2011's Biggest Weight Loss Transformations!

Pint-sized guidette Snooki has been shrinking away for months. However, the 4’9″ reality star finally took to Twitter to announce that she had finally reached her goal -- 98lbs!


"So happy I’m at my goal weight I was when I was in high school," she tweeted. "Feeling fit is amazing and can’t wait to tone up hardcore."

Despite losing to J.R. Martinez on Dancing with the Stars, Ricki Lake won out in her war on the bulge. Since her time on Dancing, the actress/personality lost between 20 and 25 pounds. While making an appearance on The View, Ricki said, "I was on the Derek Hough diet and it works. I lost 20 to 25 pounds and I went down two sizes."

In August, Carrie Fisher revealed her 50 pound weight loss on the Today Show. "I couldn’t leave [the house] to go shopping, because they didn’t have sizes," Fisher told Ann Curry about being overweight. Fisher attributes the weight loss to the Jenny Craig weight loss program, for which she’s a national spokesperson.

Mariah Carey has lost 30 pounds since the April birth of her twins. The singer flaunted her trim bod in a new commercial for the Jenny weight loss system. In July, Carey went to a nutritionist, went on a workout plan and kept to a 1,500 calories a day.



She told the mag that after the pregnancy, "I felt trapped in my body because I couldn't move." But now, she says, "I'm proud of how hard I worked to get my body back... I had to do this for me."

JWoww surprised Jersey Shore fans when she displayed her new look for the latest season of the MTV reality show in August. Over seven months, the reality star shed 20 pounds and 2 dress sizes. When internet rumors circled about plastic surgery, Jenni told InTouch Weekly: "People are saying I got cheek implants, my chin shaved down and a nose job. If I got work done, I would be open to talking about it. I didn't."



Jenni says that diet, exercise and weight loss have helped her drop some baby fat she was apparently carrying earlier on in the series' run.



"I don't want to lose any more weight. I just want to keep toning and eating healthy," she said. "I'll probably get Botox by the time I'm 30, and have my breast implants redone in a few years after I've had kids."

Kirstie Alley shed 100 pounds this year after doing Dancing with the Stars. She told ET, "I feel like I'm back in my element. I honestly didn't even realize what I looked like." Alley is now proud of her new body and even more so of doing it without the help of surgery. "I haven't had plastic surgery, but here's the reason: People do plastic surgery to make you look younger," she told ET. "I don't think it makes you look younger ... it can make you look weird."

Janet Jackson has had a public battle with food for years. For decades her weight has yoyoed and in December she became the Nutrisystem spokeswoman. Recently she has made headlines for her weight loss, saying this time she is taking a healthy approach. In an interview with Good Morning America, Janet said of her new regimen: "It’s a matter of learning how to keep it off, that maintenance and they have a program for that."

Jonah Hill began losing weight to prepare for his role in 21 Jump Street. He lost 30 pounds for the role and then went on to lose an additional 10 pounds.

Weight Watchers spokesperson Jennifer Hudson has lost 80 pounds since taking to the American Idol stage in 2004. She became a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers in 2010 and has trimmed her figure since then.

American Idol runner up Lauren Alaina lost 25 pounds since stepping into the spotlight. "Changing my diet was the big thing," Alaina told Us Weekly. "I had to learn correct portion control... I eat an egg-white omelet for breakfast, shrimp and veggies for lunch and chicken with asparagus for dinner."

In 2011, many stars were battling the bulge. Take a look at the stars who have gone from flab to fab!