Diet/Nutrition

WATCH: Jennifer Hudson Launches New Campaign to Lose for Good

She’s famously dropped from a size 16 to a 6 in a stunning trim-down, and now Jennifer Hudson is focusing her attention on those in need. The Weight Watchers spokesperson is teaming up with the brand’s Lose for Good initiative, which teaches families how to prepare healthy low-cost meals in an effort to help fight hunger and obesity. You can join Jennifer in helping the charity win–while you lose. Between Sept. 5 and Oct. 23, Weight Watchers members and online subscribers who lose weight or participate in other activities will help the company in its goal of donating $1 million to two leading hunger-fighting organizations: Share Our Strength and Action Against Hunger. Learn more at WeightWatchers/LoseForGood.com –Katherine Kluznik Rentmeeser

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How Sara Rue is Maintaining Her Slimmer Figure — And Loving It

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What better place to flaunt your spanking new size-six self than to an Emmy party? After dropping a remarkable 50 pounds, actress and Jenny Craig spokesperson Sara Rue did just that, showing off her svelte figure in a chic Rory Beca dress at Entertainment Tonight‘s Emmy party on Sunday. No longer self-conscious about her appearance, Rue said that she now has time to focus on the important things in life. “I’m able to fret about other things outside of what I’m going to wear, and how I’m going to look,” the actress told PEOPLE. “I can worry, instead, about whether or not we’re going to be there on time, or what time I have to be up tomorrow morning,” explained Rue, who declared her current weight as a healthy one. And to keep herself in that healthy range, Rue said she is still watching the calories and sticking to Jenny Craig’s maintenance plan. “I’m still calling my consultant, and still eating the food, but I’m just not as regimented as I was.” Just don’t expect her slimdown to go any further. “I don’t feel the need to be any thinner than I already am,” she said. “I like being curvy, I like having boobs, and I know that I’m a representation of someone that has not taken it too far to one extreme or the other.” –Jessie Goldberg; reporting by Reagan Alexander

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Jenny Craig Spokesperson Sara Rue: ‘I’m Done Losing Weight’

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Eight months after signing on to be a Jenny Craig spokesperson, Sara Rue is at the weight she plans to stay. Dropping a remarkable 50 pounds, and going from a size 14 to her current 6, the actress says she’s comfortable with her body as is. “I’m done losing weight,” she tells PEOPLE. “I feel great, and I love looking like a woman. I love being curvy and having boobs and hips. It’s hot. I don’t ever want to be size zero.” Rue, who is now on Jenny Craig’s maintenance program, says she still has to work at keeping off the weight. “I do my workouts five times a week,” she says. “I work out with my trainer one or two times a week, and we run together. As long as I do cardio for 45 minutes to an hour each day I work out, I feel like I’m okay.” And while Rue keeps to a strict diet and exercise regimen, she admits that she always allows herself room for treats. “On the Jenny Craig plan, you can have a glass of wine,” she says. “So, yeah, I drink wine, I drink champagne.” But the best treat of all for Rue was landing the stamp of approval from her best friend’s boyfriend. “I hadn’t seen him in months, and he was like, ‘Holy s—t!’ really loudly and he kept staring at me,” she says. “I think he had the best reaction.” –Dahvi Shira

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Tinsley Mortimer Shares Her Bikini Secrets

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Staying fit during bikini season is no easy feat—just ask New York socialite Tinsley Mortimer. “If my weight is down I do honestly feel more confident in a bikini,” says Mortimer, 35, who starred in the CW reality series High Society this year. So when she has to be in top shape—like during an August appearance at Tao Beach in Las Vegas, “I really try to eat less, work out a little, and stick to my low carb diet,” she says. “It works well for me and enables me to feel happier about putting on my bikini.” That means a diet of “egg whites, grilled chicken, tuna fish, cheese, coffee and salad—I eat a very low, if not no-carb diet typically,” Tinsley confesses, adding that she runs twice a week and plays in tennis matches on the weekend. But that is not to say that she won’t indulge here and there. “I love pizza and cupcakes!” she laughs. “I will usually be bad about once every two weeks and order Domino’s. I am sort of obsessed!” –Charlotte Triggs

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Kristen Bell’s Bikini-Ready Secret: Stay Busy!

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After celebrating her 30th birthday last month, Kristen Bell is all about maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Appearing on dual covers for the September issue of Shape, the stylish actress shares her 30 best stay-fit tips, challenging women to embrace a more balanced approach to fitness. Opting for an active lifestyle over fad diets, she admits: “I’m like a jackrabbit throughout the day and like to keep moving whenever I can.” Instead of depriving herself of caloric sweets, she makes compromises. “More flights of stairs means I can eat more candy!” And when Bell isn’t playing board games with fiancé Dax Shepard, she can be found planting vegetables in her organic garden or getting crafty at home. “I love to do projects around the house,” she explains. “I have a very old sewing machine, and if I spot something I like in a magazine, I want to see if I can make it.” To hear more from Kristen, pick up the September issue of Shape or visit Shape.com for a behind the scenes look at her cover shoot. –Justine Harman

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