Kristy Swanson's Celebrity Diet: How She's Lost the Baby Weight

Celebrities losing baby weight on famous celebrity diet plans is now a huge business. Look on the cover of the tabloids and lifestyle magazines today and you're just as likely to see a cover about Kristy Swanson losing baby weight on Medifast, Jenny McCarthy losing weight on weight watchers and Tori Spelling going the nutri system route.

Seeing this celebrity post-baby weight loss display, it might seem like these celebs just pick a prepackaged delicious meal plan and voila the weight falls off quickly and easily. The photos seem to prove that the weight is coming off, but a look at Swanson's Medifast blog shows that she's actually following a very calculated, balanced eating plan and including regular diet and exercise. As much as society would have us believe the opposite, celebrities lose baby weight because they vigorously stick to sensible eating and exercise plans.

Kristy Swanson Optimizes Her Medifast Success By Staying The Course: Swanson is following Medifast's popular 5 & 1 Plan. This plan has Swanson eating 5 small, prepackaged Medifast meals and 1 freshly prepared "Lean and Green" meal everyday. Kristy says that she has conditioned herself to eat her 5 medifast meals when she feeds her baby son Magnus.These meals include choices like shakes, yogurt bars, peanut butter bars, protein bars, granola bars, soups, puddings, oatmeals, scrambled eggs, cocoa, etc. Kristy says the frequency of the meals ensures that users don't get hungry. Medifast teaches clients how to effectively chose and prepare the main meal of the day following the "lean and green" method. The "Lean And Green Meal" is commonly grilled meats with amble vegetables. Swanson has embraced both the Medifast diet and the regular exercise it encourages. This willingness to follow the program and stay the course has no doubt contributed hugely to her success.

Swanson also regularly jogs and power walks. She likes to jog in the early morning pushing her son's stroller before breakfast. Remember that Swanson is naturally athletic. She won the Skating with Celebrities final with now partner and professional skater Lloyd Eisler (and father of her son, Magnus), so exercise is not foreign to her. Swanson she says she enjoys the time with her son and the fact that exercise makes her feel and look better.

Although Swanson regularly blogs about how easy it is to stick with and enjoy the Medifast program, it's important to remember that she has lost over 25 pounds through the "magic formula" of diet and exerise. Although Kristy says Medifast's wide variety of meals and snacks has made the process easier, she's had the willpower to follow the plan as designed - which is really the key to success in any weight loss program.

Swanson Optimizes Her Medifast Success By Obtaining Family Support And Setting Firm Goals: Swanson has enjoyed her results so much that she has recruited her mother (who has lost over 15 pounds on Medifast) and her uncle to join and support her. She says that Lloyd is also a great support and source of inspiration for her. Although Swanson is a mother now herself, she says she'd love to get her "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" body back, and she's made that her professional and personal goal.

Medifast is a popular diet program from which clients purchase medifast meals. The most popular purchase is the 4 week program. This includes five meals for 4 weeks (143 meals total) and retails for $275 - about $1.90 per meal. Medifast is currently offering a free one week trial.