I’m still so awed by how in shape The Real Housewives of New York’s Bethenny Frankel managed to stay in while pregnant and how quickly her body bounced back that I have been devouring all things Skinny Girl lately.

Of course, you all know that Bethenny touts a nothing-is-off-limits-but-everything-must-be-in-moderation mantra about dieting and nutrition. And she just expanded on it on The Huckabee Show. What she says makes perfect sense, but it’s not so easy to wrap your head around only taking two bites of chocolate cake instead of eating the whole thing…especially when you are in it. But I do totally agree with what she says in theory. It’s the application of it that trips me up every time.

“The truth is, you can’t be extreme, meaning there’s no binging but there’s no crash dieting … Truthfully, most people are terrified while they’re pregnant that they have to eat for two and then they binge. And then when they’re not pregnant they go on a crash diet. Extremes don’t work.”