Jessica Alba Talks Getting Back in Shape: Girdles, Starving and Lots of Exercise

She may look effortlessly stunning, but there’s nothing effortless about Jessica Alba’s stunning figure. Now due any minute, the actress sat down for an interview with Lucky magazine, in which she goes into the details of her diet and workout routine she’ll start shortly after she gives birth.

Alba is now pregnant with her second child, so she already knows she’s in for a world of trouble to get back in shape ASAP after she gives birth.

However, she says, her biggest problem is that she hates working out. She also has some issues with staying motivated, so she’s not exactly looking forward to getting into this all over again – but it’s not like she has a choice.

“Working out every day for even just 45 minutes is good for my mental state. But getting dressed and actually doing it is the worst. It’s hard to get motivated,” Jessica tells the mag.

Because of this, she prefers to head out to the gym to sweat the extra pounds off.

“In the gym, I have like five things to distract me: TV, iPod, magazines. Working partners are good, too, so you can chat and not just drown in your own misery. Sorry, does that sound bad? I just hate working out,” she says.

Of course, Alba also has to watch her diet to shed the pounds, yet another things she’s not exactly fond of.

“I have a hard time with portion control, so I have 1,200 calorie meals delivered. But I also work out, so basically I’m starving – it sucks. I drink a lot of water,” she says with honesty.

Alba confesses she’ll be wearing a girdle three months after giving birth, while also talking a bit about her career, how she got where she is now, her plans for the future and how being a perfect mom is her biggest obsession right now.

More on this here. The photos from the spread were most likely taken long before Jessica announced her second pregnancy.