‘All My Children’ star Susan Lucci once ate asparagus for 10 days to fit into ‘sexy’ nightgown

Susan Lucci reveals how she discovered Pilates in her 40s after returning to "All My Children" post-childbirth, transforming her eating habits from "truck driver" portions.

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"I really did eat asparagus for 10 days straight before I had to go back to work a week early," Lucci told Fox News Digital.

"I was very nervous about it," the star admitted. "And on top of it, it was a tight, black, sexy nightgown. I thought, ‘Are they kidding?’ While I was really happy to go play Erica Kane, I just wondered, ‘Oh my goodness, I’ve got to lose this weight.’"