Jennifer Garner claims she’s in the worst shape ever and that her trainer is ashamed. I know she’s just trying to be honest and make the rest of us feel better, but she’s not doing herself any favors by making it sound like she’s a size 12, not a six. She says “Oh, it’s more like an eight,” but look at her – she’s a small six.

She seems to be a little embarassed by the old rumor that she was pregnant when she didn’t shed her baby weight right away and was spotted out in floaty tops. I’m sorry for perpetuating that rumor, especially now that she feels compelled to tell everyone how out of shape she is while denying that she’s pregnant again. Garner, come on, you’re hot.

“I’m in the worst shape ever,” the size 6-8 (“definitely more an 8”) actress, 34, tells Elle magazine in its January issue. “My trainer just shakes her head and says, ‘This is a disaster.’ ”

Though she kicked butt as the star of Alias and Elektra, these days, she says, “I am as physically unfit as I’ve probably been in my whole life. It’s such a horror in front of the mirror with no clothes on.”

Lifting her sweater to reveal her midriff, she says, “You still have that little bit of extra skin, know what I mean? But still, it’s enough for people to think that you’re knocked up.”

She adds: “No, everyone calm down. Nobody’s pregnant” – although Affleck recently told Ellen DeGeneres he would love to have more kids.

For now, Garner has her hands full with one baby. Violet “is saying ‘ee-i-ee-i-o’ – and ‘mama!’ ” boasts Garner, who says having a baby didn’t wreak havoc in her marriage.

It’s possible this interview is from like 6-8 weeks ago when she was maybe seven pounds heavier, but still I wish I was in as bad shape as Garner. I can relate to what she’s saying, and in a way it’s nice to know that even super-fit Hollywood moms are insecure about their bodies. On the other hand it kind of makes me feel like crap. She does deserve a lot of credit for doing it the right way and not getting super-skinny right away.

Here are cute pictures of Jen and Violet celebrating Violet’s first birthday out at a restaurant with the nanny. She was out at Amici in Brentwood and gave some presents to Violet there. Ben was not out with them, but they probably had another celebration with the whole family back at home.

Pictures from Flynetonline via Just Jared.