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Sharon Cuneta reveals secret to dramatic weight loss: ‘I don’t exercise regularly’

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Leah Bueno 

<p>Sharon Cuneta recently wowed her fans with the result of her weight loss journey. </p><p>And on Tuesday, November 9, showbiz veteran finally shared how she managed to go from a size XXL to a size medium.</p><p>In a virtual conference, the actress, who is dubbed local showbiz&#x27;s &quot;Megastar&quot;, revealed that it wasn&#x27;t regular exercise that dramatically changed her physique, but rather, a low-carb diet.</p><div> </div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CU6AzfihS8k/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div 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style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CU6AzfihS8k/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by ActorSingerPresenter (@reallysharoncuneta)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>&quot;I wish I could say that I work out regularly. But I&#x27;m not going to lie and make up a story. I don&#x27;t, eh,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;I wish I could. But if I can, I&#x27;ll just go on the treadmill. It&#x27;s healthier,&quot; she continued. &quot;And you know what, I rediscovered my love for swimming. I was in love with swimming when I was a little girl, that&#x27;s why I&#x27;m darker now. I&#x27;m very, very pale eh, maputi. So now if you see my tan lines, there&#x27;s a big difference.&quot;</p><p>For her diet, Sharon stressed that she did not avoid carbohydrates completely. </p><p>&quot;But I just kind of lessened,&quot; she said. &quot;Nasanay na. You have to train your tummy eh. &#x27;Di ba kasi sabi nila, when you stretch it, it will stay there &#x27;pag kain ka nang kain. Kapag lumiit na ng konti, madali kang mabubusog. Tsaka sanay kasi ako kasi over the years, since I was in my 20s, sanay ako ginagawa kong kanin &#x27;yung gulay. Thank God hindi ako mahilig sa kanin.</p><p>&quot;Tsaka hindi ako mahilig sa sweets. &#x27;Yung bread tinantanan ko na rin kasi bread &#x27;yung weakness ko eh. &#x27;Yung sweets medyo nauumay na ako. Pati &#x27;yung mga sweet drinks hindi ako ngayon [mahilig]. So ano lang, everything in moderation,&quot; she added.</p><p>According to the actress, she has been through all kinds of diets, including unhealthy crash diets, but a diet low in carbohydrates and high in protein was simply what worked for her.</p><p>&quot;Kasi I&#x27;ve done so many crash diets in the past, they all just rebound. &#x27;Yung rebound weight, grabe. Pagbalik mas malaki sa ni-lose mo so I stopped it. And harder to remove,&quot; she said. &quot;I&#x27;ve been through all the diets, believe me. So more protein and less carbo. Not no carbs, just less.&quot;</p><p>In the interview, Sharon also opened up her weight loss journey, saying it has been six years since she took the plunge and went on a journey to a healthier life. </p><p>&quot;It comes to a point na five years na akong naglo-lose ng weight slowly but steadily. But you reach a point that when you hit that number—there&#x27;s a certain number, you don&#x27;t know what it is—when you hit that number sa scale, tapos parang magda-drop, doon mano-notice na pumayat ka. Pero hindi nila alam, ang tagal. I&#x27;m almost half of my body,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s been five years. Almost six actually because I started exactly January 2016. I remember making a commitment to myself finally,&quot; she added. &quot;It&#x27;s more for my health actually. I really made a commitment. Sabi ko, I want to play with my grandkids, my future grandkids, and I want to be able to play with Miguel. He&#x27;s 12 now. Miel, 17, I want to be able to enjoy K-pop with her and all. Parang I don&#x27;t want to miss out on anything so I had to commit to myself.&quot;</p><p>Miguel is her only son, while Miel is her youngest daughter. Both are Sharon&#x27;s kids with her husband, Sen. Francis &quot;Kiko&quot; Pangilinan.</p><p>The actress went on: &quot;When you do it for other people or someone else or something, it&#x27;s not going to last, eh. So I had to talk to myself. Kaya mo &#x27;to. Has anyone questioned your self-discipline before? No. So why has it been going on this long? So I challenged myself and thank God naman.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2021/11/5/fresh-scoops/sharon-cuneta-ibinida-ang-pagbubunga-ng-limang-ta-196711"><strong><u>READ: Sharon Cuneta, ibinida ang pagbubunga ng limang taong pagpapapayat: ‘From XXL to medium’</u></strong></a></div><p>Meanwhile, the veteran actress, who is no stranger to &quot;bashers&quot; of her weight, also gave her advice on how to deal with body-shaming netizens.</p><p>&quot;Alam niyo hindi mawawala &#x27;yun ngayon in the age of social media, when everyone&#x27;s anonymous. They just have nothing better to do. So just try not to take them to heart. I think listen to the people who you really know and know you, who can tell you face to face, in a loving way, na, &#x27;Take care of your health because it&#x27;s not healthy to be this big,&#x27; or ganyan. But don&#x27;t na lang pay attention to those na just want to ruin your day. Why will you let them?&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;Sanay na tayo dapat. I&#x27;m more sanay na now, eh. I&#x27;ve made that mistake in, my God, my early days on Twitter nine years ago. Kasi nagugulat ako &#x27;yung dati papatulan mo halos. Sabi ko, &#x27;Teka nga muna, what are you doing?&#x27; It&#x27;s a long time ago, and I learned. Don&#x27;t let them ruin your day. You&#x27;re giving them power. Ngayon I just block eh. If I even read them. Kasi usually when I post something, if I don&#x27;t have the time, hindi ako nakakabasa ng comments. Tsaka may admin ako, [sila na bahala],&quot; she added.</p><p>Sharon, 55, is set to appear in one of the country&#x27;s longest-running primetime series <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/angprobinsyano"><strong><em><u>FPJ&#x27;s Ang Probinsyano</u></em></strong></a>, which marks her first-ever teleserye since she began her acting career 40 years ago.</p><p>Catch her on the show weeknights on Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, TV5, CineMo, Kapamilya Online Live on ABS-CBN Entertainment’s YouTube channel and Facebook page, iWantTFC, WeTV, and iflix. </p>

 Sharon Cuneta finally shares how she managed to go from a size XXL to a size medium.