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As I mentioned in the burger post, Mel B made Star’s list of the “10 Best & Worst Bodies After Baby,” along with fellow newlymoms Tori Spelling, Angelina Jolie, Bridget Moynahan, Samantha Harris, Julia Roberts, Naomi Watts, Jaime Pressly, Heidi Klum, Geri Halliwell, and Gwen Stefani.

If you’re keeping count, that’s actually eleven, but I guess “10” just sounded nicer.

Anyway, post-natal nutritionist Keri Glassman evaluated their post-baby weight loss—and apparently, pretty much everyone got it wrong.

According to Glassman, Naomi, Angelina, Geri, and Tori went to extremes. Jaime Pressly, Heidi Klum and Samantha Harris lost too fast. Only Gwen Stefani, Bridget Moynahan, and Julia Roberts escaped criticism.

The thing is, with a few exceptions, everyone actually dropped the baby weight at almost the same rate. And most of them are at a healthy weight now. Here’s the breakdown.

TORI SPELLING
Lost: 30 pounds in 8 months
BMI: At 5’6” and 109 pounds, her BMI is 17.6 (UNDERWEIGHT)

ANGELINA JOLIE
Lost: 39 pounds in 18 months
BMI: At 5’8” and 96 pounds, her BMI is 14.6 (HOLY-CRAP UNDERWEIGHT)

BRIDGET MOYNAHAN
Lost: 25 pounds in 3 months
BMI: At 5’9” and 125 pounds, her BMI is 18.5 (NORMAL)

SAMANTHA HARRIS
Lost: almost 30 pounds in 3 weeks (YIKES!)
BMI: At around 5’4” and 115 pounds, her BMI is 19.7 (NORMAL)
*Could be off by an inch or so—but she’s around Cheryl Burke’s height.

JULIA ROBERTS
Lost: 45 pounds in 5 months
BMI: At 5’9” and 130 pounds, her BMI is 19.2 (NORMAL)

NAOMI WATTS
Lost: 30 pounds in 4 months
BMI: At 5’5” and 115 pounds, her BMI is 19.1 (NORMAL)

JAMIE PRESSLY
Lost: 29 pounds in 6 months
BMI: At 5’5” and 118 pounds, her BMI is 19.6 (NORMAL)

HEIDI KLUM
Lost: 25 pounds in 13 months
BMI: At 5’9” and 120 pounds, her BMI is 17.7 (UNDERWEIGHT)

GERI HALLIWELL
Lost: 26 pounds in 18 months
BMI: At 5’2” and 104 pounds, her BMI is 19 (NORMAL)

GWEN STEFANI
Lost: 30 pounds in 15 months
BMI: At 5’6” and 115 pounds, her BMI is 18.6 (NORMAL)

So by the numbers, only three of these mamas have taken their weight loss too far—Tori, Angelina, and Heidi. The rest of them are in a healthy range, and with the exception of Samatha, none of the dropped the weight too quickly. (The average rate was about four to eight pounds per month.)

As Glassman states in the story, the best tip for losing baby weight is this: It took nine months to gain it, so give yourself nine months to lose it. Unless your world tour starts sooner.

(P.S. Excluding the skeletors, did you notice the spread of BMI’s is barely over a point? Hello, standard of beauty—Hollywood loves the 19’s!)

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