Maria Menounos shares her beauty secrets and her desire for having a baby in the October issue of Shape magazine.

“I’m finally ready to have children. For years I was terrified of having kids. I was afraid I’d love them so much, I’d stop working completely.” she said.

She also stressed the importance of living a healthy lifestyle, but without adopting exhaustive diets.

“My goal is to be healthy, not skinny — and the best way to achieve that is to not diet,” she said.

“You’re just setting yourself up for failure when you’re in that mind-set. The moment you cave and have something you’re not supposed to eat, you’ll want to quit the whole plan” Menounos added noting that in order to lose weight one should exercise a lot and reduce the alcohol and “downsizing” portions.