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Christina Anstead, who was previously known as Christina El Moussa, has had quite a life.
Afteran intense domestic situation, Christina separated from her husband of seven years,Tarek El Moussa.
Sit back and get ready to learn a bit more about your favoriteHGTVreal estate and design star.
During her second pregnancy, Anstead worked with her nutritionist to put together a prenatal yoga video.
I aim for five days per week.
Working out is my ‘happy pill.’
It helps relieve all my tension and anxiety and just makes me feel great."
She made time to work out even during her pregnancies.
Anstead didn’t waste much time after having her babies to get back into the gym.
Knowing her love for fitness, it makes sense Anstead’s sanctuary at home is her gym.
The couple’s gym is equipped with aNordicTrackexercise machine.
That’s because she just likes to eat healthy.
Eating bad food makes me feel, well, bad.
Healthy eating is part of my lifestyle."
“That’s why last year we turned to meal prep.”
But everyone has to have a bit of a guilty pleasure every once in a while.
“I am obsessed!
She also fancies Cadillac margaritas from her favorite Mexican restaurant, Javier’s Cantina & Grill.
They had their first child daughter Taylor Reese a year after getting married.
First,El Moussa receiveda stage II thyroid cancer diagnosis.
The first in vitro attempt failed, and the second ended in miscarriage.
The couple changed doctors and their approach to conception.
“I had to be super strict,” Anstead toldPeople.
“I had to do one full week in bed.
We planned it during Christmas break so I wasn’t working.
We did everything we could to see to it this one worked.”
When she did get pregnant, she couldn’t pick up her daughter during the first trimester.
In the end, the couple finally hadbaby Braydenin the summer of 2015.
I love to push the double to Starbucks and relax there with the kids for a bit.”
you could’t work in TV without dealing with Internet trolls who also have something to say about your parenting.
It seems like Anstead might have the formula for dealing with it: shame them.
It was an emergency C-section.
I’m sure you are perfect."
For Anstead, that includes being an avid reader.
She gets extra cool points for buying hardcover books.
The two sisters look very similar (and super cute), and they appear to be very close.
