Nicole Scherzinger: Ive tried every diet you can imagine

We always assumed that a combination of good genes and all that dancing she didwith the Pussycat Dolls kept Nicole Scherzinger in shape but the X Factor USA judge has now confessed that she used to be obsessed with diets and calorie counting.

It's taken a long time to get here, I started jogging and counting calories when I was just 14. I've been on every diet you can imagine, Nicole admits to Shape magazine.

By the time I was in the Pussycat Dolls, I was on the scale all the time. Now that I'm in my 30s, I've stepped off the scale - I just go by how my clothes fit. I'm more accepting of my body and have learned to really embrace it.
My new motto is: Stay active, eat everything in moderation, and stop being so tough on myself.

And as if to prove that she has a more relaxed attitude to food Nicole then went on to list some of her favourite treats.

I was born in Hawaii, so I love dried tuna dipped in soy sauce, kalua pig [pork cooked in an underground oven], banana pancakes with coconut syrup and chocolate-covered macadamia nuts. My gosh, I could gain ten pounds just talking about those foods.

Are you surprised to hear that Nicole was once a serial dieter?