{"id":547,"date":"2014-01-15T23:50:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T07:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.244.209\/~canadiu3\/?p=547"},"modified":"2014-01-15T23:50:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T07:50:04","slug":"birthday-girl-michelle-obama-wont-rule-out-plastic-surgery-botox-is-up-on-health-check-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/01\/15\/birthday-girl-michelle-obama-wont-rule-out-plastic-surgery-botox-is-up-on-health-check-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday girl Michelle Obama won’t rule out plastic surgery, Botox; is up on health check ups"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON – JUNE 29: US President Barack Obama with the first lady Michelle Obama next to him gives speech from the East Room of the White House June 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. Photo by K2 images \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WASHINGTON\u2014Michelle Obama, who turns 50 later this week, isn\u2019t ruling out using plastic surgery or Botox in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen should have the freedom to do whatever they need to do to feel good about themselves,\u201d the first lady told People magazine in an interview hitting newsstands Friday, her birthday. \u201cRight now, I don\u2019t imagine that I would go that route, but I\u2019ve also learned to never say never.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her message to women is to be healthy. Mrs. Obama says she has never missed a health checkup, including mammograms and Pap smears. She\u2019s also had a colonoscopy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t obsess about what I eat, but I do make sure that I\u2019m eating vegetables and fruit,\u201d added Mrs. Obama. \u201cAnd as everyone knows, I do exercise.\u201d Her \u201cLet\u2019s Move\u201d campaign to reduce childhood obesity rates through the combination of exercise and healthier eating enters its fifth year next month.<\/p>\n

Her workouts have also evolved from weight-bearing and cardio exercises to include things like yoga that she says will help keep her flexible.<\/p>\n

Asked whether she has peaked at 50, Mrs. Obama joked that being first lady is \u201cpretty high up.\u201d She said she\u2019s always felt that her life is \u201cever-evolving\u201d and she doesn\u2019t have the right to \u201cjust sit on my talents or blessings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got to keep figuring out ways to have an impact, whether as a mother or as a professional or as a mentor to other kids,\u201d the first lady said, noting that daughter Malia, now 15, will be in college when she and President Barack Obama leave the White House in January 2017. Daughter Sasha, 12, won\u2019t be far behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt that point in life, whoa, the sky is the limit,\u201d Mrs. Obama said.<\/p>\n

President Obama is planning a big birthday dance party for his wife at the White House on Saturday night. Aides are keeping a tight lid on details to maintain the element of surprise for Mrs. Obama. Guests have been told to come prepared to dance and to eat before they come.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s one thing I can tell you for sure … people will move,\u201d Valerie Jarrett, a senior White House adviser who is close to the Obamas, told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Jarrett wouldn\u2019t comment on reports that Beyonce, who also is close to the Obama family, will sing at the first lady\u2019s party. Beyonce serenaded the Obamas as they danced at one of the balls for the president\u2019s first inauguration in 2009. Last year, she lip-synced to a pre-recorded voice track of the national anthem at Obama\u2019s second swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol.<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, Beyonce\u2019s husband, rapper and entrepreneur Jay Z, is scheduled to bring his Magna Carter World Tour to Washington\u2019s Verizon Center on Thursday night, two days before Mrs. Obama\u2019s White House birthday blowout. That means Beyonce could be in town anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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