Her carefree lifestyle and hard partying ways (not to mention her pregnancy) ended up giving Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi a little more to love, but now the 25-year-old mom is excited to share she’s slimmed down… a lot!

In her new cover story for US Weekly, the “Jersey Shore” alum reveals she’s lost 42 pounds in an effort to be healthier overall.

Snooki explains, “When you have a baby everything changes,” however she’s back down to 102 pounds from 144 after her son Lorenzo was born.