You see celeb weight loss lists all the time, but most of them feature a lot of celebrities that have had speculation of eating disorders, extreme dieting, diet pills and surgery. But, hey, they’re thin, right? So who cares?  I care.  Those methods don’t deserve any recognition in my book, so I present to you the Top 5 Healthy Celeb Slim Downs.

Seth Rogan

Seth, famous for his hilarity in movies like Knocked Up and Zack and Miri Make a Porno, has slimmed down this past year for his role as a newspaper-publisher-turned-vigilante in the upcoming The Green Hornet.  When asked how he did it, Seth replied “The lamest answer ever.  I exercised and I dieted.”  Imagine that.

Seth has also admitted he hated every second of it, and never cared how he looked.  His actual weight loss is unknown, as he hasn’t ever weighed himself which is probably the biggest inspirational lesson we can learn from his slim down.

Kirstie Alley

Love her or hate her, you can’t deny Kirstie Alley had one of the biggest weight loss transformations of all time.  While using the Jenny Craig food system of proportioned meals, and converting one of her main rooms of her house into a personal gym, Kristie dropped 75 pounds and revealed her bikini bod on the Oprah show.  Unfortunately, Kirstie gained back all of her weight and then some (83 pounds), but admitted, again, on national TV, it was because she stopped watching her food and moved the exercise equipment into the garage. Kirstie has recently vowed to lose the weight again for good- although that remains to be seen.

Carson Daly

Any one remember Carson Daly? Anyone?

Most well known for being an MTV VJ on TRL and host of Last Call with Carson Daly, Daly decided that when he entered his 30’s he was going to get healthy.  He bought a bike, started eating better, and made an effort to get plenty of sleep.  He set on his healthy quest in 2005 and has kept the weight off ever since- proving when you do it right, you only have to do it once.

Jack Osborne

Jack Osborne, son of the Prince of darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, and star of the reality show The Osbournes, was originally known  as the chubby, drug addicted potty mouth of the family.  Wait, that’s Kelly Osbourne, too.  Anyway, Jack turned his unhealthy habits into motivation to turn his life around and traded drugs and partying for extreme sports and healthy foods.  At his heaviest, Osbourne, who is 5-foot-8, says, he tipped the scales at 231 pounds. He’s now down to 161.  Jack even had his own British reality adventure show, Jack Osbourne Adrenaline Junkie, where he tests out the world’s most extreme fitness regimens.

Sherri Shepherd

The View co-host Sherri Shepherd’s transformation is most recent, having unveiled her bathing suit clad slimmed bod on the show a few weeks ago- and then again on the front of OK! Magazine. Sherri lost 41 pounds and dropped 10 dress sizes by hiring a fitness trainer and nutrition coach, who kept her in line every step of the way; which she admits, she didn’t make easy for them.  Sherri made her public vow to appear in a bathing suit on The View to keep her on track, but says she soon found support in the fact many fans were doing it along with her.

It’s a shame that celebrities get praise for losing weight, or being thin in general, with no regard for how they actually got to be that way.  Anyone with enough money can go get liposuction or drink nothing but water and lemon juice for a week, but it takes a special kind of person to put in the work.

You can’t always believe what you read when it comes to the private lives of celebs: some that get a bad wrap may live very healthy lifestyles or have lost weight in a safe proper manner, but the above celebrities are the ones that admit that it took hard work, regular old healthy eating and exercise and perhaps most importantly, no dangerous gimmicks.