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Jon Kopaloff \/ FilmMagic <\/i> Cameron Diaz<\/p>\n

Cameron Diaz is learning to take it slow when it comes to working out.<\/p>\n

The 49-year-old actress is in the process of getting back into exercise after hurting her Achilles tendon and has found it to be a humbling change from her usual high-intensity workouts, she explained in the latest issue of close friend Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop newsletter.<\/p>\n

Along with sharing her favorite skin products and wines, Diaz wrote about recovering from her injury.<\/p>\n

“I’m still healing from an injured Achilles, so I’ve been away from working out for eight months,” the Charlie’s Angels<\/em> star said. “I used to be really strong and really active, and I was made to sort of be still for a while.”<\/p>\n

“And for anyone who’s been trying to come back from something like that – it doesn’t have to be an injury; it can happen after giving birth or any process in life that stops you in your tracks – going easy on yourself is the way through it, “she continued. “Being so strong most of my life, I was used to going hard and leaning into my strength, and I’ve had to do the opposite.”<\/p>\n

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The mom to daughter Raddix, 2, with husband Benji Madden said that she had to take “so many steps in my mind before I took an actual step,” and tried to really consider what would make her feel better in each moment.<\/p>\n

“I did a lot of lying on my floor, being with my body to understand what it needed: Maybe my hips needed to twist or my back needed to arch,” she said. “I didn’t force it into anything and just honored the fact that I had an injury.”<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t about jumping back into my usual workout. It’s been a process of building myself back, and I feel like I’m stronger now than when I started.”<\/p>\n

Diaz, who turns 50 on August 30, said that she thinks this recovery process will make a difference in her next decade.<\/p>\n

“I’m looking forward to all the aspects of growth to come in my 50s,” she said. “I’m working on building my muscle mass so I’ll have it as my hormones change.”<\/p>\n