Sarah Michelle Gellar leaving a pilates class. Photo: Bauer-Griffin

Many stars seem to bounce right back after having babies. And for the scores of celebs who do Pilates during their pregnancy, it's not surprising. Currently preggers, Jessica Alba and Sarah Michelle Geller both attend classes regularly. Other celeb moms who incorporated Pilates into their pregnancy fitness routines include Julia Roberts, Cindy Crawford and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Full disclosure here, I own a Pilates studio, and I've been working with pregnant clients since 1999. I, myself, did Pilates throughout my pregnancy. I'm biased, but I believe Pilates is hands down the best workout anyone can do while you're pregnant and here's why.

• Easy on the joints, but still a great workout. You might feel like your back is out of whack or your knees are wobbly, but Pilates will help you stay centered and balanced.
• Your abs stay strong. Did you know your abdominals can stretch up to 300 percent during your pregnancy? With Pilates, your abs will stay strong for as long as possible (eventually they will stretch and weaken, it's part of the process).

Wondering what your favorite celebrities do to stay so darn fit? I know, it can be hard keeping track of all the hot celebrity fitness scoop all week long, which is exactly why we try to make it easy for you by rounding up all the famous folks' fitness goodies from the past week and presenting them to you here! Just click on your favorite stars above to find out what they've been doing to stay in shape.

Note to magazine editors, professional photographers, and anyone else who dabbles in Photoshop ... cut it out. Jessica Alba just had her little girl, Honor, last June and she's back to pre-baby shape already. She looks gorgeous (says Maggie with a jealous sneer). But, apparently, someone from the Campari campaign didn't think she was quite gorgeous enough.

Photos have surfaced showing a shot from the photo shoot before retouching and a photo after retouching. Granted, in my opinion, they're two different photos (her head tilt is different and would they really retouch the whole background?), even so, it's obvious there's been some retouching going on.

I just think it's a shame to take an incredibly fit and gorgeous woman like Jessica Alba and find room for improvement. It's no wonder that I -- far from Jessica Alba-ish -- look at my mirror in the morning and wonder when my rear end is going to be declared the 51st state.

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This year, rather than asking for jewelry or a new set of golf clubs, lots of men and women are putting something else on their Christmas lists -- celebrity-inspired plastic surgery. They want Angelina Jolie's lips, Brad Pitt's nose, and, not surprisingly, Scarlett Johansson's breasts. Also showing up on wish lists this year are Megan Fox, Carrie Underwood, Halle Berry, and Zac Efron.

This got me thinking -- while I don't have any desire to switch cheekbones with Vanessa Hudgens (well, I'm not willing to go under the knife for them -- when it can happen through magic, we'll talk), I definitely wouldn't mind having Jessica Biel's abs, or Jennifer Garner's arms. And, who wouldn't love to have Heidi Klum's legs?

The great thing about wanting a celebrity body part like arms, abs, and legs, is that you have the power to get closer to that shape without medical intervention. You can bust out extra push-ups, go running and do squats, and be picky about what you eat to get those sexy, lean muscles. The only question remaining is this: Which fit celebrity's body do you want most? Check out the gallery for inspiration, then leave your answer in our poll. Don't see your pick? Leave a comment!

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It doesn't need to be your gym bag. It can be your fridge, the door of your snack-filled pantry, your treadmill -- you name the place. But answer me this: Whose hot body would you plaster (in photo form, not the real thing) on your location of choice to keep you motivated? Kristen says in a recent post that she might tape a photo of hot momma Jessica Alba on her gym bag. She got me thinking that this isn't such a bad idea. So I want to know who motivates you.

Me? That tummy that belongs to Fitz is pretty inspirational. I'm a fan of Madonna's built bod too. I like Kelly Ripa's thin but toned physique. And The Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels -- I love her look. Maybe I need a whole gallery of shots to keep me pumped.

What about you? Give me your pick -- celebrity or otherwise -- and I'll report back on what I learn.

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There are so many fabulously fit celebrities out there that it's hard to keep track of who is doing what. We give you the scoop here at That's Fit all week long, but in case you missed anything, we've got it all wrapped up, too. There's practically a bow on for you!

Click on your favorite celebs above to find out what they're up to, and use that motivation to get yourself in shape!

Jessica Alba has looked fantastic at every public outing since giving birth to her first child in June, but none of that prepared the world for a calendar Alba posed in wearing swimwear, evening gowns and a whole lot of sex appeal. The calendar is for Campari, an alcoholic apertif. Maybe next time we'll see her posing in a campaign for fruits and veggies, which seems a little more up her ally!

While it's entirely likely that a decent amount of retouching went into the calendar (good grief, I hope so), there's no disputing she's looking hotter than ever, with an hourglass figure to die for. She's relied on a strict diet and exercise, as well as a personal trainer, but admits that she generally sticks to baggier duds these days.

"I'm usually walking around in comfy clothes, with a baby on my arm," the fit-but-curvy Alba says, adding that she enjoyed getting all dressed up. I think everyone else will enjoy it, too -- either for gawking purposes or, in my case, for motivation. I think I need some of the images taped to my gym bag!

