Carrie Underwood made history in 2005 when she became thefirst country singer to winAmerican Idol.
It certainly did get better.
Let’s take a look at how Carrie Underwood went fromAmerican Idolsweetheart to country music bombshell.
Still, this didn’t stop Internet haters from doing what they do best.
“Apparently I was fat.
Of course I wasn’t, but sometimes words people choose are not the nicest.”
“It was impossible not to look online and see what they were saying,” she said.
Luckily, she was ultimately able to use that as motivation for a new healthier lifestyle.
So how did the newbie country star transition from her television look to get red carpet ready?
Good old fashioned diet and exercise, with a focus on her health.
“I may think about it a little too much.
I might feel guilty if I eat a pizza.
But I’ve tried to be healthy and exercise as much as I can.
If that’s made me lose weight, I guess I needed to.”
“It makes for an interesting Thanksgiving,“Underwood toldWomen’s Healthabout her decision to be meat-free.
“At first it was really difficult.
My mom would get so mad at me.
But now, she’s accepted it.
“I do work out, but not with a trainer,“she toldPeopleback in 2007.
“I just do lots of cardio.”
She also made plenty of time to sweat it out at the gym.
Stuff she’s learned from her trainer?
Morning workouts are best.
“They don’t take up much space and work out a lot of different muscles.”
But once the festivities are over, many people might fall into bad habits.
“I’m a very regimented eater.
I’ve kept food journals for years now,“she toldSelf.
“I’m 95 percent vegan.
I’ll never eat meat again, because I look and feel better without it.”
As formaking it work with her hubbyand his very different eating habits?
It’s all about compromise.
“My husband would rather go out to restaurants than eat at home it makes me mad!
I really enjoy cooking and eating together at home,” Underwood told the mag.
It’s a nice time to be together and talk.
Just askher fansonTwitter, some of whom use her legs for their ownfitness motivation.
But it isn’t just great genes that have left Underwood with her now-iconic legs.
“It’s really a lifestyle for her.
Underwood’s arms are sleek and sculpted, perfect for those strapless and one-shoulder dresses and tops.
But just like her goal-worthy legs, arms like these don’t come without some sweat and hard work.
In 2013, Underwood chatted withWomen’s Healthabout her latest fitness discovery Tabata.
“When I do abs, it hurts.
But I like it.
It makes me work.”
The mama-to-be didn’t let her baby bump become an excuse for skipping out on the gym.
“She’s a champ!
“Erin Oprea, who trained Underwood during her 2015 pregnancy, toldPeople.
And not much changed from Underwood’s pre-baby bump workouts to those she did while expecting.
“I’m looking forward to reclaiming my body,“a pregnant Underwood toldPeoplein 2015.
“I’ve been saying it’s been on loan for the past many months…
I’m excited to take it back.”
And she hasn’t let motherhood stop her.
Besides weights and mixing up her intensity training, Underwood also enjoys going for long runs outdoors.
“It’s the thing I do for me.”
Underwood wrote that she was healing, but “not quite looking the same.”
