Ripped grandma, 53, eats 3500 cals a day to fuel 3-hour workouts

A ripped grandma, 53, has revealed everything she eats to maintain her super shredded physique, saying: “People call me a beast.”

Andrea Sunshine doesn’t look like your average grandmother.

With tattoos and long blonde hair, the extremely fit 53-year-old has the toned abs of someone half her age.

But Andrea is a divorced grandmother-of-two who spends much of her time in London getting jacked at the gym – and getting hit on by guys half her age who want to date her, NY Post reports.

The half-Dutch, half-Brazilian woman said that she keeps a strict health and fitness routine, sticking to a diet filled with a wide range of vegetables and protein.

Andrea Sunshine, 53, attributes her strong frame to eating up to 150 eggs per month. Picture: Instagram/andrea__sunshinee

Her daily calorie count can sometimes reach up to 3500 calories in six to eight meals. She likes to munch on broccoli, green beans, little corn, eggs whites, cauliflower, yam, cabbage and spinach.

She opts to stay away from sweet vegies such as carrots and pumpkin, as well as salt and oil. But she does eat sweet potatoes and drinks up to four litres of water a day. The health guru also attributes her strong frame to eating up to 150 eggs per month.

She can eat up to 3500 calories a day. Picture: Instagram/andrea__sunshinee

Andrea also has a regimented exercise routine, working out for at least three hours a day. Sometimes she even stays at the gym all day for up to eight hours of exercise.

The gym – which she affectionately calls her “Disneyland” – is where she starts her session with an hour of cardio and then she moves on to weight training.

“People call me a beast,” she said. “It doesn’t bother me to be called a fitness grandma – I am in my best shape and infinitely healthy.”

However, she noted that the attention she gets from younger men at the fitness centre disrupts her workout, and she doesn’t like to entertain the men’s assertiveness.

She said that many guys are below 25 years old, with many aged between 30 and 35.

“Young men have a crush on good-looking mature ladies so I get hit on all the time,” Andrea said. “I don’t like the attention. When I am in my session, I hate to be disturbed.”

The single woman’s hard work has paid off, though, as she has competed against women half her age in physique competitions, having finished in the top five at one point.

“There is a stigma that with advancing age of women, they should only dedicate themselves to taking care of the home and family. It’s possible to do both,” Sunshine explained.

She added, “The mind has a very great power to transform our body, we cannot leave the mind aside.”

This article originally appeared on New York Post and was reproduced with permission