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Kim Kardashian mentioned that she stays thin with sleep and water ... but Jacki thinks she might be leaving a little something out of the equation.

Working in a workout is tough for many of us, but what about actresses who have to be on set at 6 a.m.? This Lipstick Jungle actress is sharing her tips for staying fit despite a hectic schedule.

Bar Rafaeli is well-known for being the on again, off again love interest of Leonardo DiCaprio, but that's not what keeps landing her modeling gigs. Find out how she keeps her legs in sexy shape here.

It took me five years -- five years! -- after having my second baby to get my body pretty much where I want it. It took Jessica Alba three months. The combination of full-time mommy duties, always-changing schedules, a crappy diet, and cancer just kept me forever short of my goals. Ah, to have succeeded in three months.

If you want to knock off some baby weight, you might want to follow Alba's lead -- if life allows for such a schedule, that is. Here's how the 27-year-old mom of baby Honor Marie did it.

• Alba consistently worked out -- one hour per day, five or six days per week.
• Alba stuck with a strict daily diet of 1,700 calories -- exercise and diet together allowed her to lose 600 calories each day. The diet was both low-fat and low-carb -- part of trainer Ramona Braganza's 321 Baby Bulge Be Gone plan.
• While vacationing, Alba stays active -- swimming and volleyball are favorite activities.
  

Apparently, the actress enjoys herself too but mostly, she longed to shed her baby weight, and she did. I did too. It just took more like, um, 60 months.

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Jessica Alba lost no time in losing the baby weight, but did you know she incorporated her love of video games into her fitness routine?

Are you tired of hearing about Jennifer Lopez's triathlon yet? She completed it last weekend. Find out whether she crossed the finish line with flying colors or not here.

There's no doubt that Jennie Garth looks just as good on 90210 this time around as she did the first time the series aired, but to get her body in rocking shape, she's relying on one really interesting technique -- keeping her muscles confused.

Jacki told us a couple of weeks ago that Jessica Alba dropped the baby weight by using an elliptical machine and treadmill at her home. Now, it looks like she's added another machine to her home gym -- a high-tech Expresso exercise bike.

What makes this bike unique is that the bike's program" allows her to collect points -- it's a lot like a video game," explained Ramona Braganza, Alba's trainer. This allows the svelte new mama to focus on achieving a high score, rather than worrying about calories burned or minutes passed.

I don't know about you, but any time I use a machine with time, calories, and distance on the display, I like to play a game with myself -- get to a certain distance by a certain time, or burn a certain number of calories over the course of a mile by upping the intensity, so I can see where using points would add interest and help the workout to go faster. Sounds fun!

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Jennifer Love Hewitt might have a body that many of us envy, but she sees a big difference between her body now and when she was younger. She even went so far as to say she wishes she had been nude from 12 to 28!

Pregnancy is tough on all bodies, and Laila Ali had a concern that many moms to be experience -- she was afraid that, since she was already a "big girl," that pregnancy would make her huge! That's not exactly the case, though -- check out how she's handling pregnancy right here.

If you're not watching Burn Notice on Thursday nights, you're missing out. Not just because it's action-packed and witty, but because Gabrielle Anwar plays one kick-ass character. To get ready for the role, she made a few changes to her diet, and many other celebs have made similar dietary changes.

I don't know how celebrities do it, how they drop loads of baby weight in no time at all. Wasn't so easy for me to melt away my 50 and then 42 pounds. Somehow, though, it seems effortless for people like Jessica Alba, whose trainer is sharing the secret to her 25-pound post-baby weight loss.

It took just two months for Alba to shed 25 pounds after giving birth to daughter Honor Marie. Two months to go from a size eight to a size four, thanks to a low-fat, low-carb diet. Trainer Ramona Braganza calls it her 321 Baby Bulge Be Gone plan and in addition to a healthy diet, Alba is sweating a lot. The 27-year-old is using an elliptical machine and treadmill at home and keeps a regular routine of core exercises and circuit training.

Six days a week Alba is working out. Maybe that's how she's made such great progress in a very short time. And why I didn't -- there's no way I could have devoted six days to hard-core fitness, with fussy newborns, sleepless nights, and my full-time mommy job. I'm good now, though -- seven years after I had my first baby. Patience, my friends. Patience.

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Jessica Alba is an attractive woman. So attractive, in fact, that a group of Cambridge mathematicians recently got together and decided that she has the world's sexiest wiggle -- plus, Alba recently received the female hottie award at the Teen Choice Awards.

I occasionally wonder how it is that celebrities like Alba manage to be so uniformly gorgeous -- I mean, on top of their jobs, some of them have children, and when they're not acting in movies or recording albums (or whatever they do) they're promoting some product, attending events and blah blah blah. Do they really have time to work out as often as I'd have to in order to keep that kind of figure?

Apparently not. Alba recently told People that -- not only is she not on a diet -- but that she hasn't worked out "in two months." She does nothing -- other than yoga -- to maintain her alluring physique.

Somehow, I'm not sure that would work for the rest of us.

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