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Irina Dubtsova has never been “skinny”, and it is about such girls that they say “blood and milk”. Looking at photos of the actress in childhood and adolescence, you notice that she has a slightly elongated, proportional face, a small nose, plump cheeks - in general, the image is harmonious, but, frankly speaking, does not fit into modern “beauty standards” imposed by glossy publications. Our heroine always dreamed of a slender figure and graceful facial features, but her tendency to be overweight did not allow her to even come close to the ideal.
Incentive for losing weight by Irina Dubtsova
It is difficult to get rid of excess 18 kilograms - the singer did not lose weight right away. At some point, the woman came to terms with the new forms, because there was no time to take care of her figure. The growing baby occupied his free time - lack of sleep and lack of exercise affected his well-being and appearance. Against this background, the young mother experienced permanent stress - her husband was not ready to put up with the fact that his wife recovered after giving birth.
When her son was 2 years old, Irina separated from her husband and realized that she had to change for the sake of her child. She dove headfirst into work - she began preparing a new program and began working on her body. A different life had begun for her, and a slender body was part of it. It turned out that obesity is a consequence of excess production of the hormone prolactin, which is responsible for breast milk. After finishing breastfeeding, the singer decided that she would prove to the whole world and her ex-husband that she could lose weight.
Polina Gagarina
The winner of “Star Factory-2” Polina Gagarina is known not only for her career successes. It is worth noting that the singer has received many music awards, took second place in the Eurovision song contest, and is a mentor for the show “Voice 5”.
Polina Gagarina before and after losing weight
Even during the “Factory”, Polina was known as “the girl in the body.” After giving birth, the singer gained a few more kilograms and was determined to lose them. The star said that a special diet and exercise helped her lose weight. Polina simply ate rice for 3 days, chicken for 3 days and vegetables for 3 days. Of course, she excluded from her diet everything sweet, starchy, fatty and fried.
There was a lot of sports in Polina’s life - Gagarina was involved in dancing, fencing and stage movement. Thanks to her work and willpower, Polina managed to get rid of 40 kg, and after losing weight, Gagarin looks great.
Principles of nutrition
Irina was lost in the sea of information about losing weight and could not settle on any of the diets. She tried to fast, but the success was short-lived, which did not suit the singer. After many attempts to get rid of excess fat, she decided on liposuction. Irina does not hide the fact that she lost weight as a result of surgery - it turned out to be a good decision. After the procedure, all that remains is to maintain the resulting forms. Based on the recommendations of a nutritionist, the singer built her diet according to the following rules:
- almost complete rejection of salt, which retains water in the body;
- fractional meals - Dubtsova eats 5-6 times a day;
- limiting the size of portions - the food on her plate would fit in the palm of her hand;
- water is an important component of the diet; the beauty drinks 1.5 liters of liquid per day;
- the singer completely gave up alcohol and hasn’t smoked for more than 4 years - all this affected her complexion and figure;
- refusal of sweets, fast food (fast food), semi-finished products;
- the basis of the diet is fermented milk products (cottage cheese, yogurt, low-fat cheese), vegetables, meat (dietary varieties);
- evening tea drinking is excluded - dinner until 18-00.
Irina Dubtsova’s diet is no longer relevant for the singer, but proper and balanced nutrition has become a habit for her. She admits that after losing weight, she no longer adds salt to her meals, eats 4-6 times a day, and allows herself unhealthy foods only occasionally. Irina eats bread, but not more than 200 g per day, eats eggs, and after the performance she allows herself to eat some sweets. Dubtsova drinks water regularly and tries to abstain from evening meals. These rules help her not accumulate fat deposits on her sides, waist, and buttocks.
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Irina Dubtsova for SPLETNIK.RU: “I am an ordinary sleep-deprived, always working woman”
Irina Dubtsova
Looking at the always smiling Irina Dubtsova, it’s hard to believe that the singer spends time in the studio until nightfall, comes home in the morning, goes to bed at 5 am, and at 7 am she cheerfully greets listeners of some radio. Interviews, filming of several programs in parallel and frequent tours - this is approximately what a celebrity’s schedule looks like. However, the star took the time to talk to us about self-care, future projects, body positivity and personal life.
