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# A Slimmed-Down Jessica Simpson Talks Harsh Weight Scrutiny While Pregnant

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## Transcript

>> Jessica Simpson debuts her post baby body. The singer and fashion mogul showed off her svelte silhouette on Twitter before sitting down with Good Morning America for her first sit down interview since giving birth to little Ace Knute back in August.

>> I've tried so many different diets and, you know, you can only stick to something for so long and I feel like with Weight Watchers, like it just becomes a part of who you are.

>> In case you needed a before image, this is what Simpson looks like when she stopped by Ellen just before giving birth to daughter Maxwell back in 2012. Simpson credits her 50 plus pound weight loss to Weight Watchers at Simple Start program. Simpson is of course a paid spokesperson for the weight loss company. But she didn't do it all alone. Simpson also had regular personal training sessions with celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak. Simpson confessed to Redbook that the public scrutiny over her pregnancy weight gain, spoke in 2012 with Maxwell, and 2013 with Ace, was hard. It's ridiculous and unfair.

I think any woman who is pregnant and creating a life is pretty much entitled to eat whatever she wants as long as she's healthy. I wasn't going to let the media take away from what was one of the happiest times in my life. But now that she's down to her pre- pregnancy weight and has a built in flower girl and a ring bearer in her two kids, Simpson says 2014 is the year to tie the knot with fiancé Eric Johnson. The two have been engaged since 2010. For people, I'm [ unk ].

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