simply a precise cardinal happening successful bid to enactment successful bully shape. Drink h2o 20 minutes earlier you devour oregon portion — immoderate you privation to drink. But 20 minutes earlier you devour and 20 minutes after. So, not portion [eating] due to the fact that it waters down your digestive enzymes and juices that metabolize your food."

De Lesseps besides advised radical to signifier portion power to debar overeating and incorporated intermittent fasting into their fare regimens. 

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"In America, we devour a lot. We get large portions. So, it's astir information power arsenic well," she explained. "And eating slowly. And erstwhile you devour slowly, you don't devour arsenic overmuch due to the fact that it takes clip for your encephalon to registry that you person really benignant of had enough.

"So, it's taking clip to devour and taking your clip and eating dilatory and chewing well," de Lesseps added. "And, this way, you consciousness satiated. And a batch of radical conscionable skip implicit that constituent and conscionable devour everything.

"And, you know, listen, I'm blameworthy of the aforesaid happening sometimes," she added. "But that's however I stay fit."

De Lesseps starred connected "RHONYC" for 13 seasons. (Michael Rosenthal/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

The TV personality told Fox News Digital she is an advocator for intermittent fasting, an progressively fashionable fare method of time-restricted eating. 

"I emotion fasting," de Lesseps said. "Intermittent fasting, which is you devour precocious successful the greeting and you effort not to devour [after] 6 p.m. due to the fact that digestion volition aftermath you up during the mediate of the night. Like, if you person a steak astatine night, you're bound to aftermath up successful the mediate of the nighttime due to the fact that digestion needs energy, truthful it wakes you up."

De Lesseps besides advises against eating a crockery commonly labeled arsenic steadfast aft a definite time.

"Another extremity I got for you — [eat] macromolecule and crockery for lunch, thing similar that, due to the fact that crockery you should not eat aft truly 6 p.m," she said.  

"People deliberation they're eating — similar they're having a crockery astatine nighttime with their macromolecule and each that, dressing, with parmesan food and croutons — and they're like, ‘This is light.’ Well, the occupation with crockery is it's 99% water. So, what is that doing? It's watering down your digestion, conscionable similar if you had a drink.

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"People are washing it down with drinks arsenic well, truthful digestion's out," she added. "So, crockery is simply a no-no aft 6. Instead of that, cooked vegetables. Cooked vegetables person overmuch much to springiness you than a crockery ever will. Not to accidental that acheronian greens aren't bully for you. Arugula, spinach, robust filled with vitamins, but during the day. Or you marque sautéed spinach astatine night, and you don't person salad."

De Lesseps besides encourages radical to enactment active. (Luann de Lesseps Instagram)

The Connecticut autochthonal explained that staying progressive is different measurement that radical should instrumentality to scope their wellness goals.

"I'm a jock," she said. "I emotion sports. So, I'm precise active. I deliberation being precise progressive is 1 of the champion things that you tin bash successful bid to enactment fit.

"It tin beryllium h2o aerobics. It tin beryllium conscionable a locomotion to get your metabolism going successful the greeting or SoulCycle, if you truly privation to termination it. I'm not a large SoulCycle person, but sometimes I bash SoulCycle. But I conscionable consciousness similar you person to beryllium physically active.

"So, those are large tips," she added. "It's truly astir digesting, the mode you devour and conscionable support it moving."

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De Lesseps, who is an archetypal formed subordinate of "The Real Housewives of New York City" and appeared successful 13 seasons of the deed Bravo series, made her cabaret debut successful 2017 with her amusement "#CountessAndFriends." De Lesseps became a countess aft she joined French Count Alexandre de Lesseps successful 1993. 

The 2 divorced successful 2009, and de Lesseps officially mislaid the rubric erstwhile she joined Tom D'Agostino Jr. successful 2016. 

De Lesseps' cabaret show, which aired during the Season 10 finale of "RHONYC" and featured appearances by her "RHONYC" co-star Sonja Morgan and histrion Rachel Dratch, became a deed with fans. 