SPLETNIK.RU: Irina, tell us what’s new in your life: projects, videos, what awaits fans?
In the near future I will release a new song, “You Can’t Kiss,” which is super understandable and close to all girls. It’s about something that has happened to each of us at least once in our lives. Just the other day they filmed a video. This will be a very life story, without embellishment. Among the upcoming events - on March 19, 2021, I will give a big concert at Crocus City Hall in honor of the 15th anniversary of my singing career. At this creative evening there will be many artists who sing my songs: Seryozha Lazarev, Dima Bilan, Polina Gagarina, Olga Buzova, Valeria, Kristina Orbakaite, Sasha Revva, Stas Piekha, Zara, Lolita, Emin Agalarov. In general, everything, everything, everything. We will perform both new songs and old hits.
I won’t sit at the piano like Igor Krutoy or Viktor Drobysh, for example, but it will be an author’s evening.
Tell us about your relationship with weight: what comfortable scheme have you chosen for yourself? You are against starvation diets and killer workouts.
I advocate self-acceptance, but within acceptable limits. I can't say that I welcome super fat people. I do not believe and will never believe that such people accept themselves and are comfortable. There are people for whom excess weight interferes with their lives and creates real problems, leading to chronic diseases. The older a person gets, the more difficult it is to fight it.
I have this position on this matter: if I want to eat, I eat, if I don’t want to eat, I don’t eat. If I don’t get enough sleep, I worry, then I swell. That is, I don’t gain extra pounds, my fat doesn’t grow, because it has nowhere to come from. I eat right: I don’t eat sweets, fried foods, potatoes, pasta, bread. My diet is fish and vegetables, maximum meat. Once a month, of course, like any woman, there is a “forbidden” rule. We all want chocolate or cake sometimes. As for sports... I do it to feel better. If you do not engage in fitness, then problems arise with the spine, muscle corset, and nervous system.
True, I had to take a break not long ago. Yesterday I trained, but today I can’t sit or lie down, I can barely move my legs because everything hurts.
Now is the era of body positivity, and as for public people, do you think an artist is obliged to look good?
He doesn't have to be skinny. Every person should take care of themselves. There are those who don’t care about public opinion; by the way, there are quite a few of them among public people. But I fundamentally disagree with them. The main question is whether a person loves himself.
You are honest with your fans. In one of your interviews, you admitted that you had breast surgery. How happy did that make you then?
I had plastic surgery because I didn't have breasts. I kept waiting for it to grow, nothing grew, so I went and did it. I dreamed about this since I was 15, of course it made me happy. I have a fairly wide back, such a body structure... I was worried about this in my youth, and when the opportunity arose, after I gave birth to a child, I turned to a surgeon. I am happy and I believe that a woman needs this not to please men, but for herself. Men are divided equally into those who like breasts and those who like butts.
How do you think a woman should negotiate with herself and with age? Will you do everything possible to retain your youth, like Sofia Rotaru, for example, or will you choose a policy of non-intervention?
Of course, when I reach a certain age, I will have plastic surgery. But while remaining yourself as much as possible. Without changing the overall appearance. People often tell me that I had plastic surgery on my face. But now there is no Botox or fillers in my face. The nose has remained the same since birth. I didn’t do anything to my face, just treatments.
Now there are a lot of hardware procedures that can keep the skin toned without the intervention of surgeons and even without injections. Fotona is a laser that works wonders, Ulthera System is also a great procedure. Not doing this is simply a crime. Moreover, you can always find a cheaper alternative. The main desire. Those who don’t have the opportunity can open a YouTube channel of a good beauty blogger or massage therapist and learn face fitness. Anyone can do this. You can exercise at home, even without a mat and dumbbells, take two bottles of water instead. It's free. You don't need to earn a lot for this. Everything else is excuses.
