Jessica Simpson – 100 Pounds Lost

There was a time when Jessica Simpson was the poster woman for incredible looking pop stars. However, like so many parents, the singer needed a little celebrity weight loss after having a few kids of her own! So, she adopted a low carbohydrate diet and started resistance training. And, looking at the photos, it worked!

These days, the Dukes of Hazard star, now in her 40s, looks just like she did in her old music videos. These days, Simpson has also introduced smoothies, which she often shares on Instagram, and a daily exercise routine. According to her trainer, Harley Pasternak, Simpson does plenty of cable abduction and sumo squats to maintain her figure!

Gabourey Sidibe – 100 Pounds Lost

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Actors very rarely hit their debut role right out of the park. However, that’s precisely what Gabourey Sidibe did in the film Precious! Her lead performance earned her an Academy Award nomination, not to mention worldwide recognition. These days, Sidibe continues making waves in Hollywood and enjoys a successful career in TV and film. And, through it all, Sidibe’s always remained body positive. Recently, however, the actress has decided to cut some weight from her body – only for herself, of course.

Like many other celebrities, Sidibe has not yet revealed how much weight she’s lost in total. After all, her celebrity weight loss journey is for her, no one else. Still, reports from those close to the star revealed that she’d lost nearly 100 pounds! One thing is for sure: she looks fantastic!

Queen Latifah – 20 Pounds Lost

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Rapper and actress Queen Latifah made it big back in the 1980s when her first hip-hop album sold incredibly well. She was only 19 at the time! Since then, Latifah’s made the jump into acting, becoming a worldwide star. Then, in 2008, she made another change, becoming a spokesperson for the weight-loss brand Jenny Craig. On their plan, she lost 20 pounds!

Like so many other celebrities’ weight loss stories, Queen Latifah also combined her diet with lots of exercises! She hits the gym five to seven times a week, favoring the elliptical or treadmill. Now, the fit, new Latifah is back in the studio, working on a new album.

Hilary Duff – 40 Pounds Lost

Actress-turned-singer Hilary Duff became a teen idol thanks to her role on the hit Disney series The Lizzie McGuire Show in the early 2000s. Since then, she was gone on to enjoy a massive career in music as well as a successful clothing line.

So, it’s no wonder so many wanted to know the secrets of Duff’s post-pregnancy weight loss, which simply blew fans away. It’s hard to tell that the singer even had children. Thankfully, Duff has held nothing back! As she told InStyle Magazine, just a month after giving birth, she started hitting the gym and eating healthy once again. Before long, the actress lost over 40 pounds!

Jennifer Hudson – 80 Pounds Lost

After winning the third season of American Idol, singer Jennifer Hudson has enjoyed a successful career as both a pop singer and actress in musicals. However, ten years ago, the singer started a different, but just as difficult, journey: one of celebrity weight loss.

Today, Hudson has lost over 80 pounds, all thanks to, in her own words, “portion control.” In fact, Hudson has now become a star spokesperson for the diet company Weight Watchers! As a celebrity face for WW, the singer is not only available to tell others what helped her but also to inspire others to take the first step! Hudson’s best advice: “Out of sight, out of mind.” If there’s food that temps her, she simply throws it away. What a simple plan to follow!

Oprah Winfrey – 30 Pounds Lost

Outside of reality show stars, few have been more open about their weight loss story than Oprah Winfrey. Over the years, she dedicated multiple episodes of her hit talk show to her weight loss struggles and solution. However, it seemed like nothing worked for an extended period. Finally, in 2015, Oprah shared a solution that really worked when she became a spokesperson for – and large stockholder of – Weight Watchers.

Oprah also says it helps to have a goal in mind. Her goal? She told People Magazine that she wanted her partner of 30-years, Stedman Graham, to be able to carry her to their pool! She also revealed to the people that she’s already lost 30 pounds!

Ashlee Simpson – 40 Pounds Lost

Jessica Simpson’s younger sister, Ashlee Simpson, followed in her sister’s footsteps nearly every step of the way. Not only did she become a reality show star and singer, just like Jessica, but Ashlee also had her own celebrity weight loss journey! You see, like her sister, Ashlee similarly suffered from a post-pregnancy weight gain. So, after her second birth, the younger Simpson went into hardcore weight loss mode, taking to social media to have fans keep her accountable.

Today, Ashlee looks just as great as Jessica does! Like her sister, Ashlee consistently works out with a trainer and watches what she eats, even after losing the weight. We’ll have to wait and see if Ashlee needs to do it again, as she is currently expecting her third child with her husband, Evan Ross, the son of Diana Ross.

Amy Schumer – 40 Pounds Lost

In almost every stand-up special that Amy Schumer has worked on, she has discussed her weight. You see, Schumer had no problem talking about her larger size. However, as part of the deal for her own movie, Trainwreck, Schumer needed to lose a few pounds for the film.

“It was explained to me before I did [Trainwreck] that if you weigh over 140 pounds as a woman in Hollywood and you’re on the screen, it will hurt people’s eyes. So I lost some weight to do that, but never again,” Schumer said to People. So, the comedian then hired a personal trainer to develop a healthy eating plan and exercise routine. The result? Schumer dropped 40 pounds!

Kelly Clarkson – 37 Pounds Lost

The winner of the first season of American Idol, Kelly Clarkson, has remained a mega pop star for nearly two decades! Hard to believe it’s been that long, right? Since her AI win, Clarkson has enjoyed a massive career, topping charts and winning plenty of awards along the way. While the singer took a break from music to start her own talk show and become a judge on The Voice, she also used the time to lose a little bit of weight!

36-year-old Clarkson said that she managed to lose those extra pounds by following Steven Gundry’s best-selling book, The Plant Paradox. Going vegan, as you can see, has had a severe impact on the singer’s life, who started working on a new album during the coronavirus lockdown.

Tia Mowry – 70 Pounds Lost

Like many other celebrities, former Sister, Sister star Tia Mowry found herself more than a bit overweight after the birth of her daughter, Cairo, in 2018. Meanwhile, after her current Netflix show, Family Reunion, took a break in 2019, Mowry realized she had the time to lose those extra pounds! However, she wanted to do things on her own terms. Now, thanks to diet and exercise, Mowry has lost 70 pounds and looks better than ever!

“I’ve lost to date 68 pounds since giving birth to my daughter,” Mowry wrote on Instagram in August 2020. “I’m very proud that I did it my way and in my time…To all the women who are feeling pressured after birth. Do YOU! Do what makes YOU proud and do it in YOUR time. Not anyone else’s.”

Rachel Ray – Undisclosed Weight Loss

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TV talk show host, celebrity chef, and cookbook author Rachael Ray first became a household name in the early 2000s, thanks to her show 30 Minute Meals, and hasn’t looked back since. Now, with an empire that includes everything from a talk show and slot machines to a cookware line and magazine, Ray is worth a whopping $100 million!

Somehow, despite recently entering her 50s, Ray does not look a day over 30! And that’s all thanks to her impressive celebrity weight loss plan. In a tell-all interview in her own magazine, go figure, Ray revealed the secret to her success: keeping hydrated and daily high-intensity workouts. While Ray didn’t mind divulging her secrets to fans, she did stop short of sharing exactly how much she had lost.