Jessica's Trainer Talks To Us How She Did It Without Losing Her Mind!

Simpson shed 100 pounds in record time. Harley Pasternak tells Us her painless plan

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Slow and steady wins the race — at least, that’s how the saying goes. But for Jessica Simpson, her astounding weight loss after giving birth to Birdie in March was fast and furious. Best of all, it was healthy! Simpson’s longtime trainer and founder of Sweetkick, the sugar-control mint, Harley Pasternak, tells Us the star didn’t aim to lose 100 pounds in six months — dropping from 240 to 140 — rather, she changed her habits and the results followed. He tells Us how she shed pounds wisely.

What were Jessica’s specific goals?

HP Our goal was to create great, sustainable habits. I’ve never weighed a client in my entire life — the number on the scale is a by-product of all the habits.

One of those habits is getting in 12,000 steps a day. Where did that number come from?