Bethenny Frankel: "I Don't Do Weight Loss Products"

We chatted with our favorite reality star, Bethenny Frankel, about her diet and noshing tricks after learning about the recent release of her supplement and cleanse products called—what else—Skinnygirl Daily.

The busy mom-preneur insisted that both are about making you feel better and increasing your energy, not losing weight.  "I don't do weight loss products. I don't believe in false promises," Frankel says. "Nothing is going to make you thin unless you're balanced overall." (Her candor's kind of awesome. She later told us, "I don't believe in the nonsense of $130 creams made by people from NASA.")

With the pills and powdered drink mix being sold as additions to your regular eats, we asked the only logical question: "What's a skinny girl to eat?"

"Your diet is your bank account, and you decide where you want to spend. I was exhausted yesterday and had been traveling for three days straight. I was in an airport and for breakfast, at 9 a.m., I had a chicken sausage sandwich from Jody Meroni's Sausage Kingdom. Have I ever had that for breakfast before? No. Will I have it again? Maybe not." Her message, to us, on her website, and throughout her books, is to have something if you really want it. Don't worry if it's bizarre, and don't worry if it's bad for you (if that's the case, simply limit yourself to a few bites.)

Want to eat like Bethenny? Her go-to meals and snacks at home are veggie burgers, soup, and scooped-out bagels with a little bit of cream cheese or butter. On-the go eats? "Anyone can say to bring a handful of nuts with some fruit in it, but that's boring," Frankel tells us. "Sometimes I'll do baked chips or soy chips or Pop Chips. If I'm at home, hummus or peanut butter on whole grain bread."