With enviable long legs and an ultra-lean physique, Gwyneth Paltrow has a body that most women would kill for.
But the mother-of-two has made it clear in a new interview that it is not by chance that she has the amazing body she does.
'It's not an accident. It's not luck, it's not fairy dust, it's not good genes. It's killing myself for an hour and a half five days a week, but what I get out of it is relative to what I put into it.
'That's what I try to do in all areas of my life', the actresss said at Good Housekeeping's Shine On Awards in New York this week.
The event honoured the achievements of powerful women.
The actress was on hand to salute the hard work done to raise awareness of maternal health by model Christy Turlington and enjoyed the evening with other women like Meryl Streep, Rebecca Romijn and new mother Ali Larter.
In her cover issue of Self magazine she said of her workouts: 'I do 45 minutes of cardio five days a week, because I like to eat. I also try for 45 minutes of muscular structure work, which is toning, realigning and lengthening', she shared.
On her food Gwyneth said she does indulge every once in a while but then reins herself back in.
'I always eat right, but last night, I had fried clams, pasta with duck sausage and two glasses of red wine. When I want to lose, I eat less pasta, bread and potatoes. Before last year's Iron Man 2 premiere, I did green juices and salads for three days', she shared.
Gwyneth hosted a dinner for friends like Cameron Diaz, Jay-Z, Martha Stewart and Mario Batali on Monday to toast her new cookbook, My Father's Daughter.
'If I'm prepping for something or I've been eating a lot of pie, I do two hours a day, six days a week for two weeks', Paltrow said.
And today she hit the promotional circuit of talk shows to drum up sales for the tome which has recipes that she cooked with her father Bruce Paltrow growing up as well as some new family favourites.
Appearing on US TV show Good Morning America, Paltrow served up 'very healthy' vegan muffins and duck and tomato pasta.
The Oscar winner's cookbook is devoted to her beloved father who passed away in 2002.
Gwyneth then flitted to the studios of talk show Regis and Kelly where she got up close and personal with Regis Philbin, 79, and Kelly Ripa, 40..
While Gwyneth was in the middle of talking about food the host unexpectedly asked her for a kiss.
After a long kiss on the cheek from Gwyneth he said: 'Wow that was some kiss. I don't care about this any more,' he said, referring to the tuna burgers they were cooking together. 'I don't really like tuna,' he said.
Female host Kelly Ripa then came in for a piece of the action while Regis looked on in glee.
'I'm here for the burgers and the kissing,' she said as Gwyneth gave her one.
Earlier in the show The Talented Mr. Ripley actress admitted she is so bad at maths she can't help her daughter Apple, 6, with her homework.
The actress turned country music singer and now Glee performer also admitted that science is not her strong point either.'I'm pretty bad at science too,' said the star married to Coldplay front man Chris Martin.
Gwyneth may be a foodie now but she was once a once well-publicised macrobiotic dieter which she said she started to follow when her father was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998.
She thought she would try to heal her father by proxy and eliminated dairy, sugar, meat, liquor and gluten but ultimately she was unable to help her father.
But when she became pregnant with daughter Apple a few years later she said: 'I could not eat a bowl of brown rice for love or money. I wanted grilled cheese and Baskin-Robbins Jamoca Almond Fudge ice cream, and well, you can guess what won out.
'When my daughter started eating solid food, I went back to organic, whole foods. I still wonder if my father would be alive today if he had grown up eating healthier food', she questioned.