Gisele Bundchen believes ditching her ‘bad habits’ has helped her to keep her panic attacks and anxiety at bay.
The 39-year-old model suffered with her mental health in her early 20s and has revealed that as well as a vigorous meditation routine – which has her up and stretching at 5.30am every day – she credits swapping out sugary foods, quitting smoking and exercising with reducing her anxiety levels.
The mother-of-two – who has Benjamin, 10, and daughter Vivian, seven, with her NFL player husband Tom Brady – admitted she felt like ‘she couldn’t breathe’ and was ‘going to die’ when she’d get the elevator before she started adapting her diet and lifestyle, and it was a huge ‘shock’ to her system when she made the changes, which resulted in the ‘the worst headaches.’
Bye bad habits: Gisele Bundchen believes ditching her ‘bad habits’ has helped her to keep her panic attacks and anxiety at bay; seen on Instagram in February
Slim: In top shape still: The 39-year-old model suffered with her mental health in her early 20s and has revealed that as well as a vigorous meditation routine – which has her up and stretching at 5.30am every day – she credits swapping out sugary foods, quitting smoking and exercising with reducing her anxiety levels; seen in her 20s
She explained to Vogue Australia: ‘I felt like I reached rock bottom. It became so unbearable I couldn’t breathe and I thought: ‘I gotta change.’
‘It wasn’t easy – I had the worst headaches ever because I was withdrawing.
‘My system was so used to that life it was in shock because I stopped everything, so it took time.
‘We are beings of habit and I think you can’t just expect to do something you have always done and stop. You have to replace bad habits with good habits.
The old Gisele: The mother-of-two – who has Benjamin, 10, and daughter Vivian, seven, with her NFL player husband Tom Brady – admitted she felt like ‘she couldn’t breathe’ and was ‘going to die’ when she’d get the elevator before she started adapting her diet and lifestyle; seen at a Victoria’s Secret fashion show in 2001
Now she is better than ever: The star is in excellent shape thanks to yoga
‘So when I stopped having coffee, the mocha frappuccino for breakfast and four cigarettes when I woke up in the morning, I started running.
‘I don’t run anymore, but I ran then because it allowed me to feel my lungs and every time I ran for 20 minutes I was like, “OK, I can feel my lungs, OK, I’m not smoking.”
‘And then I was meditating with breathing techniques so I would not feel anxious.
‘[Before that] I would get into the elevator and I would feel like I was going to die. So I replaced bad habits with things that were supporting me and I realized that every day I was feeling better.’
This comes after she wished her husband Tom Brady a happy wedding anniversary.
Romance is sill in the air: Bundchen and husband Tom Brady celebrated 11 years of marriage on Wednesday. The football star and the Vogue supermodel took to social media to praise each. Here is her post with a throwback photo
They have been wed for 11 years.
The football star and the Vogue supermodel took to social media to praise each.
Tom and Gisele wed in Santa Monica, California on February 26, 2009 with a second ceremony in Costa Rica after they began dating in 2006. They have since welcomed two children into the world.
The Versace model gushed over her athlete spouse.
‘I can’t believe it’s been 11 years since we devoured this delicious cake after we came home from our wedding. Happy anniversary love of my lifey!!! Thank you for making life so sweet! Te amo ❤️❤️❤️,’ said the blonde.
In the image the two are in seated with a chocolate cake with white writing that said Te Amo Love Wifey 2009 in front of them.
She has on a white shirt with a green scarf and blue jeans as he is dressier in a shirt and vest,
So much love: And the former New England Patriots player had his post too. ‘The first slide is where we met and the second slide is what we’ve become. You have always been the one to hold us up and you love us the way no one else can. And we love you so much in return. Happy Anniversary Love of my Life,’ said the star
And the former New England Patriots player had his post too.
‘The first slide is where we met and the second slide is what we’ve become. You have always been the one to hold us up and you love us the way no one else can. And we love you so much in return. Happy Anniversary Love of my Life,’ said the star.
In the first mage Gisele has on a grey and white coat with her hair back as she makes a heart sign with her hand.
She is outside the Turks & Frogs wine bar in New York City.
The other photo was of her with their two children leaning on her lap as they rode in a helicopter.
Now a mommy: The other photo was of her with their two children leaning on her lap as they rode in a helicopter
The two have seemed to be very close lately.
The couple took to Instagram over a week ago with a glimpse of their routine as they hit the gym together.
Brady, 42, posted a snap of himself and his wife, 39, smiling at each other as they worked their upper bodies.
She also took to her story with the photo, which he originally captioned: ‘#nodaysoff.’
No days off: They took to Instagram over a week ago with a glimpse of their routine as they hit the gym together
The Brazilian flaunted her taut midriff in a cropped white tank top with skintight black leggings.
Brady sported a black t-shirt from his brand TB12, featuring red print of the words: ‘gratitude & determination.’
The post comes just days after he shared a sweet photo of his wife biting his ear, calling her: ‘My forever Valentine.’
She also shared a photo of herself wrapping her arms around him, writing: ‘My forever Valentine.Te amo! Wishing you all a happy Valentine’s Day.’
Happy family: Tom and Gisele wed in Santa Monica, California on February 26, 2009 and have since welcomed two children into the world: 10-year-old Benjamin and Vivian Lake, aged seven; he also has a son – John Edward Thomas Moynahan, 12 – with ex Bridget Moynahan