{"id":371168,"date":"2026-04-09T12:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/371168\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:11:17","slug":"megyn-kelly-55-details-the-diet-fitness-plan-and-menopause-fix-she-claims-transformed-her-body-from-the-inside-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/371168\/","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly, 55, details the diet, fitness plan and menopause fix she claims transformed her body ‘from the inside out’"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 55, Megyn Kelly<\/a>\u00a0is feeling better than ever – and it’s easy to understand why after getting a glimpse of her rigorous diet and exercise regimen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just days after the political commentator opened up about how hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has helped her through menopause<\/a>\u00a0– and how it’s made her ‘vibrant’ again – she told the Daily Mail about the other secrets that are key to her energy and physique.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kelly, who shares three children with husband Douglas Brunt,\u00a0has maintained peak physical health through nutrition and fitness, but her attitude to the latter has certainly evolved in recent years.<\/p>\n

Lifting the lid, she admitted:\u00a0‘I have previously stated that I work out with a trainer two times a week for 45 minutes only, which makes me do it.’<\/p>\n

On top of working out with her fitness coach, Kelly also goes it alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Usually, I do one to two times on my own in addition,’ she said, adding that she tends to avoid heavy cardio in favor of walking or some steps on the elliptical.<\/p>\n

When she’s not sweating out at the gym, Kelly is sweating it out in a sauna.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Research has shown that the relaxing activity can aid pain relief, lower blood pressure and improve mood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Megyn <\/p>\n

Megyn Kelly has lifted the lid on her diet and exercise routine, revealing she works out four times a week\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The political commentator’s relationship to exercise has seemingly transformed over 10 years\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I sauna at least four times a week and love it,’ she enthused.<\/p>\n

As for her nutrition, Kelly eats mostly a Mediterranean diet rich in fruit, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, fish and olive oil.<\/p>\n

‘Pretty much every day I have two to three eggs with a piece of sourdough toast and an avocado or a piece of fruit,’ she told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

‘And then for both lunch and dinner, I have a lean protein and a veggie.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘If I need a snack, it’s usually nuts with salt but no seed oils on them.’<\/p>\n

When she gets a late-night craving, ice cream is Kelly’s go-to treat.<\/p>\n

‘I do sometimes have some H\u00e4agen-Dazs at night – just a little,’ she said. ‘I love [the flavor] caramel cone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘A little goes a long way.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"On\u00a0Megyn <\/p>\n

On\u00a0Megyn Kelly Today, which aired between 2017 and 2018, Kelly would often talk unenthusiastically about exercise\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"In <\/p>\n

In January 2018, she demonstrated a range of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) moves\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kelly’s relationship with exercise has seemingly transformed over the past decade.<\/p>\n

In her 2016 autobiography, Settle for More, Kelly revealed she gave up on the gym after she had her three children:\u00a0sons Yates, 16, and Thatcher, 12, and daughter, Yardley, 14.<\/p>\n

During her brief time on the Today show, she also often joked about not working out, although would happily try out routines in front of the camera.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘It’s not completely true that I hate working out,’ she told a trainer on the show in January 2018. ‘But I’m tired. I have three kids and a full-time job, and I don’t want to [do it] anymore.’<\/p>\n

Similarly, in April 2018, she told viewers: ‘You guys know that I don’t exercise, right?’<\/p>\n

But in recent years Kelly’s attitude has shifted.<\/p>\n

In May 2023, Kelly voiced her commitment to The Class, a digital workout method that uses bodyweight exercises to regulate the mind.<\/p>\n

Speaking to fitness trainer Jillian Michaels, 52, on her show, she said: ‘I’ve been doing this thing called The Class, which I actually really like.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Explaining <\/p>\n

Explaining why she was reluctant to work out, Kelly said: ‘I have three kids and a full-time job, and I don’t want to [do it] anymore’\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"In <\/p>\n

In the 2010s, Kelly was an advocate of the\u00a0F-Factor diet, which focuses on high fiber foods<\/p>\n

Detailing the results, she added: ‘It is transforming my body. I’m starting to look good. I’m starting to see some muscle definition.’<\/p>\n

In October 2025, Kelly revealed that she works out twice a week with a personal trainer for 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

Addressing audiences at a Turning Point USA event, she explained that in those private classes, she lifts ‘light weights.’<\/p>\n

‘That’s it,’ she said. ‘I do walk a lot, like I do some aerobic activity, but I’m telling you, you really don’t have to do much more than that.<\/p>\n

‘And I don’t really have a ton of time to do much more than that.’<\/p>\n

Kelly’s relationship with food and nutrition has also evolved.<\/p>\n

During an episode of the Today show in January 2018, she opened up about her family’s struggle with weight gain.<\/p>\n

‘My entire family has been overweight or obese,’ she said. ‘My nana, my mom, my sister and my brother.’<\/p>\n

Kelly herself battled with body image issues as a teenager. She recalled how she was once shamed by cruel bullies, which led her to seek out weight loss pills and restrict her intake of food to just 500 calories a day.<\/p>\n

‘I was thin and so unhappy,’ she said. ‘As an adult, I have gotten healthier in my approach to eating but like every woman I know, still wrestle with body image and still cringe when I hear a person attacked for his or her weight.’<\/p>\n

In the 2010s, Kelly was a big proponent of the F-Factor diet, which focuses on food that is high in fiber.<\/p>\n

\"She <\/p>\n

She began the F-Factor diet following the birth of her first child, Yates, in 2009 but now eats a Mediterranean diet<\/p>\n

\"Kelly <\/p>\n

Kelly has been married since 2008 and shares three children with her husband Douglas Brunt<\/p>\n

She confessed to turning to the diet in an attempt to lose weight after she became a mother.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I started after the birth of my first child, Yates,’ she penned in her memoir.<\/p>\n

‘It took off the baby weight right away.’<\/p>\n

Made popular by the dietitian Tanya Zuckerbrot, the diet focuses on combining lean proteins with high-fiber carbohydrates that are low in calories and keep you feeling full throughout the day.<\/p>\n

The diet doesn’t cut out any food groups and relies on fiber to bulk up food without adding calories while slowing digestion and revving up metabolism.<\/p>\n

Kelly opened up about her eating habits in 2009 when she participated in the New York Diet for Grub Street.<\/p>\n

Back in those days, Kelly seemed to be a big fan of yogurt, egg-white omelets and lots of vegetables.<\/p>\n

That piece also revealed that Kelly takes her coffee with ‘cream and half a Splenda’ and her thoughts on bread and cake products.<\/p>\n

‘I try to steer clear of the starches because they’re the devil,’ said Kelly, just before writing that she had a cupcake for dessert one night with friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 55, Megyn Kelly\u00a0is feeling better than ever – and it’s easy to understand why after getting a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[557,565,134,263,70235,54608,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-371168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-fitness","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-lifestyle","12":"tag-lifestylefitnesswellbeing","13":"tag-megyn-kelly","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}