I Am Not Size Zero ~ I Look Better Than That : Kareena Kapoor ....

She started the trend of size zero with her stunningly slim figure in Tashan, but actress Kareena Kapoor feels that she is better than size zero today. Kareena Kapoor swears by yoga and vegetarianism.

Kareena's new figure has earned her both praise and criticism. On the one hand, the actress has been credited with promoting a healthy lifestyle and the benefits of yoga; on the other, she has been termed anorexic.

Kareena Said, "I am not size-zero, I am pretty well-rounded, at least I look better than that. I am a positive person and that keeps me going. I am a vegetarian and refrain from eating non vegetarian food. For fitness, I swear by Yoga. It's the perfect way of life. I keep away from those air conditioned gyms. For skin, I drink a lot of water and try to keep away from the sun.

I practice Yoga religiously everyday and the day I don't do it, I feel as if I have missed something important. In today's times, stars are always under arc-lights, so you have to look good. In Bollywood, it is more of outer beauty that counts. But, I personally try to balance both inner as well as outer beauty."

Kareena is considered a youth icon. "I take the youth icon tag as a complement and it is a big responsibility because it's the youth that take the country ahead. I am trying to do my best as a youth icon. I try to tell the youth to practice yoga for a healthy life. Giving one hour a day to yoga is not much. " she said.

Kareena starts her day with "60 surya namaskars for half an hour" and believes yoga is a way of life. "If I don't do yoga for a day, I feel something is amiss," she said. "I don't believe in slogging out in a gym or running on a treadmill because gyms are full of ACs. One hour of yoga is enough."

"People are bored of me," she continued, referring to her vegetarianism. "I am continuously asking them to stop taking meat and protect our animals."

The star, who has a slew of releases lined up in 2009, is excited about working with Aamir Khan in Raju Hirani's 3 Idiots. "Till now we have completed only one schedule, but I feel lucky and blessed to be working with Aamir. He and Raju Hirani are a fiery combination," she said.