SWANK'S LATE-NIGHT PROTEIN DIET
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OSCAR winner HILARY SWANK piled on 8.6 kilograms (19 pounds) of muscle to play a boxer in CLINT EASTWOOD's new movie MILLION DOLLAR BABY by guzzling egg whites and protein shakes in the middle of the night.
The BOYS DON'T CRY star trained for four-and-a-half hours a day, six days a week for three months to get into fighting-fit shape for her role as MAGGIE FITZGERALD, and that meant upsetting her sleep patterns.
She explains, "To gain the actual muscle I had to eat about 210 grams of protein a day. There was a point where I could only eat 50 grams of carbohydrates a day.
"Just to give you an example of that, an eight ounce glass of apple juice has 30 grams of carbs in it. It was challenging and it was a really strict diet. I was drinking egg whites.
"I needed nine hours of sleep a night for my body to be able to recover. Your muscles have to rest. But I couldn't go that long without eating so I had to wake up and drink protein shakes."
