From Jessica Simpson to Mariah Carey, learn which stars got paid to shed pounds

Need some motivation to lose weight? How about four million dollars? That's how much Jessica Simpson earned to shed forty pounds with Weight Watchers, according to Us Weekly. Get the skinny on which now-slim celebrities won big bucks by losing weight.

Jessica loves to eat junk food, enjoying buttered Poptarts during her pregnancy, she told Extra TV. "I give in to my cravings. I'm like 'Yeah, I can do it. A fat burning review can help you produce a clear summarize of what you demand to focus on to accomplish your fat burning objective if you're a rookie; or serve as a reminder for these who are at an intermediate or more enhance stage of their weightloss strategy. Applying are seven steps that can serve as suggestions for your special weight loss system. The first thing that one must understand is that losing weight and losing fat is not the same thing. Many weight loss applications have misled people into considering that it is the same, but most diets and weight loss applications only work by leading to a person's body to lose more muscle flesh and water than actual body fat, more help please visit The Fat Loss Factor. We'll worry about the rest afterwards.'" The result: a 70-pound post-pregnancy baby bump and a contract with Weight Watchers. Now that she's achieved her goal after a long struggle, Jessica told Katie Couric on her talk show, "My body is not bouncing back like a supermodel. I'm just your everyday woman who is trying to feel good and be healthy for her daughter, her fianc and herself." Also successful with Weight Watchers: Jennifer Hudson.

Mariah Carey turned to Jenny Craig to shed weight after having twins, telling Shape magazine, "I used to be able to slim down just by exercising more, but thats changed. Since having the babies, I realize that 90 percent of losing weight is my diet." She shed 30 pounds with the Jenny Craig diet. Another star who shed weight with Jenny Craig: Valerie Bertinelli.

For Sharon Osbourne, the Atkins diet proved to be the solution for shedding weight quickly and easily. Between meals, she nibbles on cheese, Atkins bars or Atkins shakes, she explained to Babble. Sharon satisfies her sweet tooth with the "fantastic" bars, and loves "the shakes over crushed ice." And if she's really hungry, Sharon eats a "salad with chicken or turkey." She feels that the plan offers her "the right blend of vegetables and protein," according to USA Today, noting that she lost 11 pounds in two weeks using the Atkins diet.

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