'She eats carbs!' Megan Fox's trainer reveals how the actress got into post-pregnancy shape for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

She's topping the box office portraying April O'Neil opposite Will Arnett in the reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

And the only thing hotter than Megan Fox's career right now is her equally impressive slender figure.

In an interview with Us Weekly, the 28-year-old's trainer Harley Pasternak reveals how the gorgeous actress obtained the lean physique so soon after giving birth.

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Cowabunga: Months after giving birth, Megan Fox displayed her slender figure in the box office hit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Megan filmed the Michael Bay produced blockbuster in 2013 shortly after having son Noah and then had to do reshoots earlier this year following the birth of her second son Bodhi.

To slim down the brunette beauty didn't starve herself.

'She eats carbs,' said the celebrity trainer who has worked with everyone from Jessica Simpson to Kris Jenner, before adding, 'She just eats the right carbs.'

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Maternal glow: Megan filmed the Michael Bay blockbuster in 2013 shortly after having son Noah and then had to do reshoots earlier this year after giving birth to her second son Bodhi, pictured here with husband Brian Austin Green while pregnant in 2014The actress maintains a low-sugar diet and doesn't go to any extremes.

'She eats three meals and two snacks a day,' Pasternak continued. 'She’ll have protein, fiber, and healthy fat every meal. She is living a low-sugar lifestyle, definitely… She has definitely buckled down and she is amazing.'

Being a busy mother of two, as well as a step-mom to husband Brian Austin Green's son Kassius from a previous relationship, Megan prepares all her meals at home herself.

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The man with the plan: Pasternak has worked with Jessica Simpson and other A-list stars, pictured here with Kris Jenner in 2013

'In the morning she’ll do a smoothie or an egg white omelet with some avocado as healthy fats. And she’ll have hummus and cut veggies as a snack and a salad with grilled chicken for lunch,' revealed the 40-year-old fitness expert.

As far as her workout regimen, the Transformers star is focused on getting stronger.

'She’s resistance training with me at least three days a week,' Pasternak told Us.

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Moderation: The actress maintains a low-sugar diet and doesn't go to any extremes, pictured here in a scene from TMNT with co-star Will Arnett

'They’re short, these workouts. [We're] really focusing on the muscles behind her body and to draw her posture back.'

Harley has her concentrating on exercises like 'back rows, dumbbell rows, and the lower back with the Superman [stretch] for lower back.'

As far as cardio workouts, he says the talented star gets her heart racing with the help of the machine called a Helix Lateral Trainer.

Megan's results speak for themselves as Harley pointed out, 'she looks as good as she’s ever looked if not better.'

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Gorgeous: The 28-year-old stunned at the film's premiere in New York last week

Personal life

Fox began dating actor Brian Austin Green in 2004, after meeting on the set of Hope & Faith; she was 18 years old, while he was 30.[75][76] They became engaged in November 2006.[77] In February 2009, it was reported that they had ended their engagement,[77] before becoming engaged again on June 1, 2010.[78] Fox later denied these reports, stating that they had been continuously engaged since 2006.[79] The couple married on June 24, 2010 in a private ceremony at the Four Seasons Resort on Maui.[80][81] They have two sons: Noah Shannon Green (born September 27, 2012)[82][83] and Bodhi Ransom Green (born February 12, 2014).[84] Through her marriage, Fox is also a stepmother to Green's son Kassius (born March 2002), from his past relationship with actress Vanessa Marcil.[83] In 2009, Fox was targeted by a group of fashion-motivated criminals known as "The Bling Ring", who robbed Green's home because she was living with him.[85]

Fox has been open about her feelings on men and socializing, stating that although she has more in common with men in their thirties, she has a general distrust and dislike of "all boys-slash-men,"[86] and that, despite the public perceiving her as a "wild and crazy sexpot," she is antisocial and has only been sexually intimate with two men her entire life – "My childhood sweetheart and Brian. I can never have sex with someone that I don't love, ever. The idea makes me sick. I've never even come close to having a one-night stand."[87][88] She would rather stay at home and play games instead of going out.[87][89] Fox commented, "My biggest regret is that I've assisted the media in making me into a cartoon character. I don't regret what has happened to me, but I regret the way I have dealt with it."[88]

In September 2008, Fox alluded to being bisexual in an interview with GQ magazine. She said that, when she was 18 years old, she fell in love with and sought to establish a relationship with a female stripper. She used this experience to illustrate her belief that "all humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes".[90][91] In May 2009, she confirmed her bisexuality, stating: "I have no question in my mind about being bisexual. But I'm also a hypocrite: I would never date a girl who was bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I'd never want to sleep with a girl who had slept with a man."[92][93] In the June 2009 issue of Elle, she revealed that she somewhat distorted the events of her relationship with the stripper, saying she has given certain male writers "an amped-up version" of her past – "They're boys; they're easily toyed with. I tell stories and have them eating out of my hand. Not all of it is true. In fact, most of it is bullshit." Fox said, "I never said she was my girlfriend! I just said that I loved her, and I did love her. The real story is more sobering. It's not a sexy, fun-time, fantasy story. But that's not the story you tell GQ."[86]

