Like most of us, Blake Lively‘s weight has fluctuated over the years, especially during and after her four pregnancies. And when she was pregnant with her and husband Ryan Reynolds’ second child – daughter Inez, who was born on September 30th, 2016 – Blake wasn’t afraid to tell her fans that she gained a total of 61 pounds during that pregnancy.
The 35-year-old Gossip Girl alum was always very open with her fans about her weight loss journey, and at the time, went into detail about just how she lost 60 lbs after Inez was born, as well as how long the weight loss took her. We wish every A-lister was this candid!
Blake Lively Reveals How She Lost 60 Lbs
Blake and Ryan, 46, regularly post hilarious social media messages about themselves and each other; and Blake once again went down the humor route when it came to sharing her weight loss journey with her fans.
In February 2018, Blake posted a picture of herself on Instagram flaunting her super-toned arms and rock-hard abs and posing with her personal trainer. She captioned the post: “Turns out you can’t lose the 61 lbs you gained during pregnancy by just scrolling through Instagram and wondering why you don’t look like all the bikini models.”
The A Simple Favor actress went on to credit her personal trainer Don Saladino, while also telling fans looking for a quick fix just how long it took her to get back to her pre-baby shape and weight. We love how she always keeps it real!
“Thanks @donsaladino for kickin my A double S into shape,” her post continued. “10 months to gain, 14 months to lose. Feeling very proud.” Saladino also mentioned how proud he was of his client on Instagram, writing: “Couldn’t be more proud @blakelively! 61 pounds in 14 months after baby number 2!”
The Green Lantern actress has every reason to be proud, as the results are more than obvious in side by side pictures from before, during, and after her second pregnancy.
Lively and Saladino have worked together for years, including for films such as The Shallows, where Blake had to get into surfer shape and rock a bikini in just ten months. And anyone who has seen the movie knows that Blake succeeded!
“I’ve never been in that great a shape in my whole life,” she said, according to People. “So to do it after having a kid was actually really nice. Because you see your body after having a kid and it’s beautiful because you just gave birth, but it’s also ‘Oh my God, this is not what my body looks like.’ You feel like you’re never going to get your body back again.”
She also told The Sun at the time: “It took two different trainers and a nutritionist to help me get into that sort of shape because it’s not normal to look like that eight months after having a kid. Women put pressure on themselves to look like a Victoria’s Secret model after having a baby. It’s absolutely absurd. It was my job to look that way.” We love her candidness!
How Did Blake Lively Lose Weight After Pregnancy?
Saladino also helped the Age of Adaline actress get in shape after giving birth to her first child, daughter James in 2014, and shared some of their weight loss tricks with Cosmopolitan back in 2016. According to the pub, Lively trained five or six times a week, with sessions lasting anywhere from 30 minutes to 75 minutes. And Saladino said that he took her status as a new mom into consideration before each session, and wouldn’t give her a hard time if she wasn’t feeling her best.
“She never questions me. She always does what I want her to do,” Saladino said, before adding: “If she comes in, and being like any other mom, she was up all night with the baby and didn’t sleep well, I’m not going to beat the [expletive] out of her. That’s the worst thing to do for someone.”
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants alum also followed a strict gluten-free and soy-free diet. “Once you remove soy, you realize you’re eating no processed foods,” she said, according to People. “No processed foods and then working out. [It] seems like, ‘Oh, that’s really easy to cut that out,’ but then you realize, there’s soy in everything.” But she didn’t restrict herself completely, adding: “I was still able to have sugar and all of those things. It’s all in moderation. You just have a balance of protein, carbs, and vegetables. And it wasn’t the worst. Like, I was eating rice and sushi.”
Whatever Blake did, it clearly worked. And it seems like she has stuck to the same winning exercise and nutrition routine following the birth of her fourth child, as she blew fans away when she walked the red carpet for the reopening of The Landmark at Tiffany & Co 5th Avenue in New York City back in April! No one would have known that she had recently given birth!
Blake wasn’t shy about flaunting her post pregnancy figure at the star-studded red carpet event, and wore a stunning and figure-flattering brown leather ensemble from the Brandon Maxwell pre-fall 2022 collection to highlight and flatter her curves. She looked incredible!
