I've been seeing a lot of Eva Mendes lately, I suppose because there's been a lot of her to see -- she showed a lot of skin in a recent issue of Vogue Italia, and in her (too-hot-for-TV) ads for Calvin Klein's latest fragrance, Secret Obsession, she continues the trend.

There's no disputing that she looks amazing, but it didn't come without work, and she's sharing some of her secrets.

The actress says she respects her body more, and treats it like a temple. That probably made her diet and exercise changes a bit easier. Leading up to the shoot, Eva incorporated more cardio and said, "You want to stay away from bread, carbonation ... and you don't want to eat Chinese food, as delicious as it is. That's like, serious bloating!"