Celebrity Moms Weight Loss
Celeb Moms Slim Down
By Vicki Salemi
We've uncovered the diet secrets of famous moms. Find out how your favorite celebs, like Heidi Klum, shed the baby weight.
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Model Mom
When Heidi Klum, who reportedly gained 48 pounds while pregnant, hit the catwalk just seven weeks after delivering her son, Henry, she showed off a slender body that was the result of intense workouts with a trainer. Heidi also followed a plan similar to the 3-Hour Diet, in which she ate small meals every three hours.
Baby Bump
British beauty Kate Winslet is said to have felt she was the size of a bus after gaining 55 pounds during her pregnancy.
Mama Mia
In order to shed the pounds Kate gained prior to delivering daughter Mia, the five-time Oscar nominee relied on the popular British facial analysis diet, which prescribes a meal plan based on an individual's complexion and facial features.
Belly Laughs
French fries and Duncan Hines brownies were the snacks of choice for former MTV personality and bestselling author Jenny McCarthy, who gained 80 pounds while pregnant.
Post-Partum Perfect
After giving birth to her son Evan, Jenny followed her mother's advice and joined Weight Watchers. She attended meetings at a center in her neighborhood where she swapped recipes with other new moms and eventually dropped the weight.
Baby On Board
Tabloid queen Denise Richards has confessed to craving French toast and grapefruit during her first pregnancy, and cereal during her second. In both cases, the former Bond girl didn't obsess over the scale, but ate balanced meals and only gained a healthy 30 pounds.
Daring Denise
After giving birth to her first child Sam, Denise started the Zone Diet and began a strict routine of weight lifting and cardio workouts. She showed off her slimmed shape in Playboy just months later. She used a similar strategy to regain her pre-baby body after the arrival of her second child, Lola.
Craving Overload
During her pregnancy, Kate Hudson, who gained 60 pounds, has revealed that she had intense cravings for peanut butter as well as anything bitter, such as sauerkraut.
Training Day
Kate's weight loss secret? After her son Ryder was born, she hired not one, but two personal trainers who worked out with her two to three hours a day, six days a week. Her diet consisted of several small high-protein, low-carb meals, similar to the Atkins Diet.
Baby Belly
TV star Leah Remini has been vocal about the 80 pounds she gained when she was pregnant with her daughter Sofia and the struggle to lose weight. Leah has said she would eat an entire box of mac and cheese at once, and make regular trips to KFC and McDonald's.
Slim Again
In addition to exercising with a personal trainer five times a week, Leah lost weight with the help of the Jenny Craig program, then by following the First Personal Diet, which is a diet determined by an individuals metabolism.
Mom-to-Be
Jada Pinkett Smith found herself reaching for Frosted Flakes and Pringles during her first pregnancy. The petite star put on 50 pounds while carrying son Jaden, but was careful not to overindulge the second time around.
Toned and Trim
After daughter Willow was born, the 5-foot actress dropped the baby weight with twice daily cardio and weight training sessions to increase her muscle mass. Her diet focused on high-protein foods such as grilled chicken or fish and apples with peanut butter.
Pleasantly Plump
When she was pregnant with son Deacon, Reese Witherspoon confesses she didn't have specific food cravings, so the southern star focused on eating a sensible diet and gained the recommended 25 to 35 pounds.
Om Baby!
While she credits her lean figure to eating well, Reese also found the practice of Kundalini yoga -- which is a rapid, repetitive sequence of poses -- helped her shed excess pregnancy weight.
Due Anyday
Debra Messing's weakness for sugary breakfast cereals and fast-food burgers during her pregnancy contributed to a weight gain of 60 pounds.
Red Hot Mama
Breastfeeding son Roman helped the typically slender star shed some weight. To take off the rest, she hired Hollywood fitness trainer Gunnar Peterson who designed an exercise routine incorporating resistance training.
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