Birthday girl, Madhuri Bhattacharya, who is in the city to celebrate the day with her family, is totally elated. The reason being her newly acquired eight pack abs, which she is happy to flaunt. “It is something that I have always wanted and I knew that I had to get it at least once in my lifetime,” says Madhuri. The actress, who has always been a fitness enthusiast, went through rigorous training sessions to achieve this feat.
“I used to go cycling every morning, and later sweat it out at the gym,” says Madhuri, who adds, “It’s not easy to get an eight pack. It’s tougher for a woman. I could not drink more than 500 ml of water a day and for a week before the shoot, I had to survive on soya nuggets.”
Madhuri, who is a vegetarian and doesn’t believe in taking artificial supplements. “To stay fit, one needs to work out regularly and have multivitamins which can make up for the lack of a healthy lifestyle. We owe it to ourselves to stay fit since we have just one body. It is a gift to myself, this birthday.”