Feb 7, 2009, 4:00 GMT
Mel B thinks Jessica Alba is "too skinny".
She said: "I wore a girdle. Eight weeks after my girlfriend had her baby, you could see her six-pack. She told me to put an elastic band around my waist - any kind of band or girdle works. I didn't recover as fast as she did. I don't have a six-pack - that's just not my body at all." © Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos
The former Spice Girl - who gave birth to daughter Angel Iris in April 2007 - doesn't feel pressurised to look as thin as other celebrities, and would never resort to dangerous diets to lose weight.
Looking at a picture of Jessica looking svelte just three months after having daughter Honor, Mel said: "God, I didn't do any exercise during my last pregnancy. Jessica looks a bit too skinny if you ask me. I didn't rush back to the gym afterwards because I liked that I was all mushy and cuddly. I've never felt under pressure about the way I look."
The 33-year-old singer - who also has nine-year-old daughter Phoenix-Chi and helps to raise her husband Stephen Belafonte's daughter Giselle - insists she has a sensible attitude towards weight loss, choosing to exercise more if she wants to slim down.
She added to Britain's Glamour magazine: "If I don't like something I'll change it. If my legs don't look great, I'll go running more. If my six-pack vanishes, I'll do more sit-ups. I've got three kids and beautiful houses all over Los Angeles, and there's more to life than obsessing about yourself."
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