Are you a fan of Aldo Coppola? Tell me, on average, how much per month do you spend on personal care?
A lot of. Manicure, pedicure, massages, hardware procedures, beauty droppers. I make recovery cocktails. Still, I have an irregular schedule, acne periodically appears, which I never had in my life even as a teenager. But at the age of 37, due to nervousness and hormonal imbalance, rashes appeared.
Of course, I first went to a cosmetologist, a dermatologist, had my stomach checked, and did endless procedures that I thought could help. It all ended with a trip to the endocrinologist, and he already led me by the hand to the neurologist.
The expert said it was all down to lack of sleep. If a woman does not sleep at least seven hours a day (I sleep 4 hours, maximum 5 and get up without an alarm clock), then this will affect her skin. My body reacts to stress on a hormonal level. This didn't happen before. I attribute this to the fact that I was younger before.
Why am I saying all this? I am an ordinary person whose profession involves publicity, and I suffer more from this. Because I’m always in the public eye, I love walking around without makeup, I like myself much more with a “naked” face. And now I am forced to cover up the rashes, because I am an ordinary sleep-deprived, always working woman who has a mortgage, a teenage son who wants to dress in KM20 and in the Central Department Store, wants the most fashionable sneakers, because he studies at a private Lomonosov school. In principle, he is at the age at which I myself wanted to dress well and impress boys and girlfriends. So Ira inhaled, exhaled, didn’t get enough sleep, got up and went to the concert, and then went on tour.
You mentioned a procedure that turned out to be ineffective. Can you add anything else to this list?
I once did plasma lifting (ampoules with thrombin were used). For eight days I walked around with a swollen face, as if I had been stung by bees. This is the reaction I had. I will definitely never repeat this procedure. But it helped some of my friends. I’d rather tell you about procedures that really work. For example, now you don’t need to go for liposuction; there is cryolipolysis, thanks to which you can remove extra centimeters on the hips and waist. This is a special attachment that sucks in the fat layer, cools it to minus 11 degrees, and within two months this excess fat is removed through the lymphatic system. I tried this on myself and it really works.
Salvation after tours and events such as “Heat”, “New Wave” is the HydraFacial procedure. When you have to wear makeup for three or four days in a row. Not only at concerts, but also at numerous after-parties and interviews. The face is not made up only at night. By the way, I always wash off my makeup at night.
Now I’m back from mechanical cleaning - no one has canceled it. Of course, you need to find your own cosmetologist who does it well, non-traumatically, correctly, with punctures, he must know what can be pressed and what not.
Do you have a beauty sin, do you do anything you shouldn't?
I can squeeze out a pimple on myself. Then I reproach myself terribly. Especially my hands (clean) reach out to the toilet on the plane. Because there is very little space, the mirror is very close, everything is visible, it’s an infection, your hands are reaching out to squeeze something out. But you can’t do this, it’s important not to be lazy and wash your face at night, you can’t lie face down in a pillow with your face made up. It doesn't matter even if you came at 6 am. Through force, through I can’t, I need to wash my face until it squeaks. Not just water and laundry soap, but normal means. I use Obagi cosmetics.
Let's dive back a little into the era of the 1990s, when we all plucked our eyebrows, got tattoos, and dyed our hair. Did you do anything?
As for permanent makeup and tattoos, I like it on others, but I wouldn’t do it myself.
What's your craziest beauty experiment?
It's breasts, of course. An experiment that was a success. Naturally, I began to look at least one and a half sizes larger, but I’m happy with everything. The cameras zoom in a lot. Only a super skinny girl can look skinny on TV. Everyone knows this, so I won’t strive for some kind of unrealistic thinness. I like myself and men like me.
There's always Facetune, if anything...
Well, now it’s also strange to abuse Photoshop. You can’t fool anyone, because Facetune for video hasn’t been invented yet. I often publish videos just so that people don’t pick on me. Commentators will always find something to relate to. They write all sorts of things to me too. I answer only in one case, if some kind of shit is written about my child.
