Getting Into Shape for Campari Job, Jessica Alba 'Cried'

Wed, 04 February 2009 21:56:01 ET

Getting Into Shape for Campari Job, Jessica Alba 'Cried'
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Hollywood hottie Jessica Alba was seen getting back into shape shortly after giving birth to her daughter Honor Marie. But the "Fantastic Four" star had to try hard to get her sexy figure back.

"I did it for the Campari job," the 27-year-old actress tells the March issue of Elle magazine. And Jessica even cried while trying to get into shape, saying, "[The workouts] were horrible. I cried. And I haven't worked out since."

The mother-of-one furthermore reveals her secret to looking slim after giving birth. "I wore a girdle," she says. "Eight weeks after my girlfriend had her baby, you could see her six-pack. She told me to put an elastic band around my waist - any kind of band or girdle works. She was like, 'I slept in it.' I didn't recover as fast as she did. I don't have a six-pack - that's just not my body at all," explains the actress.

But giving birth to Honor wasn't so tough for Jessica. "Contractions aren't that bad. If you've ever had bad cramps? That's what they're like," the "Sin City" hottie tells Elle. "But that moment when they put the baby on your chest - that's deep. It's a deep experience."