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"Celebrity moms blithely attributing their speedy weight loss to breastfeeding and chasing after their kids&amp;#x2014;too good to be true? Nicole Sullivan thinks so. The comedian-actress, 42, who started her career on the variety show MADtv and has a recurring role on Cougar Town as a couples therapist, says Hollywood starlets like Jessica Alba are lying when they make such claims.&amp;quot;I would flip through celeb magazines&amp;#x2026;and I just couldn&amp;apos;t get how these moms like Jessica Alba lost so much weight so quickly&amp;#x2014;and yet I couldn&amp;apos;t,&amp;quot; the actress tells Us Weekly in an exclusive interview at &amp;quot;The Real Women of Jenny Craig&amp;quot; event in NYC on Jan. 23. &amp;quot;They all lie and say, &amp;apos;Oh, I lost the weight running after the kids or breastfeeding.&amp;apos; It&amp;apos;s not true!&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: See 2012&amp;apos;s babies of the year&amp;quot;I felt broken. I felt like an outsider in my own community,&amp;quot; she continues of her postpartum experience after giving birth to her son, Dashel, now 5. &amp;quot;There just are not a lot of overweight people in Hollywood. I felt like the jerk who couldn&amp;apos;t figure it out.&amp;quot;The actress finally figured it out, she claims, when she signed on with Jenny Craig as its brand ambassador. &amp;quot;I had tried every other diet in the world and decided to give Jenny Craig a try. The first week, I lost five pounds and then lost an average of two pounds a week for 16 weeks. I lost 35 pounds total. It changed my life.&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: See the healthy meals other celebs swear bySullivan has since given birth to another son, Beckett, now 3. &amp;quot;When I look back to when I had my first son, I was unhappy. I couldn&amp;apos;t understand why the weight wasn&amp;apos;t just falling off. I wish I could have that time back. With my second son, I enjoyed the whole process of him being an infant more because I wasn&amp;apos;t mad at myself. When you are mad at yourself, you are mad at everybody. That&amp;apos;s the problem&amp;#x2026;. I may not look like [Alba], but at least I can keep up with other actresses now. I feel really good about myself.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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