A specific diet isn’t part of Mandy Ingber’s Yogalosophy — three are. She offers options for people who want to eat “clean” (an omnivore plan that focuses on portion size), “lean” (a low-carb plan for lacto-ovo vegetarians) and “green” (vegan). “I don’t want people to think there’s one right way to eat,” says Ingber, though she believes sticking to a plan can help them make better decisions about what goes in their bodies. Her favorite dish? Roasted cauliflower. Ingber admits she needs twice-yearly juice fasts to clean her system. “I always degenerate to chocolate and coffee,” she says.
— Vicky Hallett
Want a physique as awesome as Jennifer Aniston’s? You might not be able to see it in the mirror yet, but you already have one, says Mandy Ingber. And she’d know. The celebrity yoga and fitness instructor works out with the “Friends” star three days a week, using a plan she’s broken down for wider audiences in her new book, “Yogalosophy: 28 Days to the Ultimate Mind-Body Makeover” ($20, Seal).
At the heart of Ingber’s fitness strategy is a simple idea that she’s slapped right on the cover: “Having the body you want begins with loving the body you have.” It’s the advice Ingber gave herself years ago when she packed on 50 extra pounds after a random physical assault.
“If I love myself now, then if nothing changes, I’ll at least feel better,” Ingber remembers thinking. The positive-reinforcement approach created a snowball effect of healthier choices. She returned to the yoga practice she learned from her father when she was growing up, and soon enough, she was pumping the pedals of a bike at the front of a Los Angeles cycling class.