Irina Dubtsova with her son Artem
In such cases, I literally beat myself on the wrist so as not to send it. Because my 13-year-old son decides for himself a long time ago what haircut he should wear and how to dress. I immediately remember my colleagues who are not at all shy about responding to haters. By the way, I respect them for this. In life, I sometimes swear in the company of my friends, so in the comments sometimes I want to send it in such a way that it doesn’t seem too much. I don’t pay attention, but I block the really evil ones.
This is an opportunity for them to express their anger publicly. They enjoy it. I don't touch any funny ones.
Are they sending you something interesting via direct message?
I rarely go there. I don’t have any special nasty things there. We probably need to do something like this. As they say, if you have a very good reputation, you have to ruin it (laughs).
That is, men don’t meet in direct messages?
Surely they write - I, however, rarely go there. Dear men, if you want to meet through Instagram, then write in the comments!
Tell us where you can meet Irina Dubtsova: while driving, in the park, or maybe on Tinder?
I don't drive, I'm not on Tinder. I’m currently watching the eighth season of the series “Shameless” and there the main character meets on Tinder exclusively for quick sex. Maybe I could do this, I take it easy, but I am a public person, so, unfortunately, in Russia I cannot afford to behave this way (laughs).
In one of your interviews, you said that you were tired of the courtship of married men. Is such a relationship taboo for you?
Yes, they are following me. This kind of relationship is not taboo for me, but I am 37 years old. It is almost impossible to meet someone of the same age or a good man older than yourself (from 35 to 50 years old), unmarried and without children or a relationship. That's why I sometimes come across married men. Don't want. This is such a responsibility, a moral one, fuck it. I do not need it.
Irina Dubtsova with her ex-husband Roman Chernitsyn and son Artem
What should Irina Dubtsova’s ideal man look like and be?
Yes, a normal guy. Confident, able to simply come up and say: “Hi, let’s get acquainted!” Most often it happens like this: “Irina, hello, thank you.” Kisses the hand. Moreover, a person can be with security, of high status. That's all. I do not bite!
How important do you think good sex is in a relationship?
Of course it is important. It is a priori impossible to have bad sex with the person you fall in love with. At least this has never happened to me. If something is wrong, I'll tell you (laughs)
. Sex comes first with communication; matching interests is also important.
Are you in love now?
A couple of new fans disappointed... A complete failure (laughs)
. I would like to say - don’t wave money in front of my nose! “Wave” your attitude and actions. But if at the first meeting my knees didn’t shake, I didn’t lose the ability to speak, my eyes didn’t sparkle treacherously, even the king of courtship has no chance! Chemistry, what makes me write songs, stay awake at night, wait for calls, fly to the ends of the world, giving up a couple of concerts, is priceless. I am a grown girl, I have a teenage son. I can already afford to live the way I want!
Menu for the day from Irina Dubtsova’s diet
To become slimmer, you don’t have to count calories, you just need to build a diet based on the recommendations of nutritionists. Dietary boiled meat, vegetables, low-fat fermented milk products are the basis of the diet. Irina Dubtsova lost weight by sticking to a simple menu and severely limiting portion sizes. The diet includes 5 meals:
- Breakfast: muesli or oatmeal, buckwheat, wheat flakes, cottage cheese dessert.
- Second breakfast: fruits (grapefruit, banana, apple).
- Lunch: boiled or steamed chicken, turkey, lean fish, vegetable salad with spices.
- Afternoon snack: boiled or stewed vegetables, buckwheat, rice porridge.
- Dinner: fermented milk products (low-fat cheese, yogurt, kefir).
Mickey Rourke
Everyone knows that the famous actor managed to build a career in professional sports. For more than five years he fought in the ring. During his sports career, Mickey suffered many injuries and sought the help of plastic surgeons to correct their consequences. Doctors performed several unsuccessful operations, after which the actor fell into depression and neglected himself. Rourke gained almost 20 extra pounds.
