Pregnant supermodel says "don't be afraid of the fat"

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Sara McGinnis

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Fat is Karolina Kurkova's friend -- at least as far as her pregnancy diet is concerned. The model mom, who is currently expecting baby two with husband Archie Drury, has opened up about what she's currently eating in a piece for The Cut.

"I never really was a big coffee drinker, but now that I'm pregnant, I’ve started to appreciate coffee," the 31-year-old shared while opening up about a typical morning at home. "My husband and I do a little bit of the coffee and we put it in the blender with roasted butter and coconut butter. It's so delicious with all of that fat inside. It doesn't have that coffee taste because, again, I'm not a big coffee drinker, but it's really nice and balanced and creamy."

Pointing out her belly has grown large enough that it gets in the way of her beloved SoulCycle workouts, the runway star wrote of exercising, "I've been really liking barre because it works out your thighs, butt, and your lower back. It just feels good tightening it up and keeping it strong. So I do an hour of that, or sometimes I do core training or weight training. And after that, what I've been doing religiously is rolling out. I use the roller and I roll out my butt, my back, and my thighs. It's kind of a little self-massage."

Karolina Kurkova, who first became a mom when she welcomed son Tobin nearly six years ago, went on to share:

"At the end of the day, why we care about exercise and what we put into our body is because we want to feel good and we want to have a good life! When we feel happy, we are able to inspire other people around us to be happy and we send out good energy. I think people also have this misconception about fat. I think that fat is really good if you eat good fat. Don't be afraid of the fat. It's great for your skin, it's great for your insides."

The advice on fat is something that's taken me a long time to come around on. In the '80s and '90s, when I was growing up, fat-free everything was widely touted as the way to go. My parents dutifully bought skim milk and butter substitutes believing they were doing the best by us, but since that time thinking has taken a turn.

These days I opt for products with regular fat content over fat-free ones with substitutes added in to keep them tasty. That means there's real butter, 1% milk, eggs and avocados almost always in our kitchen. The advice always seems to be changing, so I keep my fingers crossed I'm getting it right for my kids.

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