Tamela Mann Shows Off 40-Pound Weight Loss Following Double Knee Replacement Surgery

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Kenya Moore

The new mom told Doctor Oz that she was able to snap back so quickly after having daughter Brooklyn because a lot of the weight she gained was water due to her preeclampsia. However, eating healthy and exercising a lot before baby definitely helped, too.

“A lot of it, to be honest, because of the preeclampsia, was water weight gain,” she said. “So a week after I had given birth, I lost 40 pounds. But I had a C-section so I couldn’t really stand up, I obviously couldn’t work out or do anything like that. But I was a workout person before. I took care of my body. I, what we call just ‘snapped back’ after two weeks. I thought, ‘Wow! My tummy is flat again,’ or nearly flat. I didn’t think that would happen.”

“I’m 47 years old. I was worried too,” she added. “The young girls get to snap back but what about me? [laughs] And so you take care of your body and you eat well.”