After the occurrence of her debut performance, de Lesseps launched her nationwide "#CountessAndFriends" tour. Last fall, she embarked connected her "F Marry Kill" tour, which was directed by acclaimed Broadway manager and shaper Richard Jay-Alexander. 

In December, de Lesseps returned to the roadworthy for her "A Very Countess Christmas" tour. The world prima is present headlining her planetary Countess Cabaret tour, which kicked disconnected Saturday astatine Harrah's Lake Tahoe successful Stateline, Nevada. For her latest tour, de Lesseps teamed up again with Jay-Alexander, who antecedently directed shows for Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler and Kristin Chenoweth. 

De Lesseps is connected her Countess Cabaret tour. (Mike Ruiz)

During each of her performances, de Lesseps wears ensembles pulled from the showroom of the manner marque Jovani. De Lesseps and Jovani person a longtime partnership, and the prom formal retailer is simply a favourite with galore of the different "Real Housewives." 

In 2019, de Lesseps released her archetypal song, "Feelin' Jovani," on with an accompanying euphony video starring herself, "Real Housewives of Atlanta‘s" Cynthia Bailey and "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills‘" Lisa Rinna. "The Real Housewives" enforcement shaper and "Watch What Happens Live" big Andy Cohen besides made a cameo appearance. 

De Lesseps is an archetypal formed subordinate of "RHONYC." (Jay Sullivan/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images )

"Feelin' Jovani" was de Lesseps' 4th azygous aft 2010's "Money Can't Buy You Class," 2011's "Chic C'est la Vie" and 2015's "Girl Code." In 2020, de Lesseps released her 5th song, "Viva La Diva," which she co-produced with Grammy-winning songwriter and shaper Desmond Child. 

During her interrogation with Fox News Digital, de Lesseps shared that her cabaret circuit shows volition diagnostic performances of each her archetypal songs on with covers of hits by celebrated artists, including Tina Turner and Stevie Nicks. 

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"What I bask astir is the daze connected people's faces due to the fact that they don't cognize my cabaret amusement from watching the ‘Housewives' due to the fact that it's ever astir the drama, due to the fact that of euphony rights. Bravo was not paying for maine to sing 'What's Love Got To Do [With It]?'" she said. "They're not playing Tina Turner due to the fact that that ain't going to fly.

"I emotion the state I person with cabaret due to the fact that I tin bash thing I want, accidental thing I want, sing thing I want."

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De Lesseps told Fox News Digital her songs were inspired by the friendships and feuds that she has had with her "Real Housewives" co-stars.

"Regardless of what those women person done to maine implicit the years, cabaret? Life is not a cabaret. Well, it is for maine due to the fact that cabaret is my communicative that I write," she said. "You know, it's similar life. You constitute your story. Nobody's going to constitute your communicative for you. This is my story, right? And I deliberation that they were ever truthful jealous of the information that I was palmy astatine it."

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"It's similar ‘Jovani, Jovani.' I'm like, ‘Well, "Feelin' Jovani."’ That's wherever it comes from," de Lesseps continued. "So, I'm inspired by these women each the clip to write music. I won't archer you who ‘Money Can’t Buy Class' is after. But I'm inspired by them each the time.

"All my euphony stems a batch from the ladies, from my acquisition connected the show," she added. "And past erstwhile radical travel to my show, they're successful for a existent treat."

De Lesseps made her cabaret debut successful 2017. (Joseph Okpako/WireImage)

De Lesseps volition besides soon beryllium seen again connected the tiny screen. She is starring successful the "Real Housewives" dating amusement spinoff series, "Love Hotel," which volition aerial connected Peacock. De Lesseps filmed the amusement alongside "The Real Housewives of Orange County's" Shannon Beador and "The Real Housewives of the Potomac's" Gizelle Bryant and Ashley Darby.

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While de Lesseps told Fox News Digital she couldn't uncover galore details astir "Love Hotel," she said she was excited for fans to ticker it.

""It's the archetypal dating amusement for Bravo," she said. "And we had a large time. I'm excited. I deliberation radical are going to emotion it. And it's coming retired successful the spring, and truthful I'm super, ace excited."