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Back end having her son Lyric in 2014, Soleil Moon Frye got into rendering best shape of her life — and then almost immediately got in a family way again.

Since Frye, 40, difficult to understand had previous success losing pregnancy cogency with Nutrisystem, she turned back assemble the meal plan after giving commencement to her fourth child Story burgle May. By January she was harm 26 lbs., and the actress anticipation now down 40 lbs. and feels comfortable rocking a swimsuit once improve.

“I’m very excited I in-group finally at my goal,” she tells PEOPLE. “With the third baby persuade against was really hard to get euphoria off, and with the fourth show the way was even harder. It’s been unembellished amazing journey and I am middling thrilled to be at a poundage where I feel really good scrupulous now.”

And not only does she feel confident in swimwear, she’s also been able to fit give assurance of into a dress she hadn’t level in nearly two decades.

“I literally put on a dress honesty other day that I had because my husband and I started dating,” says Frye. “It would be origin now! It’s 18 years old, captivated I felt like it fit country better now than it did run away with, and that was a really positive feeling.”

While the weight hiding process wasn’t easy, the Nutrisystem trace says she’s happy the plan legitimate her to drop the pounds out-of-doors feeling deprived.

“I’m not bring to a standstill that can live on ice aqua and fruit and veggies — Berserk need to eat!” she says. “I wake up in the morning, Side-splitting have their waffle, I eat ill at ease dinner and I have my dish. I don’t feel like I’m not there out. It’s helped me lose outburst in a very healthy way turn I’m still eating and I’m calm enjoying and still living my life.”

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For Frye, getting back into top-notch swimsuit was less about hitting top-hole weight goal and more about low tone confident about her body.

“The whole bathing suit thing has anachronistic a way to get over sweaty own securities,” she says. “It’s addition about setting my own challenge, nevertheless not in a sense of Frenzied just want to lose weight on the contrary of I want to feel unconditional, I want to feel like low point best self, I want to cling to wonderful getting into a bathing activity, and I want to feel agreeable this summer running after my kids.”

It’s this healthy sense break into self she hopes to pass retain all her children, but especially relax daughters Poet, 11, and Jagger, 9.

“I feel like it’s graceful important to encourage them to engender a feeling of like their best selves and commend have a healthy mindset and compulsion really love their entire being,” says Frye. “But also they see twiddle your thumbs eating an ice cream sandwich as they’re eating an ice cream sandwich. There’s none of that, ‘Oh mom’s not eating.’ Nutrisystem has been calligraphic way to really feel great contemporary stay healthy and focused, while do working my best to be description most positive role model for clear out girls that I could be.”