Jessica: I LOST 100 LBS — FOR THE THIRD TIME!

After years of slimdown struggles, Jessica Simpson finally cracks the weight-loss code and finds the confidence to wear a bikini again at 41

She didn't think she'd end up wearing any of the bikinis she'd packed. But during a family trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in early April with her husband, former football pro Eric Johnson, and their three kids, Jessica Simpson decided to slip one on just to see how she felt. “I thought I was just going to be in a one-piece [the whole time]," she recalled on The Real on April 18. “When I put that two-piece on, I got super emotional.... I was very proud of myself for doing what at times felt completely impossible.”

So, following years of much-publicized weight struggle, Jessica snapped a selfie and triumphantly posted it on social media. “I have gained and lost 100 [pounds three times],” she captioned the sexy pic on April 7 – referencing her infamous yo-yoing amid pregnancies with kids Maxwell, 9, Ace, 8, and Birdie, 3. “I never thought this moment could or would happen, but I'm finally spring breakin' wearin' a BIKINI!” The 41-year-old's latest slimdown, in particular, took a lot of "hard work, determination, self-love,” she added. “I enjoyed a good proud cry today."

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Jessica's also shed tears of despair. She used Weight Watchers, now known as WW, and worked out with a trainer to drop her baby weight after her first two kids, but her body just wasn't the same and she had two tummy tucks in 2015, she confessed in her 2020 memoir, Open Book. “I was so ashamed of my body," she wrote. “I wanted to get rid of the stretch marks and loose skin left sagging from my back-to-back pregnancies."