Mariah Carey Lost 30 Pounds of Baby Weight in 3 Months

Mariah Carey Lost 30 Pounds of Baby Weight in 3 Months

Six months after welcoming twins Moroccan and Monroe, Mariah Carey has lost 30 pounds -- and shows off her toned legs and flat stomach in size-6 short-shorts on the stunning new cover of Us Weekly, out now.

"I gained an enormous amount of weight," the Grammy-winning superstar tells Us of welcoming her son and daughter, born April 30, with hubby Nick Cannon.
How'd she slim down? Beginning in July, Carey buckled down with a nutritionist and a workout plan from Jenny (formerly Jenny Craig), keeping to a 1,500-calorie-a-day menu and thrice-weekly workouts.

"I feel incredible," the "Fly Like a Bird" singer tells Us, three months after her body transformation began.

She and Cannon, 31, famously struggled to conceive their twins (born via C-section at 35 weeks) after a heartbreaking miscarriage.

"It was a huge blessing to be able to have the babies," Carey says, "But I felt trapped in my body because I couldn't move."

Adds the once-again svelte star: "I'm proud of how hard I worked to get my body back...I had to do this for me."

Carey announced at a press conference in New York City on Wednesday that she has signed on as a new brand ambassador for Jenny. Carey joins other female celebs including Valerie Bertinelli, Carrie Fisher and Sara Rue who have also lost weight and gone on to star in campaigns for the weight loss brand.

Singer is new weight loss spokesperson

Singer is new weight loss spokesperson

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The 42-year-old songstress has been named the new Brand Ambassador of the Jenny diet plan (formerly Jenny Craig).

“Mariah Carey started on Jenny in late July following the birth of her twins Monroe Cannon and Moroccan Scott Cannon in April, and is taking this public journey to shine a spotlight on the importance of maintaining a healthy, active lifestyle, not only for herself, but for her children and for future generations," a rep for Jenny tells the Daily News.

On Tuesday's “The Rosie Show,” Carey revealed her stunning post-baby body in a skin-tight black mini-dress and said that since giving birth she's actually lost a whopping 70 pounds.

"In the beginning, when I first had babies, I had so much edema … water and swelling. Most pregnant woman have that just in their feet," she said. "One day I was doing my thank-you notes and I noticed it started rising up the leg, so I had edema. … I didn't think I would ever be the same person."

Carey, who says she "had a really tough pregnancy," couldn't exercise right away due to having a Cesarean section and credits diet as "90 percent" of the reason for her successful slim down.

"The first week, I lost 40 pounds … of just water," she said. "When I started with the program, I lost at least 30 pounds of weight that needed to be lost."

Once she was able to get more active, Carey exercised with her dogs and worked out in the ocean.

Since shedding the pounds, Carey skips jumping on a scale to monitor her weight for another solution.

"I would tend to go, 'Does this size dress fit me that I wore three years ago? I'm good, let's go.' I would go by what it looked like, how I felt," she shared.

Carey says she is taking away a valuable lesson from her diet and exercise struggles over the past few months. mariah carey jenny craig spokeswoman, mariah carey jenny craig spokeswoman, 

"The whole point of this is not just like, 'Oh, hey, look at me and my weight loss, I'm fantastic.' It's really health,” she said. “ I learned it when I became helpless and felt so vulnerable like never before in my life."