5 Celeb Moms Who Took Time Losing Their Baby Weight
Beyonce looks amazing in the photos released last week. Barely a month after delivering little Blue Ivy, she looks as if she never had a day of stretch marks or morning sickness.
Certain other celeb moms are just as fortunate. Good genes and even better personal trainers help whip them back into pre-baby shape faster than you can say "bikini body." They probably had their maternity clothes given to charity before they even left the maternity ward.
But my personal heroines are the famous mothers who don't shrink down to a size 0 before their babies start eating solids. They hang on to those extra pounds because they have less time to work out, or their bodies just naturally take longer to snap back, or - gasp! - they're enjoying their babies too much to obsess about posing for magazine covers in skin-tight jeans.
Related: Getting in shape after baby - 10 exercise tips for new moms
Take Jennifer Lopez here, for instance. After giving birth to twins Max and Emme, she didn't take off the weight for a year. "I even played with my little leftover belly," she once said. Finally, she turned to triathlon training to get an Idol-ic body, but even now, she's not skeleton-thin and probably never will be.
And thank goodness for that! It's refreshing to see famous women who look like the rest of us after they give birth. Yes, actresses and entertainers make a living off their appearance, but they shouldn't be made to feel that they're doing their studios and their fans a disservice by not peeling off the pounds as quickly as humanly possible.
Here are some other well-known mothers who didn't push themselves to get skinny. Take a look and weigh in - do you love them as much as we do?
Related: The top 50 workout products for women
Jennifer Garner
Due soon with her third child, the actress has said that it took a long time for the weight to come off. Will it this time?
Jenna Fischer
The new mom of son Weston recently pronounced herself part of the "sisterhood" of mothers who can't lose the baby weight. "I'll be a little bit bigger for a little bit longer," she says, and that suits her fine.
Jenny McCarthy
Though you wouldn't know it to look at her now, it took Jenny a year to get back to pre-baby weight after having her son Evan.
Related: What REAL postpartum bellies look like
Kendra Wilkinson
After having baby Hank, the "DWTS" star took a year to lose the 50 pounds she'd gained.
Amy Adams
The "Muppets" star said after having her daughter Aviana, "I have a muffin top right now, and that's okay with me!"
For 4 more celeb moms who didn't lose their baby weight too fast, visit Babble
MORE ON BABBLE
Celeb moms bare it all - breastfeeding in public
Fat-burning exercises you can do anywhere
10 surprising benefits of taking a walk
Natural beauties? Celeb moms caught without makeup
10 ways to break out of your exercise rut
