The photo above is Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s January’s Elle UK cover. I’m not going to pretend like I have an argument for that outfit. The sweater looks like it was caught on something and mostly unraveled before the snag was discovered and the pants, even though not shown full length, cannot be flattering. On anyone. Are they leather? Something nice – her hair looks pretty. The issue is being touted as the Biggest Ever Fitness Issue so many of the quotes coming out are about Rosie’s workout and diet. But Rosie also opened up about grappling with anxiety. She doesn’t say much on the subject but what she does say, about how it affected her, is really interesting.

On how often she works out:
‘Somebody asked me how many times I go to the gym the other day and I said, “You know, five or six times a week, it really depends, but I try to be physical or get my heart rate up at least once a day.” They couldn’t believe it, but you have to make exercise part of your routine.’

On having suffered from anxiety:
‘It’s a horrible feeling; there was one particular time when I had terrible anxiety attacks. But I got through it. Those rough patches are always times you can look back on and in hindsight, you can be quite proud of … It gives you a deeper understanding of yourself. Each year, that understanding gives me so much more. It’s true what they say: you get more confident, and grounded, and just weed out the bullsh*t.’

On keeping details of her relationship with Jason Statham private:
“People say to me that we’re always so private as a couple. And I think, “Are we?” Maybe it’s just because I don’t think we are. But it seems like more effort to put ourselves and our relationship out there to the media and to the world. I just kind of met someone, and we fell in love, and we’re together. It’s normal to me, it’s my home life.”

[From Elle UK and print edition]

As I have said before, I don’t suffer from anxiety so I don’t want to presume anything about it. I was intrigued by her saying that going through her rough period made her feel more confidant. My issues fall within the depressive disorders and I’ve not felt that way after an episode, if anything I am rattled by it. However I did have a similar feeling about my relationship after I finally confessed to an episode. I am not saying the two disorders are the same, just that I kind of get what she’s talking about and I think it’s great she can view it that way.

Elsewhere she discusses her diet, which involves a lot of juices, something I wish I could do. It would solve so problems I have with food (like how I love to eat it and in great quantities). She also discusses not only her exercise regime but whether she works out with boyfriend Jason Statham and it was pretty funny. She gave an emphatic “No!” Primarily, she points out that going to the gym is her time for herself, like a form of meditation. But she goes on to say, “I don’t like to be told what to do by my other half. If he’s like, ‘Do another squat,’ I’m like ‘No! You get down and do another f**king squat.’” We’ve all dated that person, I think. I do like her views about their relationship, in general. I know relationships take work but I agree that they don’t take as much thought.

Photo credit: Elle UK and Fame/Flynet Photos