Melissa McCarthy: " At times I Wish I Were Just Magically a Dimension 6 "

Melissa McCarthy would happily eliminate a few pounds -- if she only knew how.

In the November challenge of Great Housekeeping (excerpted by way of The Everyday Mail), the 42- yr - outdated Mike & Molly star speaks candidly about her struggle to shed excess weight. " Often I want I have been just magically a dimension six and I by no means had to give it a single believed. But I am weirdly healthy, so I don't beat myself up about it -- it wouldn't help, and I don&rsquot want to pass that on to my girls." (McCarthy and her actor husband, Ben Falcone, are mothers and fathers to daughters Vivian, five, and Georgette, 2.)

Because she often plays tennis and does Pilates, McCarthy is dumbfounded as to why she hasn't slimmed down. "I don't truly know why I am not thinner than I am," the Bridesmaids actress says. "I never truly drink soda, I never hav e a sweet tooth, and we eat healthfully at house."

McCarthy understands she's not the only girl who is unhappy with her physique. " Pretty significantly everybody I know, no matter what dimension, is making an attempt some process," she tells the magazine. "Even when somebody gets to hunting like she ought to be so proud of herself, rather she's like, 'I could be one more 3 pounds much less I could be a tiny taller and have greater lips.' Wherever does it finish ?"

According to McCarthy, she's realized to make peace with her physique by focusing on the optimistic. "You just have to say, 'It's pretty damn excellent. I am appropriate right here at the second and I'm Okay with it. I've got other items to feel about.'"

McCarthy's new movie, Recognize Thief, also stars Jason Bateman and Amanda Peet. It hits theaters nationwide on Feb. eight, 2013.