Shakira gave birth to her first son, Milan, just six months ago and already looks amazing. The "Hips Don't Lie" singer was photographed showing off her toned post-baby body at the beach with boyfriend Gerald Pique, the Inqisitr reports.
Shakira, who returned to set on "The Voice" two months after giving birth, told People magazine that losing the weight was extremely stressful for her.
"[Losing baby weight] is the only thing that's been stressful. I knew I had to come back here to do 'The Voice' two months after I had delivered a baby," she said. "I didn't have my four months of maternity like every woman on earth has. I'm not trying to complain, but it's been a process full of challenges."
She said she did Zumba to help her shed most of the weight and even said did the Latin-dance workout while she was pregnant with baby Milan. When she had to return to "The Voice" she said she didn't have time to continue working out and was still a few pounds away from her goal weight.
The Latin singer said because of the career she has she felt her struggle to stay fit was magnified. Something that she thinks women who are older didn't experience when they were pregnant.
"I think that our mothers and grandmothers weren't under the pressure women of today are after delivering a baby. My dad says there's nothing better than meat over the bones. So he likes my mom a little chubby. She was never under the pressure to have to get to her old weight - and she never did."
The 36-year-old star said she is definitely enjoying motherhood and baby Milan but joked saying that no one ever told that babies would need so many diapers, the Sun Sentinel reports.
"I didn't expect babies to need so many diapers! Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often!" she said. "I mean he's a great, great baby. He's an easy one, I think. But nobody told me it would be this hard. It takes a lot of energy from you. But I love it, I'm really enjoying every bit of it. It's just that it's not as idyllic as everybody tells you, but also not as horrible as everyone tells you."
