Ricki Lake is showing off her slimmed-down figure after losing 35 pounds through diet and exercise alone over the past seven months.

The 55-year-old former talk show host shared a photo on social media posing confidently in a plunging one-piece swimsuit beside her pool. She says she “worked hard” for her trimmer physique and plans to maintain it through continued self-love and healthy habits.

“I worked hard to get here. Plan to stay awhile,” she wrote, adding hashtags like “#feelinggoodinmyskin” and “#nofilter.”

Lake’s dramatic weight loss comes after she shut down rumors in May that she used the celebrity-popular diabetes drug Ozempic to shed excess pounds. She told People magazine her slimmer figure resulted from “sheer willpower.”

“I am not superhuman, but I am someone that when I set my mind to something, I do it for the most part,” Lake said. “I have a lot of willpower. I’ve been big,...