What is with everyone harping on the celebs for losing weight quickly? I know TONS of lucky women who went down to their regular size after 4 months (me included) without any special trainers or chefs.

Breastfeeding makes yoru boobs bigger not smaller.  She i snot breast feeding anybody with those tiny things.  They were bigger before the baby came. Surgery does wonders for shedding those pesky pounds and the lose skin. It worked for me!

I don't know if has to do with breastfeeding or not, but I lost all the weight (35lbs) in about 5-6 weeks.  My sister had a baby six weeks after me, and same thing.  So I think it's more genetics than anything.  I've even lost a couple more pounds while eating like a teenage boy - that I attribute to my 23lbs. baby who I carry most of the day.  But the shape of my body did change, most definitely.  And all of the celebs who lose weight without doing anything - eh, liars.

Or, don't be a pig and gain 60 lbs.  If you gain a sensible 25-35 lbs (or like me, 18 first pregnancy, 20 the second and 22 the third) it does come alllllllll off right after delivery save a few and then breastfeed and you'll find yourself skinnier than you were to begin with.  And when you STOP brerastfeeding you'll gain a bit back.

I had eight pound babies and I didn't need to gain 60 pounds to do it.

So sick of these posts.  You know what?  Some women have better bodies than others, get over it and get some self-confidence.  It might prevent you from calling other people "liars" (what a horrible thing to say, really) when you are simply jealous.

I gained a good bit with my son (50 lbs), and I lost it all 12 weeks post-partum.  When the breastfeeding slowed down I cut my (sensible) diet down to 3 meals and 2 snacks from 3 meals and 3 snacks.

Why are women so confounded and pissed off by other women who have "nice" figures (nice being a culturally relative term anyhow) after they have kids?  It is the most nonsensical, unfeminist position.  Get some perspective...I thought this was an enlightened website.

Just piling on to add that sometimes these snarky posts can be funny, but sometimes they're an uncomfortable look at the writer's own insecurities - especially when they respond to a comment, as above.

Everyone is different.  Everyone.  Some people lose their baby weight without changing a single thing, some gain more  weight after having a baby, some work hard to lose the weight, some have lots of help (trainers, chefs, etc) and some work hard and don't ever lose it.  I get what you're saying about hollywood women setting forth an unattainable standard, but you're attacking one person here without knowing at all what her situation is and whether or not she's telling the truth.  Just makes you look intensely jealous and insecure.  If what she says is true, do you think she shouldn't speak about it?  Should she keep her mouth shut because she happens to be lucky and had it easy losing the weight?  Again, a sure sign of insecurity.

I CAN see you being upset that Eva would say "Nature has a way of taking care of things. If you have a certain figure you'll go back to it."  That was true for her, but again, not for everyone.  Attack that if you want, but don't call the woman a liar just because you're jealous, it's an ugly thing to do.

The thing is, I didn't think your post was funny.  It didn't come across as snarky, or as some kind of interesting insight about how some women in Hollywood misrepresent their methods for weight loss.  Again, I don't disagree with you about the fact that she generalized what happened with her (whether it was true or not) as though it applies to everyone (it doesn't).  There just wasn't anything funny about your post.  Sorry, but we're free to have our opinions and it might be food for thought for you that several of us seemed to get the same impression right off the bat.

the problem is that once you've gained more than 20-30 lbs (depending on which country you live in and which medical boards you listen to)- you are not putting on pregnancy weight.  A perfectly healthy woman should not gain more than 30 lbs in pregnancy due to the pregnancy.  So the reason that you can't loose that other 30 lbs of "baby weight" by having the baby, breastfeeding, healthy diet, etc?  It's 'cause it's not baby weight, its just weight. and you would have to loose it the same way (a lot of extra work) as if you had just gained it without being pregnant.  

I gained 50 lbs and lost them all just nursing 6 months after.  The longer you nurse, the more weight you lose.  My son exclusively breastfed till 10 months (he hated solid) and I had to eat extra to keep up with the demand.

I was 98 pre pregnant, 148 the last week, and now I'm 95. (my son is 11 months old.

Just read all the comments.  I think you can't win either way.  I was shopping the other day, and an old lady saw my son and asked if I starve myself to get back in shape so quickly.  I told her all I did was breastfed and she continued to try to come up with an excuse why she didn't lose the weight, but I did.

What am I supposed to say?  I'm lucky?  I seriously thought my son exclusively breastfeeding did the trick.  That plus all the lifting of the baby, and playing and chasing him.  I built more muscles this way than going to the gym.

I am 27 and I have 3 kids.  I gained about 30 pounds with each of them and I had lost it all by 2 weeks after delivery with all of them.  Does that mean my body looks the same as it did before?  Hell no!  I have a flappy tummy and some really saggy breasts.  Like, don't need a belt cause they hold up my pants saggy.  I have extra stuff.  

In my opinion I think herbadmother is right.  It's gotta be crap.  I mean really.  And it is definately crap to say things take care of themselves.  And I don't think I am the only person who shares herbadmothers thoughts.  I think it's rather sad that a person can't express her opinion without being personally attacked.  I also think it's pretty rude to make comments about someone whom you don't know and have no idea how much of a "fat ass" or "pig" she really is.  

hi catherine,lavandula here.why are those other women attacking you and calling you names like that.for heavens sake you are entitled to your opinions.and i for one agree with you about eva being a liar and no my fat ass has nothing to do with my comment.LAVANDULA

Me, I gained 50 lbs. Would I like to have not gained that much? Yeah. About 15 lbs. of it was not "necessary," but was a result of the crackers that were the only way to keep the nausea down. It was all off by about 6 or 8 months, if I remember correctly, while eating normally and just going for a walk with the carriage every day for some fresh air. Nothing hereoic, but still activity.

I realize that some women may drop it faster, and especially if they gain less, as Eva seems to have done, from that picture. Some women have lucky genes and burn fat like crazy. Okay, fine. That may be the way it is for them. BUT I totally take your point about how it does people with a different body a disservice when she suggests that this is just the way it is. Period. Not the way it is FOR HER.

I mean, let's face it, she's already in the top 3% of current beauty standards by virtue of being a model (that being the stat I've heard on models from a few places I can't remember right now), so her body is not likely to be typical of the other 97% of us, right? Lots of people have to work harder.

Weight is one thing, being all firm and in solid form again is another. Nature doesn't make you toned. And yeah, if you were 90 lbs soaking wet prior to having a baby, you gotta assume you're gonna return to that pretty soon after. For those of us regular folks who gained less than doctors suggest and weren't fat before...nature just must not like us.  Eva s a big skinny liar - celebrity or not!

I don't know about anyone else, but after breastfeeding for even 4 months, my boobs were smaller, droopier, and significantly uneven. I couldn't find bras that fit properly until I after I was done breastfeeding my second child 3-1/2 years later. Having him seemed to reverse the one-is-bigger-than-the-other trend.

I bet Eva's tits are sagging as we speak and she's got duct tape under them to hoist them up.  

pkzcass- thank god!  I know now that I am not the only one with "significantly uneven" boobs.  Someone at work even pointed it out to me the other day... I had to work hard at not crossing my arms all day.

I find it amazing that some people take this post so seriously and take such great personal offence to the writer. I think it says a lot about the persons making the comments. It's just meant to be laugh. I had a baby 6 months ago and I have found losing the weight HARD so I can realte to what she is talking about - but ofcourse not everyone can relate and that is the same with most things in life right?? we can't all 100% of us relate to the same things.