Actress, Kate Hudson, has been struggling to lose weight even since the birth of her third child Rani Rose. It seemed as though with her other two children the weight just melted off for her, but this time around is is losing weight a lot differently. Even though Kate is taking her time this time around to lose the baby weight she still looks like a million bucks.

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The Oscar-nominated actress revealed to People says she dropped the postpartum weight in about 6 months after giving birth to her second son Bing in July 2011, but it didn't happen that quick this time around. Unlike her second birth, it took about 12 months to shed off the weight from her third pregnancy. It took her 6 months longer than the last, but she lost the weight a little bit differently this time around. The 40 year old attended an event back in December for her Happy x Nature Eco-Evening Collection in Los Angeles. At the event, she spoke to People about what she did to lose weight.

Hudson is an ambassador for the company WW, formerly Weight Watchers, and says that  the program helped her lose weight in a more sustainable way.“It was a smarter way to take the weight off, because it stays off. I think the wonderful thing about what that is, is you can eat what you want, you just have to be conscious. It teaches you about food.” The actress says that the program's approach to food is what helped with sustainable weight loss. Nothing is off-limits, just everything in moderation, plus the program guides you on how to eat in moderation.

This was pretty easy for Hudson to follow as this is exactly how her parents, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, raised her.“I really understand food,” she says. “I understand what I'm putting in my body, I grew up like that. My parents are who taught me about that. But there's a lot of people out there who don't have that relationship to food.”

The mother of three became an ambassador for WW about two months after little Rani, who she shares with partner Danny Fujikawa, was born. Since the beginning of the year, Hudson has been sharing peaks into her body transformation. The actress would reveal some weight loss goals and her process of achieving said goal. Hudson even said that she wanted to lose 10 pounds and admitted to gaining some weight over the holidays. The actress also previously shared that her goal was to lose 25 pounds by the spring, after giving birth to her daughter. She added that she needed a different kind of discipline in order to lose weight at the time. Hudson has been busy with a number of business ventures, plus her two clothing lines and a film and TV company called Hail Mary Productions.

Kate Hudson is not only a fantastic actress and businesswoman but a good role model to look up to. She wants to lose weight in a sustainable way, which is something amazing for her kids to see their mother do. Someone like Kate Hudson is needed in Hollywood to show women you can lose weight without having to do any crazy diets.

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Sources: Amo Mama, People