Fox has a form of brachydactyly called clubbed thumb,[94] and has discussed her obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), insecurities, self-harming, and has acknowledged that she has low self-esteem.[95] She stated of her OCD, "This is a sickness, I have an illness—this is not OK anymore."[89]

Fox told Esquire in January 2013 that her Christian faith is still very important to her. She said that she still speaks in tongues. "I have to feel like I'm in control of my body," she said. "And I know what you're thinking, Then why would I want to go to church and speak in tongues? You have to understand, there I feel safe. I was raised to believe that you're safe in God's hands. But I don't feel safe with myself."[96]

Career

2001–09: Early career and Transformers

Fox at Jennifer's Bodyscreening at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.

At 15, Fox made her acting debut in the 2001 film Holiday in the Sun, as spoiled heiress Brianna Wallace and rival of Alex Stewart (Ashley Olsen), which was released direct-to-DVD on November 20, 2001. In the next several years she guest-starred on What I Like About You and Two and a Half Men, as well as being an uncredited extra in Bad Boys II (2003). In 2004, she made her film debut in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen co-starring opposite Lindsay Lohan, playing the supporting role of Carla Santini, a rival of Lola (Lohan). Fox was also cast in a regular role on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith, in which she portrayed Sydney Shanowski, replacing Nicole Paggi. Fox appeared in seasons 2 to 3, until the show was cancelled by ABC in May 2006.^[19]

In 2007, Fox won the lead female role of Mikaela Banes in the 2007 live-action film Transformers, based on the toy and cartoon saga of the same name. Fox played the love interest of Shia LaBeouf's character Sam Witwicky. Fox was nominated for an MTV Movie Award in the category of "Breakthrough Performance", and was also nominated for three Teen Choice Awards.^[19] Fox had signed on for two more Transformers sequels.^[19][20]

Fox reprised her role as Mikaela Banes in the Transformer sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. There was some controversy surrounding Fox's appearance while filming the sequel of Transformers when Michael Bay, the film's director, ordered the actress to gain 10 pounds.^[21] The film was released worldwide on June 24, 2009.^[22] Fox was to star in the third installment, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, but was not included because of her statements comparing working under director Bay to working for Hitler (see below). Bay said in June 2009 that Fox was fired on orders of executive producer Steven Spielberg, who disapproved of her comments about Bay.^[23]

Fox with Friends with Kids co-starsJennifer Westfeldt, Adam Scott, and Jon Hamm at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

2009–14: Later career

In 2009, Fox had her first lead role since the Transformers series; she portrayed the title character in Jennifer's Body, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody.^[24] In April 2009, she began filming Jonah Hex, in which she portrayed Leila, a gun-wielding beauty and Jonah Hex's (Josh Brolin) love interest. The film was released on June 18, 2010.^[25] Despite receiving top billing, Fox described her role in the film as being a cameo.^[26] Jonah Hex was a critical and commercial failure in the U.S., with its international distribution cancelled after its poor performance.^[27] The film was named the "worst picture of the year" by the Houston Film Critics Society.^[28]

Fox next starred alongside Mickey Rourke in Passion Play. The film's poor reception at the Toronto Film festival led to its conventional theatrical distribution being bypassed for a direct-to-video release, with only two screens briefly showing the film to fulfill contractual obligations.^[29] Mickey Rourke remarked that Passion Play was "terrible. Another terrible movie."^[30][31] Fox was the voice of the Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins in the Na Nai'a Legend of the Dolphins, a 3D documentary film. The story is told by a cast including Kate Winslet, Ellen Page, Gerard Butler, James Franco, Julian Lennon, Diego Luna, Cheech Marin, Whoopi Goldberg, Isabella Rossellini and Daryl Hannah.^[32]

In March 2009, Variety reported that Fox was set to star as the lead role of Aspen Matthews in the film adaptation of the comic book Fathom which she will also co-produce withBrian Austin Green.^[33] Fox appeared with Dominic Monaghan in the music video for Eminem and Rihanna's single "Love the Way You Lie".^[34]

In 2012, she appeared briefly in Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy The Dictator and had a featured role in Judd Apatow's comedy This Is 40. She was the voice of Lois Lane in the film Robot Chicken DC Comics Special,^[35] an episode of the television comedy series Robot Chicken, and it aired as a one-off special during Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on September 9, 2012.

In January 2013, Fox was featured in a Brazilian television commercial for Brahma beer.^[36] In February 2013, Fox set aside her differences with her former director Michael Bay and worked again with him on his reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).^[37] In October 2014, Fox was cast as the female lead in James Franco's film adaptation ofZeroville.^[38]