Mickey Rourke before and after losing weight
Recently, Mickey Rourke decided to return to big-time sports, and to do this he had to work on his fitness. Thanks to a strict diet, training in the ring and daily runs of many kilometers, the actor managed to lose 15 kilograms and regain his previous shape.
Avoiding certain foods
One of the elements of Dubtsova’s weight loss program is the refusal of foods that contribute to weight gain. At first it is difficult to resist without your favorite sauces and sweets, but soon proper nutrition becomes the norm, and the desire to try unhealthy dishes appears less and less often. List of products that fell out of favor with the singer:
- sauces (ketchup, mayonnaise);
- fast food - sausage sandwiches, sausages, hot dogs, hamburgers, etc.;
- canned food;
- soda – preservatives, sugar, dyes are added to fizzy drinks (Lemonade, Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola);
- baked goods, cakes, pastries, chocolate, sweets - all this can be replaced with dried fruits and honey.
Matthew McConaughey
Famous actor Matthew McConaughey changed his appearance and weight many times during his career for the sake of a role. As Matthew himself admits, gaining weight is much easier than losing it.
Matthew McConaughey before and after losing weight
The most difficult test was preparing for the role in the film “Dallas Buyers Club”. The actor had to lose weight to 64 kilograms. To do this, he was on a very strict and unbalanced diet. His daily diet consisted of two egg whites, a few pieces of chicken and a Diet Coke.
Physical exercise
After liposuction and diet, the singer lost 18 kilograms and reached optimal parameters. Irina Dubtsova’s height and weight are 172 cm and 75 kg. Weight has remained stable for a long time, and giving up unhealthy foods and salt is not the only way to maintain it. Irina decided to act wisely - she added physical activity to her diet. On social networks, the singer regularly posts fresh photos from training in the gym. At first she was actively involved in fitness, but soon switched to boxing. Irina claims that this sport has become a great way to vent negativity and cope with stress.
Ksenia Borodina
Popular TV presenter Ksenia Borodina gained excess weight after giving birth. The girl categorically did not like this, and almost immediately after the birth of the child she began working out with a personal trainer.
Ksenia Borodina before and after losing weight
Ksenia regularly attended training sessions and excluded flour, sweets, fatty and fried foods from her diet. Thanks to such a busy program, Borodina quickly got rid of all the extra pounds and now regularly pleases fans on social networks with pictures of her slender figure.
Further career
Irina’s transformations in the “Exactly Exact” project were a stunning spectacle on Channel One. She sang brilliantly as Ella Fitzgerald and Ilya Lagutenko, Toni Braxton and Faina Ranevskaya, Irina Allegrova and Nikolai Noskov. And rightly, she shared first place with Nikita Presnyakov.
“Exactly”: Irina Dubtsova in the images of Lolita, Allegrova, Pugacheva and Vaenga
In the spring of 2014, Dubtsova celebrated ten years of her creative solo career by singing a duet with Lyubov Uspenskaya. The song “I Love Him Too” soon became a video. Irina also took part in the “Three Chords” project, and at the “New Wave”, together with Leonid Rudenko, she presented the musical composition “Remember”. Irina Dubtsova and DJ Rudenko Remember In 2021, she became the winner of the “Singer of the Year” nomination on RU.TV, and soon she was awarded the first “Golden Gramophone” for “Lyuba - Love”.
Irina Dubtsova at the Golden Gramophone 2016
Dubtsova wrote and writes songs not only for herself. Her “Heart of a Thousand Candles” was sung by Philip Kirkorov, “Don’t Go Crazy” was performed by Timati, “Whiskey Without Ice” was performed by Slava. Almost the entire repertoire of Anton Makarsky was written by Irina. Among the performers of her songs are Alsou and Polina Gagarina, Zara and Teona Dolnikova, Emin and Ani Lorak.
Still from the video “Boyfriend”
In 2021, the singer took part in the “New Wave”, presented “The Best and New” to the audience, and also demonstrated her excellent physical shape at the “Heat” festival, held in Baku.
Irina Dubtsova at the Heat festival 2018
