"I cried during my last session. I was like, ’I can’t breathe, I can’t do this any more. What am I doing?’ It was crazy. All of my life I’ve had to work hard to stay in shape. I’ve always struggled with it. I was a little chubby when I was younger and I didn’t want to be that person forever.

"I’m extremely vain - I like wearing cute clothes."

Kingston, her son by husband Gavin Rossdale, is now eight months old.

Gwen said of her mission to get thin again: "There aren’t any tricks, it’s simple maths - you put this much food in, you burn that much working out.

The former No Doubt star said the size zero trend "sucks".

But she admitted to an obsession with her weight.

"Clearly, I spend time thinking about it and it’s something I’ve had to deal with in my life. As I get older I try not to focus on it. It’s boring, it’s a waste of life. What I have learned is that whether I’m fatter or thinner, people seem not to mind, they like me either way."


Gwen gets sniffy - Dec 7 2006
Gwen Stefani is taking over another medium, signing up to produce her own perfume.

The scent business is one of the most lucrative for celebrities, with Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton already in on the act.

Gwen’s perfume will be distributed through her L.A.M.B. fashion imprint. "Creating a fragrance is one of the most prestigious things a designer can do," says the singer.

"For me, it’s like another thing you can wear and another thing I can creatively be a part of."

It’s hard to know quite how the star is going to fit her perfume responsibilities into her schedule. She has just given birth to her first child, son Kingston - and is about to embark on a music tour to support her latest album. Then there’s the fashion line and the Stefani dolls...

She has a little bit of time, as the scent is not due until next autumn, in time for Christmas 2007. Though it will be targeted at men and women, Gwen reveals: "I’m creating it for myself. It’s like me shrunken into a box."

Gwen set to rejoin No Doubt? - Nov 25 2006
It seems that rock chick Gwen Stefani is sick of being a solo star and now wants to rejoin her old band No Doubt for her next album.

The singer’s second studio album, The Sweet Escape, is due out next month and she goes on tour next year.

She told MTV News: "I don’t think I will make another solo album. I can’t predict anything, but I don’t plan on making one of these solo dance project records, I definitely feel myself going back to No Doubt after this to do a new album."

However the 37-year-old did say she had some tracks left over from her most recent recording session.

"I don’t really know what will happen with those other songs, there’s probably about 10 left over," she said. "I could make an album with them really fast!

"So we’ll see what happens, I mean you can always use them for something at some point or I could just listen to them myself and be greedy."

Gwen’s baby weight struggles - Oct 25 2006
Gwen Stefani has revealed how difficult she found it to drop the baby weight after giving birth to her first child five months ago.

"That’s been really hard," she tells KIIS FM. "But it’s almost gone."

The singer - and notorious fitness fanatic - gave birth to son Kingston, whose father is her British husband Gavin Rossdale.