She’s been open and honest about the hard work it took to regain her pre-pregnancy figure.
But now that she’s back to her best, Katherine Heigl sees no need to hide her body away.
The actress posed up for a selfie in her bra on Thursday, to promote an initiative raising funds for teen girls.
Katherine wrote: ‘Another shot of me in my underwear…I realize it’s starting to feel gratuitous but this ones for a good cause!’
‘Another shot of me in my underwear!’ Katherine Heigl strips off to her bra after shedding the baby weight
The mother-of-three linked to the website Jenette Bras, which donates underwear for young girls in foster care ahead of their prom.
The selfie came after Katherine opened up about her struggle to shed weight after giving birth more than a year ago.
On Wednesday the Grey’s Anatomy alum, 39, posted a trio of underwear-clad selfies that showed the star’s post-pregnancy body transformation.
In the lengthy captioned, the model-turned-actress explained how she’s been motivated by a ‘deep desire to feel fit, strong and sexy [is] propelling me forward.’
Then and now: Katherine previously opened up about her struggle to shed weight after giving birth with a trio of underwear-clad selfies
Heigl is bouncing back from her first pregnancy after son Joshua Jr’s birth December 20 2016.
In the trio of photos, the starlet shows off her slimming figure in collection of underwear and swim suits.
Though her pictures made the weight loss look easy, Katherine opened up about her struggle to get back on track, saying ‘it has taken me about that long to really get back in shape.’
‘It’s been almost 14 months since Joshua Jr was born and it has taken me about that long to really get back in shape. The first pic was taken one month after he was born. The second pic was taken almost a full year later and the last pic was taken this weekend.
Heigl is bouncing back following the birth of son Joshua Jr December 20 2016. The star is seen in October 2016 above
Story time: Though her pictures made the weight loss look easy, Katherine opened up about her struggle to get back on track and what helped her get motivated in a lengthy caption
‘I wish I had a few from in between the first and second so you could really see how slow my progress was but alas…I was busy covering it all up those months, not posing in my unders!’
The 27 Dresses star continued, saying that an upcoming beach vacation and a ‘new job’ in April had pushed her to finally loose the last of my baby weight.
The new job is likely her role on Suits, coming in the wake of soon-to-be royal Meghan Markle’s departure from the USA Network show.
Katherine’s captioned continued, saying she had to ‘do a deep dive search for the ab muscles I knew were buried under that belly somewhere!’
New job, new you! The 27 Dresses star (above in June 2017) continued, saying that an upcoming beach vacation and a ‘new job’ in April had pushed her to finally loose the last of my baby weight
The Knocked Up star also credited lifestyle blogger Rach Parcell and her ‘BBG’ workout routine as another inspiration.
‘I was wholly and totally inspired by Miss @rachparcell and the before and after pics she shared after taking the #bbg challenge,’ short hand for ‘Bikini Body Guide.’
‘I had never heard of it but she looked so damn great (she had her baby just a few months before me) that I had to check it out.
‘I won’t lie, the workouts are real ass kickers but the progress I’ve made in only 5 short weeks has kept me motivated and inspired to keep going! ‘
In addition to the now 14-month-old Joshua Jr, Katherine and husband singer Josh Kelley have two older daughters.
Nancy, nine, was adopted from South Korea in 2009 and in 2012 the couple adopted daughter Adalaide, five, from a mother in Louisiana.
Happy family: In addition to the now 14-month-old Joshua Jr Katherine and husband singer Josh Kelley (above in April 2017 together) have two older daughters Nancy and Adelaide