Jessica Simpson Tells Katie Couric She’s Lost More Than 40 Pounds
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Jessica Simpson officially unveiled her post-baby body on the premiere of Katie Couric’s talk show today, saying that losing her pregnancy weight has been a “lot of pressure” and a “challenge.”
“During pregnancy, I didn’t really think about it,” she said about her weight gain. “I thought my doctors were telling me that it was just a lot of water and whenever my water broke my whole entire stomach would go down but that did not happen. All the weight did not come out with the baby.”
Simpson said she’s lost more 40 pounds since giving birth to Maxwell Drew Johnson in May. She previously said she weighed 170 pounds when she posed nude and pregnant for the April issue of Elle magazine. She is 5-foot-4.
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Earlier this year, Simpson signed a reported $3 million dollar contract to be the celebrity face of Weight Watchers. She said she’s 10 pounds away from her goal weight, and she’s using her daughter to get there.
“I basically take her with me, whether it’s strapping her on me or strolling around the neighborhood,” she said. “My new goal is 14,000 steps a day.”
But food cravings are still an obstacle.
“I feel like what made me eat more is my hormones and breastfeeding. I’ve never wanted chocolate more in my life,” she said. I’ve had to really stay focused and focus on my diet and concentrate on what I’m putting in my body.”
Watch Jessica Simpson guest host “Good Morning America” Tuesday morning starting at 7 a.m. ET.
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How nice Katie now wants to make guests comfortable, I guess this is a turnaround of what she did to Sarah Palin.
Posted by: Jo | September 10, 2012, 8:52 pm 8:52 pm
Another 60 pounds and she will be back to almost normal weight.
Posted by: homer | September 10, 2012, 8:58 pm 8:58 pm
@Jo – Yeahhhh, that was really mean of Katie to ask $arah Palin what newspapers she read. Palin has proven time and time and time again what a moron she is, that’s not Katie Couric’s fault.
Posted by: Nicole | September 11, 2012, 1:06 am 1:06 am
How sad that this woman is breeding. Simpson said, “I thought my doctors were telling me that it was just a lot of water and whenever my water broke my whole entire stomach would go down but that did not happen. ” Did she skip basic biology? Did she bother to learn anything at all about pregnancy and childbirth while she was expecting? Good grief, how does she find her way home after dark?
Posted by: Nancy | September 11, 2012, 1:09 am 1:09 am
We can all see that she is no genius. She’s at the opposite end of that spectrum. She should just keep her mouth shut, because everything that comes out of it indicates that she’s “slow”.
Posted by: Monica | September 11, 2012, 7:25 am 7:25 am
Katie & Jessica – a perfect pair – neither one of them is worth watching.
Posted by: justamom | September 11, 2012, 8:29 am 8:29 am
Who Cares?
Posted by: apu20 | September 11, 2012, 8:33 am 8:33 am
40 lbs is great, but I suspect that is only about half of what she gained. She easily gained 70 to 80 lbs. The problem I have with that is that she walked around acting like some sort of role model, and really gaining that much weight is not healthy for any pregnant woman or their babies. She was so ignorant about the whole process (as she shows here!). I gained about 50 lbs while pregnant, I am 5 ft 8 and while it was about 10 to 15 lbs more than I should have gained, I didn’t put myself or my baby in any danger. I DO know how hard it is when you are pregnant to control your weight, I struggled, and struggled after. Nobody paid me to take the weight off though. I didn’t walk around like an ignorant fool with my head in the sand about about what was going on.
Posted by: BT | September 11, 2012, 8:49 am 8:49 am
I hope she thinks she is just being “cute” and is really not so foolish. Her doctor should have sounded warning bells when it became obvious that she was overeating. Oh well, time to reach “goal” and take care of the little one (who’s probably overweight also because of Mom).
Posted by: Barb | September 11, 2012, 11:39 am 11:39 am
Sorry but if she’s trying to say that she’s down to about 130 – she needs a new scale. 170 when she was on the cover and losing 40+ on a 5’4″ frame doesn’t leave cheeks, upper and lower, like hers. Also wearing a pure black color to make her appear less chunky didn’t work. As for the $3 million contract, now you all know what you’re paying for when you sign up with “Weight Watchers”. Just think how many pounds have to be lost to generate that $3 million paid to her.
Posted by: Give me a Break | September 11, 2012, 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
I find it hard to believe that you would hold Katie Couric responsible for Ms. Palin’s intelligence or maybe I should say lack of. She has had her 15 minutes of fame and now she should ride off unto the sunset. You have to remember this is the same person who said she looks out her window and can see the Soviet Union.
If Mr. McCain had not picked her I believe he had a much better chance of being elected.
No one will ever make that mistake again.
Posted by: Lee Rose | November 1, 2012, 1:03 pm 1:03 pm
What a group of haters. Jealously will get you nowhere.
Posted by: Lee Rose | November 1, 2012, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm