Jessica Alba - Workouts Made Her a Cry Baby

Jessica Alba is one of those celebrity moms who went from preggo to posh in no time at all. But unlike a lot of famous moms, Jessica's not claiming the weight just melted away. She worked it off, she recently told Elle, and it was hard.

"I did it for the Campari job. [The workouts] were horrible. I cried. And I haven't worked out since."

It wasn't just sweat and tears that gave her body back. She also wore a girdle. Yep, you heard me. On the advice of a friend, Jessica went old school and held it all in elastic-style.

"I wore a girdle. Eight weeks after my girlfriend had her baby, you could see her six-pack. She told me to put an elastic band around my waist – any kind of band or girdle works. She was like, "I slept in it." I didn't recover as fast as she did. I don't have a six-pack – that's just not my body at all."

So there you have it, the secret of the stars: Workout until you cry and wear a girdle. No thank you. I subscribe to the "nine months to put it on, nine months to take it off" rule of slow, gradual weight loss. Then again, my job description has never included posing in a bathing suit, either.