Nancy O'Dell Loses the Pregnancy Weight

It's only been nine weeks since she gave birth to daughter Ashby Grace, but Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell has already shed 24 of her 30 lbs. of pregnancy weight.

O'Dell is planning to return to her hosting duties before the Emmy Awards on Sept. 16 and credits her daughter with most of her weight loss.

"Breastfeeding is the best diet," she says. "I want to eat healthy for her, so it's easy to say no to pizza."

O'Dell starting getting camera ready by working out with a trainer four weeks after giving birth on June 11. "I do ballet and dance movements for an hour three times a week," she says. "It's great, because you work out every muscle but it's not strenuous."

She has also been monitoring her diet closely and eats mainly lean protein, vegetables and fruit. She avoids milk, cheese, tomatoes and garlic, because, she says, "Ashby gets an upset stomach."

O'Dell and husband Keith Zubchevich were married in 2005. Zubchevich has two sons, Tyler, 12, and Carson, 8, from a previous marriage.

Source: People