Demi Moore's easy body

Jan 20, 2007, 8:00 GMT

Demi Moore only achieved the figure she wanted when she stopped trying.

The actress - who once put herself on strict diets and endured gruelling exercise regimes to stay in shape - took a break from Hollywood, eased up on her healthy regimes and found she suddenly achieved her dream figure.

Demi told Vanity Fair magazine: "When I stepped away, which was on the heels of 'G.I. Jane', I'd been on a long physical run of absolutely manipulating and forcing my body. But I didn't find that there was a peace that came with that, and when I stepped away I thought, 'I just have to stop.'

"I actually stopped exercising and started to eat in a way that was very reasonable. And the amazing thing is, my body transformed closer to what I had always hoped for."

Meanwhile, Demi has revealed she once posed naked for a photo shoot despite husband Ashton Kutcher forbidding it.

Ashton hired top photographer Mario Testino to take intimate portraits of the 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle' actress for her 41st birthday present, but ordered that there be "no nudes".

Demi confessed: "Of course Ashton said, 'No nudes', and the first thing Mario said to us is 'Let's get naked.'

"Mario has an incredible sense of play, which makes the experience more enjoyable."

Mario used one of the private shots of the 44-year-old actress on the cover of his new book 'Let Me In'.

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