Trista Sutter Bares Post-Baby Bikini Bod

By PopEater Staff Posted Oct 14th 2009 06:58AM

It's been a long road to getting back into her 'Bachelorette' shape, but Trista Sutter is telling the world how she dropped 45 pounds of mommyhood weight. In an interview given exclusively to PopEater by Life & Style magazine (on newsstands today), Sutter says slimming down after her second child was way harder than the first, and that she's back to feeling "confident - well, at least sort of confident - in a bikini." How confident is she? Enough to rock a bikini for the magazine, as you'll see in the photo below. Her interview after the jump!

Sutter put on nearly 43 pounds before giving birth in April, a big jump from her normally 110-pound frame. Currently, she's rebounded back to 108 pounds.

"It was harder to lose weight this time around ... I gained 10 more pounds this time," Sutter tells Life & Style. By "this time," she means during her pregnancy with her second daughter, 6-month-old Blakesley, as opposed to 2-year-old Max.

Sutter says it was tough getting back to exercising due to her Caesarian section surgery with Blakesley. "For obvious reasons, my abs were the one area that didn't jump right back into position after I had Blakesley, so I'm still really focused on working on them and getting more toned," Sutter says.

Sutter also reveals that her eating habits have changed dramatically.

"I had gestational diabetes with Max, so I really had to watch what I ate at the end of that pregnancy. With Blakesley, I didn't have diabetes, so I went all out - I ate everything."

Sutter says when it comes to her diet, she's all about moderation.

"I really believe that you shouldn't deprive yourself - just getting a taste of something sweet keeps away that urge to binge."

Even though she admits she hasn't "really struggled with my weight all my life," Sutter tells Life & Style that it was "definitely a struggle" dropping the weight the second time around.

"I'm definitely my own worst critic ... I'm very critical of how I look and feel, mainly because I want to feel sexy for my husband," Sutter says, referring to her 'Bachelorette' hubby Ryan Sutter

"I feel confident - well, at least sort of confident - in a bikini... And I'm proud that I've gotten to the point where I can fit into my old clothes!" Sutter declares.

Tags: bachelorette, bikini, caesarians, the bachelorette, TheBachelorette, Trista Sutter, TristaSutter

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By James in San Diego

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She looks great. And her baby looks so cute.

By J Smith

I've always thought Trisha was beautiful. She's more beautiful than any starlet or whatever today. She ROCKS!~ What a lucky man her husband is.

By Joy

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Tristan, you look wonderful and you are the same sparkly, open, and honest person you were when you were The Bachelorette. Nothing's perfect, especially relationships, and I hope that you and Ryan keep working at yours because you are a lovely family now!! Good luck!