JESSICA SIMPSON - Forty & Fabulous!

AS SHE MARKS HER BIRTHDAY MILESTONE, WHO TAKES A LOOK AT THE STAR’S BODY BATTLES AND HOW SHE’S MORE CONFIDENT NOW THAN EVER

Clad in a cow-print bikini and cowboy hat, you’d be forgiven if you thought Jessica Simpson’s recent Instagram shot was a flashback. Looking as youthful as ever, the mum of three showed off her toned body in swimwear from her new collection. “YEE-HAW to my final days in my 30’s,” she captioned the snap.

Simpson, who turns 40 on July 10, has been through many-body battles during her time in the spotlight. But it was after the birth of her third child, Birdie Mae, in March 2019, that the star decided to make her health a top priority.

“I didn’t expect to gain as much weight with my third,” she told WHO’s sister publication People last September.

“I thought I’d learned my lesson, but apparently, that’s just the way God made me: very hungry and pregnant.”

But her dedication and commitment to her health is what saw Simpson shed a whopping 45kg over the course of the last year. “I am working really hard right now,” she also shared. “It’s not easy at all, but I am determined to feel good.”

Instead of opting for crazed workouts and deprivation diets, the star took simple steps to kick off her weight loss journey – steps being the operative word.

“I have been doing a lot of walking – getting my steps in not only burns calories but it also helps me clear my head and get focused,” Simpson said of the 14,000 steps she’d aim for a day.

With the guidance of her long-time personal trainer Harley Pasternak, Simpson aimed to form healthy habits that would help her well beyond the six-month weight-loss goal she had set for herself.