Best after-baby celebrity bodies

Melissa Joan Hart

This busy mom — who delivered two sons in two years — got motivated to lose 42 pounds after seeing some “unflattering” pictures of herself post-babies. “I realized I didn’t have to be heavy just because I have kids,” she told PEOPLE. She shed the weight with the help of a nutritionist and a trainer. “It didn’t happen by magic — it was as hard for me as it would be for anyone. I didn’t want to take any time away from my sons,” she says.

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