Alison Sweeney Embraces ‘normal’ Life In Arizona While Prioritizing Health Over Hollywood Hype

It's been a fewer years since Alison Sweeney relocated her family from California to Arizona — and she hasn't regretted it 1 bit. 

In an exclusive question and reply pinch Fox News Digital, nan erstwhile "Days of Our Lives" star, 48, opened up astir her determination to time off Los Angeles and explained why she prioritizes wellness and wellness complete nan Hollywood hype these days.

"I mean, nary [I don't miss Hollywood]," Sweeney, who has precocious collaborated pinch Align Probiotics for their latest campaign, told Fox News Digital. "I miss my family. I emotion my family. I spell to sojourn them each nan time, but they're not really successful Hollywood aliases whatever. So, no, I americium thrilled pinch my life. I emotion really normal it is."

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Alison Sweeney, 48, relocated her family from California to Arizona. (Presley Ann/Getty Images )

The character made her acting debut astatine nan property of four when she landed a domiciled successful a Kodak commercial. From there, she went connected to find awesome occurrence pinch various movie and TV roles, including nan domiciled of Sami connected nan longtime-running soap opera "Days of Our Lives."

In 2019, nan erstwhile "Biggest Loser" big told Fox News Digital that being a kid character had taught her "that there's ever personification retired location who is prettier and skinnier and fancier."

She said she was capable to combat that by gradually learning to judge successful herself and what she had to offer, and by figuring retired really to "find that confidence" wrong herself. And arsenic different puerility stars were succumbing to nan temptations of nan limelight, Sweeney said her family was really instrumental successful helping her to support her caput connected straight.

Alison Sweeney made her acting debut astatine conscionable 4 years aged and recovered awesome occurrence arsenic Sami connected nan longtime-running soap opera "Days of Our Lives." ( Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)

"I was really lucky. I’m from LA, so it wasn’t a large fish-out of-water story, and my parents are ace grounded and normal and existent and reliable and strict," she said. "I was ne'er near retired connected my ain to fig that out. I was ever really guided by my brothers and my parents, who were each very loving."

These days, Sweeney is enjoying normalcy, while continuing to prioritize her wellness and wellness. 

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"I americium a engaged mom and I activity each nan time, and you really don't person a batch of clip for your gut wellness to not beryllium aligned," said Sweeney, who shares 2 children pinch hubby David Sanov. "And truthful it was a awesome business [with Align Probiotics] because I attraction astir my health. Everything you're reference correct now is group trying to beryllium much healthy, group trying to understand their bodies better. And 1 of nan things I learned astatine ‘The Biggest Loser’ is that you are getting signs from your body. Your assemblage is trying to pass pinch you. It's trying to thief you."

"And if you're listening to those signs, you tin make a batch of amended choices for yourself," she continued. "Staying progressive is very important, I'm not going to sound that, but I do deliberation nutrition is number 1 for your health, and eating well. I'm not really hep to nan Hollywood scene, but what I noticed pinch moms I'm friends pinch and conscionable different mundane women is conscionable much consciousness … that your nutrition tin make a quality successful really you consciousness and your health."

Sweeney, a engaged mom of 2 who has precocious collaborated pinch Align Probiotics, makes it a constituent to prioritize her wellness and wellness.  (Diane Bondareff/AP Content Services for Align Probiotic)

Sweeney said that getting "skinny" is not nan measurement to go, but alternatively striving for "healthy living."

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"Skinny is really not nan correct goal," she said. "Healthy surviving is nan correct goal. It is thing to look guardant to, thing to strive towards. It's a marathon, it's not a sprint. And so, it's really important to look astatine large picture."

And family is simply a immense portion of that bigger picture. 

Sweeney and her husband, David Sanov, precocious celebrated 25 years of marriage. (Gregg DeGuire/WireImage)

The Hallmark actress, who precocious celebrated 25 years of matrimony pinch Sanov, said "the small things" successful life are what matter nan most. 

"Communication is key," she said. "I cognize that's possibly excessively cheesy to say, but conscionable staying successful contact, talking each nan time, checking successful connected nan small things. I utilized to opportunity that gestures, loving gestures are truthful important, but it's not romantic. Like, ‘Oh, bring maine flowers each week.’ It's small things like, he charges my telephone for maine erstwhile I can't find it. I make him cappuccino successful nan greeting conscionable to beryllium nice. And past not only doing those things for your partner, but recognizing … and acknowledging them and allowing that to beryllium nan saccharine attraction and motion that it is." 

"Don't return it for granted," she added. "Appreciating those small moments are conscionable arsenic valuable."

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