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The dancing queen maintains a sunny disposition and amazing figure thanks to her can-do attitude, which means having it all \u2014 including carbs!<\/p>\n
She\u2019s not one to brag, but Julianne Hough knows that that she radiates \u201csunshine and happiness and positivity.\u201d Those irresistible qualities are what made the charismatic, blue-eyed beauty a household name practically overnight as a dancer and judge on Dancing With the Stars<\/em> \u2014 and later boosted her to fame as a country music artist and an actress on the big screen, starring in movies like Rock of Ages<\/em> (2012) opposite Tom Cruise and Dirty Grandpa<\/em> (2016) with Robert De Niro.<\/p>\n What\u2019s the secret to the Emmy-winning, triple-threat performer\u2019s runaway success?<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t second-guess myself,\u201d Hough has said. \u201cWhatever decision I make is the right decision because I make it be the right decision. I could say, \u2018Oh, I probably shouldn\u2019t have done that,\u2019 but screw that! I\u2019ve got to learn from it.\u201d<\/p>\n Confidence aside, the 32-year-old\u2019s recipe for happiness and living her best life is simple: putting first things first \u2014 namely, her two-year marriage to hockey pro Brooks Laich, staying fit by working out and eating well. Speaking of which, Hough maintains her famously taut, trim figure \u2014 don\u2019t hate her for it \u2014 with a balanced diet that includes starchy carbs.<\/p>\n The holidays are always an especially joyous time for Hough as the countdown to Thanksgiving on Nov. 26 is on. But she stays merry all year long by grabbing life by the horns. \u201cI\u2019m adventurous,\u201d she says. \u201cIf there\u2019s something in front of me that scares me, I think I should do it.\u201d Full steam ahead.<\/p>\n Keeping\u00a0The\u00a0Romance Alive\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Hough tied the knot with Laich in 2017, and their marriage initially went from strength to strength until the unexpected announcement in May that they had separated. Grazia confirmed that Julianne, 32, and Laich, 37, are trying to make their marriage work after announcing their separation in May.<\/p>\n \u201cFor anybody that you love and that you care about, that\u2019s all you want,\u201d her brother, Derek, said last week. \u201cYou just want people around you to be happy and to support them in any way you possibly can and to serve them. That\u2019s really the key. For me, whenever I\u2019m at my happiest is when I\u2019m helping others or serving others \u2014 and sometimes I could just be holding a space for somebody and that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI think that\u2019s what we all want, right? We just want all of our\u00a0family,\u00a0we want all of our friends and everybody to be happy. And then if we can help that, then we\u2019re happy to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n Prior to the split and reconciliation, Hough took fans inside her\u00a0marriage. \u201cEvery day is just like an evolution, and you get to grow together,\u201d she\u2019s said. \u201cI was [recently thinking] like, \u2018Man, I cannot wait to see how much I love [Brooks] in, like, 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n Openness and no-holds-barred honesty have kept their union strong. When she was younger, \u201cI did and said things because I wanted to be accepted. But there\u2019s a point where you grow up. Now I\u2019m much more honest with myself and other people,\u201d she\u2019s said.<\/p>\n In August 2019, Hough revealed that she\u2019s \u201cnot straight\u201d and said that since telling her husband, they\u2019ve only become closer and even more intimate. \u201cI\u2019ve never felt more like a woman in my life,\u201d she explained, but even Hough was hesitant to come clean at first. \u201cI was connecting to the woman inside that doesn\u2019t need anything, versus the little girl that looked to him to protect me,\u201d Hough said. \u201cI was like, \u2018Is he going to love this version of me?\u2019 But the more I dropped into my most authentic self, the more attracted he was to me.\u201d<\/p>\n For his part,\u00a0Laich, says his significant other has also helped him become his best self. Before they met, \u201cI had no balance and no true happiness outside of the sport, [but] that changed when I met Julianne,\u201d said the hockey pro, who recently revealed that they began IVF treatments last year and plan to start a family \u2014 hopefully, a large one. \u201cShe\u2019d make the most amazing mother,\u201d he added. \u201cJulianne has the best heart in the world \u2014 that\u2019s why I fell in love with her.\u201d<\/p>\n Dancing Machine<\/strong><\/p>\n The Dancing\u00a0With\u00a0the Stars<\/em> alum and judge takes fitness seriously on and off the dance floor. Hough works out five or six days a week, mixing weight training, yoga, SoulCycle, running and hiking \u2014 all of which she regularly documents to inspire her 5 million-plus Instagram followers. In 2016, the performer also launched an athleisure line with MPG Sport. Dancing, though, is her lifeline.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt like that was my superpower,\u201d says Hough, who began dancing competitively when she was 9 years old. \u201cIt really transformed my experience and gave me a way to express myself.\u201d Movement doesn\u2019t just help her stay physically strong, but mentally fit as well. \u201cI believe that those two-work hand in hand,\u201d she explains, which is why her daily routine is to rise, shine and then \u201cput music on immediately, which helps my auditory and sensory experience\u2026\u00a0So\u00a0then my body is activated and I\u2019m moving, which changes my whole energy level for the day.\u201d<\/p>\n Having It All \u2014 Including Carbs!<\/strong><\/p>\n Staying active, though, is just one part of staying healthy. \u201cThe rest is sleeping \u2014 and what you put in your body,\u201d says Hough, who maintains her enviably trim 5-foot-3 figure by whipping up nutritious meals at home \u2014 and never, ever, skimping on carbs! \u201cI\u2019ll eat them all at every single meal. I think when you deprive yourself of carbs, that\u2019s when you crave pasta and pizza and all\u00a0of those things.\u201d Instead, Hough never misses an opportunity to carb up by indulging in a small amount of healthy starch, like corn, peas or whole grains. Her go-to favorite \u2014 a sweet potato she enjoys with chicken and veggies \u2014 \u201chelps my brain focus,\u201d she says. \u201cI thought carbs were my enemy, but they\u2019re actually my best friend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26633,"featured_media":3108,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Julianne](\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/Julianne-Hough.jpg\")
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