Celebrity mums who\'ve beaten the baby bulge

Celebrity babies have been arriving at breakneck pace recently, although you wouldn\'t guess it by looking at some super-slim mums who are back into their trusty size 8s before baby\'s christening.

We take a peek at the extreme, dedicated and plain mad lengths some star mums will go to to get their figures back

Jordan

After the birth of her third child, Princess Tiaamii, Jordan embarked on a strict diet of juices and got back to 9 stone just a month post-birth. ‘I\'m just so busy with the kids. I want to get back into shape for me, not because people think I should. I want to be a yummy mummy,\' said the mammarily-inflated one.

And though she ditched carbs and hit the gym after the birth of second child, Junior, this time around she said, ‘I don\'t do exercise. I\'ve got this Hypoxi machine which is meant to be good for your bum and thighs. Luckily I don\'t have cellulite, but I think that\'s because of genes\'

Heidi Klum

Despite putting on around 48 lbs, Heidi was back to her model self (in a thong, no less!) just seven weeks after her first son, Henry, was born. With the help of trainer David Kirsch, Heidi\'s regime included intense workout sessions and a diet similar to the 3-Hour Plan, which involves eating small meals every three hours.

The supermodel admitted that the regime involved lots of hard work: ‘I ate well during pregnancy - anything I felt like, even cookies, ice cream and fries. But with David I had to watch everything I ate. The exercises were really hard. I kept wishing that someone would train for me\'

Geri Halliwell

Geri was desperate to fit into a size 8 again just days after daughter Bluebell was born. She even started dieting while still pregnant to speed things up, sticking to low-fat, low-carb and high-protein foods. Within a month of the birth, she was almost back to her desired dress size.

A friend of the ex-Spice Girl said: ‘She was careful not to eat for two all the way through the pregnancy, and for at least the last month she was following a low-carb, high-protein diet\'.  Following the Spice Girls\' recent reunion, friend and favourite celeb weight-loss guru, Victoria Beckham, has also been reportedly giving Geri baby-bulge tips

Eva Herzigova

Even model Eva was surprised when she lost her baby weight after just two months, but she insists that she didn\'t embark on any radical diets or fitness regimes to get back into shape: ‘I know it\'s unfair, but it\'s just a question of metabolism. I haven\'t done anything to achieve it or any exercise. I eat what I want. I love Italian food\'

Angelina Jolie

Never one to be conventional, Angelina Jolie worked a rather bizarre combination of yoga and ginger root and garlic tea to help her shift the 25 lbs she put on while she was pregnant with daughter Shiloh.

Angelina\'s dieting inspiration was her Lara Croft costume from ‘Tomb Raider\' movies. She admitted that the costume was a ‘benchmark\' that she would use until ‘it feels comfortable again\'

Gwyneth Paltrow

After giving birth to daughter Apple, Gwyneth Paltrow swore by wearing not just one girdle, but two in order to fit into her red carpet frocks, claiming that ‘all the Hollywood girls do it. They are like bike shorts, and they just squeeze you in\'.

She also embarked on a strict diet designed by Dr Nish Joshi, also favoured by Kate Moss and Cate Blanchett, after being unable to shift the last of her baby weight six months after Apple\'s birth. The diet reportedly consisted of just turkey, chicken, white fish, vegetables and bananas. She also took herbal tablets to flush out toxins, as well as colonic irrigation, reflexology and cupping

Uma Thurman

Uma put on almost 58 lbs during pregnancy and opted to follow Jackie Keller\'s ‘Body After Baby’ plan to shift the last stubborn extra pounds. The idea behind the plan is to eat foods that contain lots of nutrients to feel fuller for longer and avoid cravings. Healthy foods delivered to her door also helped Uma resist the lure of junk food.

Like other celeb mums, Uma looked to one of her film roles for inspiration, and turned to the martial arts and sword training she learned during the first ‘Kill Bill’ film to help her get back into shape

Katie Holmes

Kate Holmes lost 2 stone in two months by doing lots of exercise and dieting, all of which was allegedly supervised by husband Tom Cruise. She also went for lots of runs, lifted weights and enlisted a personal trainer to help her in the gym. According to a friend, Katie ‘embarked on a hardcore fitness regime and does 200 sit-ups a day, combined with two hours of cardio work before pilates\'.

She also turned to new best friend Victoria Beckham for advice on how to lose her baby weight after seeing how quickly Posh got back to her pre-pregnancy figure after giving birth to Cruz

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer bucked the celebrity trend of regaining her pre-pregnancy figure in record time, and concentrated on spending as much time as possible with her new daughter. She lost weight by breastfeeding daughter Violet, which can burn up to 500 calories per day.

The actress admitted that losing the extra weight meant she had to sacrifice a few things: ‘It took me a long, long time. I just wasn\'t that motivated. I wanted to play with her. Then I got on the treadmill, stopped stuffing my face and lost the weight. I cut out croissants, bagels and muffins - all the good stuff. And went back to having a salad once a day and protein\'

Cindy Crawford

Supermodel Cindy used a sling to aid her post-pregnancy weight loss. Unlike other celebrities who employ nannies to look after the baby while they exercise, Cindy struggled to find enough time in her schedule to factor it in. ‘Since having my son, I find I have a lot less time to work out, and it\'s nearly impossible to do it at a scheduled time. My prenatal yoga teacher encouraged us to walk up to five miles a day. I only made it that far once, but I did walk two to three miles a couple of times a week. And now I do those same walks with my little guy in a sling\'

Jennifer Lopez

You\'d think that having two new beautiful, bouncing babies in the house would be enough to concentrate on for a while for Jennifer Lopez. Apparently not. It seems Jennifer was desperate to lose the pregnancy weight she gained when carrying twins Max and Emme, and has been spending much of her time engaged in a gruelling weight-loss regime.

It\'s been reported that the Latino star flew Beverly Hills celebrity fitness trainer Gunnar Peterson to New York to help her lose weight fast and is getting up at 4am to do a three-hour work out. When she took to the red carpet at the Shine A Light premiere, it looked like she had shed most of the 50lbs she had gained whilst pregnant in just five weeks.

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