Carrie Underwood made her first red carpet appearance post-baby at the CMT awards back in June, and she looked stunning in a long-sleeved mini dress. While she was pregnant, she followed a vegetarian diet and made sure to stay active.
Since the country superstar had a C-section, she wasn't able to hit the gym for a few weeks after welcoming baby Isaiah, so she altered her diet and focused on vegan, plant-based foods instead.
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Jaime King's Anti-Diet Strategy
The stunning mother credited her ability to shed her baby weight four months after giving birth in 2013 to staying healthy while pregnant. She reportedly used the mommy-to-be program from farm-to-table meal delivery service Paleta for the duration of her pregnancy, and combined it with workout DVDs like Ballet Beautiful by Mary Helen Bowers and Prenatal Yoga by Shiva Rea, according to US Weekly.
After giving birth, she continued to do at-home workouts, and also goes hiking with baby James and her husband Kyle Newman. She also says that she doesn't diet -- instead, she focuses on eating for nutrition, and that has helped her not only shed weight, but also gets rid of the negative connotations of dieting. And now, she's pregnant again -- and her baby shower was thrown by none other than Taylor Swift.
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Kristen Bell's Post-Baby Secret Weapon
Kristen Bell was quite vocal about her views on post-pregnancy weight loss after giving birth to her first child, Lincoln, in 2013. While she admitted that she would like to eventually get back to her pre-baby weight, she's not making it a priority to do it in the span of just a few weeks. "I'm not letting it keep me up at night, and I'm not letting it become the narrative of my life for the next year," she has said. Instead, she focused on small, do-able routines -- like running for 10-20 minutes three to four times a week, with the occasional Pilates or SoulCycle class. (Her other secret weapon: Spanx.)
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Do Not Try Beyoncé's Ultra-Fast Slim-Down at Home
Beyoncé put on 60 pounds during her pregnancy with baby Blue Ivy, so it's no surprise she had to take drastic measures to lose that much weight before going on tour just a few months later. How'd she do it? "They had me on a treadmill. I ate lettuce," the singer said.
Of course, it was a little more involved than that. Her trainer, Marco Borges, reportedly moved into her apartment to guide her through twice daily two-hour cardio workouts that included dance, yoga, and Pilates moves.
As for her diet? Protein shakes, fresh veggies, pineapple chunks, egg whites, and lots of water.
Just six months after giving birth to her daughter, Penelope, Kourtney Kardashian dropped a whopping 44 pounds.
Kourtney reportedly turned to Tracey Anderson's 90-minute dance workouts to help her get in shape quickly. Anderson's program is a high-intensity cardio routine that targets lots of small muscle groups in the body. Kourtney has said that Anderson's workouts -- combined with lots of walking -- torched major calories. Plus, she also kept a close eye on her diet, eating lots of raw veggies, fish, and Quicktrim protein shakes.
As for Kourtney's go-to snack? Cut up celery with hummus and green tea.
Is it just us, or does it seem like every woman in Hollywood has recently given birth? From superstar singers like Beyoncé and Carrie Underwood to mega movie stars like Blake Lively and Kristen Bell, we've been inundated with paparazzi snapshots of adorable baby bumps.
And now, we're getting a steady stream of those new moms' never-looked-better bods.
Of course, we could hate these women for their post-baby bodies (and the live-in trainers and personal chefs who helped them lose the baby weight so quickly). Or, we could uncover the secrets that helped them look so good so soon after giving birth and apply those tactics (at least the sane ones!) to our own no-personal-trainer-here lives.
Since option No. 1 just makes us feel bitter, we're going with option No. 2. Keep reading to get the dirt on how Hollywood's hottest new moms get fit fast.
