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Marissa Jaret Winokur: How I Lost 60 Pounds!

Marissa Jaret Winokur on September 16, 2010 in L.A. and at a studio shoot on November 5, 2012.

Sixty pounds and counting!

When Retired at 35 star Marissa Jaret Winokur headed into the doctor's exam space in March, she was faced with a hard selection : Go on medicine to treat her large cholesterol, or shed bodyweight. The 4 -foot-11 Hairspray vet, who beat cancer at age 27, produced the choice to diet program -- but kept her expectations low.

"I considered I'd try to lose 20 pounds and see what occurred," she tells Us Weekly's Ingrid Meilan. Seven months later, Winokur has dropped a whopping 60 pounds -- and 7 dress sizes thanks to a revamped eating plan and exercise program. "It was the minor actions. I consider it worked due to the fact I was genuinely executing it for myself," the 39- year - outdated mom of 4 - 12 months - old Zev (with writer -producer husband Judah Miller) says.

To whittle her middle, Winokur applied the tried -and- real calories in, calori es burned formula -- and tracked her food intake making use of an app referred to as My Fitness Pal. Among her healthful one,200 calorie-a-day eats: Salads, a hundred -calorie bags of popcorn, egg whites and turkey-apple sausages.

Once she extra in thrice-weekly sweat sessions with L.A. private trainer Keith Anthony, Winokur swiftly observed results. "My cholesterol went from 220 to 149," says the actress. "I was crying like a Most significant Loser contestant when my medical doctor gave me the news."

Video clip : Most significant Loser trainer Bob Harper's diet plan guidelines

Intending to drop " maybe five pounds far more, just for vanity," Winokur has also reaped non- health care benefits as a outcome of her slimdown. "At Bloomingdale's just lately, the sales man brought me a size 2 dress," Winokur recalls. "He eyeballed me and believed I'd match in that!"

Beams the star: "If I can [ drop weight ], anybody can!"

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