Zoe Saldana Reveals Rock-Hard Abs, Encourages Other Moms Not to Give Up

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Hard workouts pay off! Zoe Saldana has dropped the baby weight. (Getty Images/FaceBook)

Zoe Saldana is in beast mode. It's been eight months since the Guardians of the Galaxy star, 37, welcomed her sons, Cy and Bowie, and while it's been hard work raising twins (listen to her talk about sleep-training… gulp), that's not the only challenge she's faced. Shedding the extra baby weight — Saldana weighed up to 185 pounds while pregnant, she revealed — is something she's worked hard on. Now, she's showing off her impressive results.

The Avatar beauty — who typically weighs around 115 pounds, Allure mag noted in 2013 — has been documenting her weight loss journey on Facebook and Thursday she posted a photo that is somewhere between "wowsers" and "hot damn." As she should be, Saldana, who's married to Italian artist Marco Perego-Saldana, is proud of her work, writing, "Almost there! It's been difficult but so rewarding. I feel strong. All it takes is determination! Mommies we can all do it, damn it!!!"

If anyone can do it, damn it, Zoe can. The star, who has been working out with trainer Steve Moyer, has been sharing updates throughout her journey — and much of it is directed at fellow moms. In April, she said, "Mommies, don't beat yourselves if you fall off the wagon and eat like teenagers. Yesterday we took our friend out for sushi and I swear I ate everything AND the kitchen sink. Right before I started my typical routine of self-loathing Marco looked at me and said 'Z, it's ok. Start again tomorrow.' I loved him for that, he reminded me there always tomorrow to make right what you have undone today."

She also shared a story about another difficult day that had her fleeing to her sons' nursery. Noting that she had "more than enough reasons to crawl back into bed and begin my usual exercise of being hard on myself," she and Marco went to the bedroom, "grabbed our boys and said THANK YOU! We thanked each other, we thanked our boys and we thanked Mugsy (our little loyal terrier). We are doing the best we can every day, we push and push and hardly ever give ourselves a break. So today I ask you to give yourself a break. BREATHE. LAUGH. CRY. LET GO."

Saldana is getting in shape not only for herself but for a busy slate of movies, including Star Trek Beyond, Avatar 2, and Nina, in which she plays Nina Simone. We can't wait to see her dazzle on the red carpet as she premieres each one.

source : yahoo