Jane Fonda has been passionate about diet, health, and fitness for a long time. Whether you’ve been a fan of hers since her 1980s workout videos or her decades-long activism, or are a newer Fonda lover who watched her in Netflix’s Grace and Frankie and is heading to theaters this month to watch her new movie, 80 for Brady, Fonda fanatics everywhere can recognize just how amazing it is that she’s still feeling so healthy and active at 85 years old.
In fact, it was around Fonda’s 85th birthday in December 2022 that she announced on her blog that her non-Hodgkin lymphoma was now officially in remission.
“Last week I was told by my oncologist that my cancer is in remission and I can discontinue chemo. I am feeling so blessed, so fortunate,” Fonda wrote. “I thank all of you who prayed and sent good thoughts my way. I am confident that it played a role in the good news.”
She rejects fad diets.
“It’s about moving in a way that keeps your body healthy and strong,” Fonda explained to Vogue while describing the ad campaign’s purpose and meaning.
Fans adore Fonda’s love of movement and fitness, but what about her food and nutrition habits? Read on to learn more about Jane Fonda’s diet and how it has helped her maintain such a full and healthy lifestyle.
She never skips breakfast.
In 2012, Fonda shared 10 of her favorite health tips for weight loss in a video for BeFiT.
“Most diets focus on weight loss on the scale, and they impose temporary and often unhealthy restrictive behavior,” Fonda explains in the BeFiT YouTube video clip. “Unfortunately, this scenario sets us up to fail.”
She is not super rigid & embraces balance.
“Studies estimate that 80% of dieters will regain all or most of the weight that they lost within two years,” she continues. It’s for this reason that of the 10 tips for weight loss she shared with BeFiT, Fonda emphasizes the importance of forgetting fad diets as ninth on her list.
“Fad diets are the ones promising unrealistic results. You should not try to lose more than two to three pounds per week, max,” Fonda says, before following up with her eighth piece of advice: “Do not weigh yourself. I don’t even own a scale!” Fonda proudly proclaims.
In the BeFiT featuring Fonda’s video top-10 weight loss tips, she also notes that her fourth weight loss best practice is simply to eat breakfast.
“Every morning, commit to starting the day with a nutritious breakfast. People who do so tend to lose weight,” says Fonda. “Breakfast, by the way, is the most important meal of the day, and making a good choice there will set you up for success for the rest of the day.”
In fact, research certainly backs up Fonda’s point, showing that skipping breakfast can slow your metabolism and potentially lead to weight gain.
