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Melissa Joan Hart reveals weight loss in bikini

The 37-year-old actress shows off her 20kg weight loss with a cheeky swimsuit shot on Instagram.

Melissa Joan Hart has showed off her bikini body and some new-found confidence after shedding nearly 20kg.

“It’s the first time I’ve been able to wear a bikini in probably 10 years. First time I’ve felt confident enough,” Hart told Good Morning America on Wednesday.

The 37-year-old Sabrina the Teenage Witch star posted a shot on Instagram which shows her posing in a peach bikini smirking proudly a she flaunts her newly-sculpted curves and toned legs. In the post, the mother-of-three credits her weight loss to meal delivery program, Nutrisystem.

“They do healthy versions of the foods you like. I love Mounds bars and they have this almond-coconut bar. I don’t have to feel guilty,” she told Us Weekly in March.

Having already shed 13 of the 26 kilos she gained during her third pregnancy with son Tucker, who was born in September 2012, before signing up for Nutrisystem, she now gushes that her total weight loss has resulted in her being “slimmer now than before the baby!”

The busy actress, who is also mum to sons Mason, eight, Brady, six, says the key to her workout routine is to keep things social.

“I chit-chat with friends on walks or run with my husband. It’s so nice not to be busting out of things or having to wear undergarments to keep things in. I feel good!”

Like Melissa, other stars have fought the battle with the bulge and found a new lease on life.

Melissa Joan Hart has posed in a tiny bikini to show off her 20kg weight loss.

Kirstie Alley in 2010 and looking super-svelte after trimming down post Dancing With the Stars appearance.

Christina Aguilera in November 2012 and November 2013.

Nigella Lawson in 2006, and 2013.

Ricki-Lee Coulter in 2004 and November 2012.

Jennifer Hudson in January 2007, and looking super-svelte in September 2011.

Dawn French in 2007, 2011, and 2013.

Mariah in February 2010 and August 2013.

Nicole Richie in 2003 and last month.

Funnyman Mikey Robbins in 2003 and again in 2007.

Janet Jackson is another yo-yo dieter. Here she is in 2005 and 2007.

Kelly Osbourne in 2005 and November 2011.

Lily Allen has also struggled with her weight. Here she is in 2007 and again in 2009.

Britney Spears in 2001, looking larger in 2007 and great again in 2013.

Oprah Winfrey has also struggled with her weight. Here she is in 2008, and 2010.

Funnyman Drew Carey in September 1995 and October 2013.

Sarah Ferguson was dubbed ‘The Duchess of Pork’. Here she is in 2007 and last year.

Queen Latifah in 2004 and in October 2013.

Director Peter Jackson in 2002, and almost unrecognisable in 2009.

Talk show queen Ricki Lake in 2002 and 2013.

John Goodman lost a huge amount of weight from 2003 to 2013.

Director Michael Moore in 2004 and 2012.

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