8 July 2025
Keke Palmer found it “really, really hard” to regain her pre-pregnancy figure.
Keke Palmer gave birth to her son in February 2023
The 31-year-old actress – who has a two-year-old son called Leo with Darius Jackson, her ex-partner – has revealed that she had to workout diligently to get back in tip-top shape.
The Hollywood star told People: “You have to get back to yourself after the baby. It’s really, really hard.
“Anybody with kids knows sometimes it can take three, four, five years. It really wears your a** out.”
Keke revealed that Pilates has been key to her workout routine.
The actress shared: “I’m a Pilates girl down, I don’t care. It’s the Pilates. And I need people to know it doesn’t matter what that scale says. It matters about the muscles. That’s what I love about Pilates. It don’t matter what your size is, your body is going to be snatched with Pilates.”
Keke combined her workout routine with a healthy, balanced diet.
She said: “If you could find a dance class, Pilates class, a yoga class, a cycling class, whatever class that you like that can happen at the top of your day before you go to work, it will do wonders. The consistency of that will do wonders. And then I’ll say, make your own food. I know, I know it’s a lot. Nobody wants to do the meal prep s***, but making your own food and knowing what you put in it, it does wonders.
“Making your own meals, keeping it consistent with some type of activity. It really does transform your body. And then fun stuff. Sometimes we forget that everything don’t have to be a serious workout. What if I just go play tennis or pickleball with my girl? What if we just go swimming for a day? You know what I’m saying?”
Meanwhile, Keke previously admitted that motherhood has given her a sense of “peace”.
She told People in 2024: “I do feel like being 30, it’s put me in a different head space that’s allowed me to kind of feel more observational about my life.
“I’m not so in the weeds of everything. I’m really trusting and having faith that everything will work out as it should. I think so much of that peace has come from my son.”
