
As a top model, Kathy Ireland is used to seeing pictures of herself that have been retouched to hide her flaws. But when the former Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl saw a photo taken by her son as she baked cookies at the family's Santa Barbara house recently, the raw image took her breath away. "He said 'Mom, you look pregnant,'"

Kathy Ireland tells PEOPLE in its latest issue. "I didn't recognize the person I saw. I saw someone who looked overwhelmed, overstressed, overweight, over-everything." In Kathy Ireland latest book, Real Solutions for Busy Moms. Kathy Ireland talks about how mothers tend to put everybody else's needs before their own. Case in point: Kathy Ireland had put on 25 lbs. without even really realizing it.
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