God she looks good! Does anyone know anything about this stuff she took? Abdominal Cuts by Revolution? I am thinking about trying it but want to know if anyone else has taken it? If it actually targets my stomach, hips, and butt I am buying twenty of them. lol

Margot there is no perfect way to space kids my brother and I were 15 months apart, so I feel you on the “you stole my mother” vibe. So my children are 7 years apart and the older got a migraine(his words) when I bought his brother home anyway. Having them close together is harder at first, but IMO easier in the long run (you get it done all at once)I am close to my brother because we did things at around the same time (HS College relationships and children) Yet my sons are close even with a seven year gap. With having children there is no perfect formula, no guarantees. Parents just have to do the best they can.

Frankly I am not impressed with Trista’s “success”. I gained(unfortunately – meds and bedrest did me in.. the docs warned me!!)80 lbs with my pregnancy, lost 18 lbs immediately after my baby was born… So Trista had maybe what, 12 or so to lose after her son was born?
My baby is 8 months old, and I didn’t start dieting until I reached the 3 month postpartum mark.. I had a csection too. So… I have lost 45 lbs in 5 months of real weight… overall I have lost 60 lbs! YES 60! Where’s my cheesy article?? I didn’t even get a stretch mark!! Seriously I am still shocked with that one…
Anyhow, I think the thing that sickens me is Trista’s motivation – for me, it is my daughter, not me looking “hot” again or fitting into a certain size jeans…(Trista said she’d be happy if she got into her Hudson jeans sz 26 in her first interview). I want to be a healthy mom to keep up with my daughter. I only work out when she sleeps, and my body is looking like it did prebaby – shocker! I am losing the last 20 by the time my daughter reaches her 1st bday… before I turn 40!! Trista’s vanity just makes me ill, she probably would have needed psych meds if she gained the weight I did and had to work doubly hard to attain her goal. Just needed to vent, this gal and her “success” pisses me off, posted from a real woman that not only had to lose triple her weight loss, but is doing it with no help from anyone but herself !!

Amy Taylor – my thoughts exactly.

I think those of you who are criticizing Trista are absolutely right, we should look down on her for taking a little time out of her day to work out (gasp) something that isn’t 100% about her child (quick, someone call Child Protective Services).

Oh, but wait a minute, we’re all taking time out of our day to sit around and talk about celebrities that we don’t know (and never will know), time that could be spent doing more meaningful and life changing things such as bonding with our children. And yet, instead we choose to spend a little time on something that is pure entertainment while Trista is spending a little time doing something that will improve her health and give her more energy to parent her child. So I guess maybe we don’t have any room to criticize her.

I don’t know. She did seem to overly obsess immediately after giving birth. I’ve been a size 2 my entire life, and I just had my 1st baby in September via C-section. I gained 45 lbs. while pregnant (110 pre-pregnancy, 155 the day I had her) A good portion of it came off naturally after I had her, just from birth, and going for walks with her in the stroller. She’s now 4 months old, and I still have about 15 lbs. to go. I just don’t want to leave her to go to the gym every day. I have some exercise DVD’s that incorporate the baby into the workout.

Sure, I wish the weight would all be gone, but I worked so hard to have the baby, I just don’t care as much right now. It will come off in due time. The general consensus with most of my friends is about a year, if you eat healthy and take care of yourself.

Trista should channel all of that into her baby and not into how she looks. I don’t think people are being hard on her at all.

It’s not fair to say she’s obsessed with her body and should be spending more time with her husband and baby. She did a couple of interviews and photo shoots, how does that make it her entire life? It doesn’t. An interview takes an hour from her day, big deal. She is just a really lucky person to have such a great husband and beautiful son and can enjoy some celebrity status without having to live the celebrity lifestyle day in and day out.
Nice job in reaching her goals, and apparently US magazine has interest in this family. I can’t blame her for accepting their offers for being on their cover.

Ugh. I am so tired of Trista.
Is there anything she doesnt want to exploit in her life?

Is her 15 minutes of fame not up yet?

I had my second child not long after Trista and my body looks nothing like hers. I am only a couple pounds from losing all of the weight I gained during my pregnancy and my body is just different than it used to be. Losing the weight just isn’t going to help. I need the time to work out–so if I had a nanny on call, that would be terrific (like the celebrities). Well, having the money for a personal trainer would not hurt either!

Has anyone noticed that she doesn’t look nearly as buff in the real photos included with the posting on 1/11/08? It’s great that she got herself back in shape but doesn’t she look good enough without all the touchups and airbrushing?