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"Sometimes it&amp;apos;s OK to be a loser -- take it from American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina, who shed an incredible 25 pounds in just five months.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Changing my diet was the big thing,&amp;quot; the 5-foot-7 Georgia native tells the new issue of Us Weekly (out now). &amp;quot;I had to learn correct portion control.&amp;quot;\r\nThe singer (her first disc, Wildflower, debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart) initially used the meal delivery service Sunfare to transition into a high-protein, low-carb diet.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I eat an egg-white omelet for breakfast, shrimp and veggies for lunch and chicken with asparagus for dinner,&amp;quot; the single 16-year-old high school junior says.\r\n\r\nDaily workouts of crunches, pushups and &amp;quot;lots of squats have also helped, the singer tells Us. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m 10 pounds from my goal -- almost there! I wear size small and extra-small now!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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