NICOLE EGGERT hush-hush DIET

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Pssst….Wanna know how Baywatch babe Nicole Eggert  got her slamming bikini body back?

The blonde bombshell dropped a whopping 35 pounds through a combination of diet, exercise and MORE, an insider tells The ENQUIRER.

The 38-year-old actress was motivated to get back into her size 2 jeans after seeing unflattering photos of herself on the cover of The ENQUIRER last September, revealed the insider.

"She couldn’t believe it was her!" said a source close to the actress.

But then reality set in – at 150 pounds, Nicole weighed 45 pounds more than she had when she played lifeguard Summer Quinn in the early ’90s.

Nicole blamed her weight woes on her father’s death from cancer in 2007, after which she sank into a deep depression.

"The overweight beauty started dieting in September, and lost 20 pounds before she appeared on Celebrity Fit Club in early February," the source added.

"She weighed in at 130 and has been working her butt off and losing weight ever since."

Nicole knew that she couldn’t starve herself skinny like she did when she was younger. These days she’s eating healthier – choosing oatmeal for breakfast and broiled fish or rotisserie chicken for dinner, usually served with a side of steamed vegetables. When she’s busy, she’ll opt for a frozen Lean Cuisine meal.

She also hikes five days a week and does cardio workouts on her home treadmill.

But Nicole had some extra help getting her knockout figure , according to the insider.

Experts who compared photos of Nicole taken at a beach party in September with a shot from March 26 agree that Nicole likely went under the knife.

Dr. Anthony Griffin, a renowned plastic surgeon whose work has been featured on ABC’s Extreme Makeover believes the actress may have had liposuction around her abdomen, waist and thighs, and believes that she has undergone a breast-lift.

"You can see the fullness in her breasts near the breast bone in the after photo as compared to the tubular-shaped breasts she had before," Dr. Griffin explained.

"That’s a dead giveaway to me."

Nicole’s rep says she didn’t have liposuction, but admits she did have her breast implants replaced and slightly enlarged to avoid an actual breast-lift.

"Nicole was serious about changing her looks and said she’d do whatever it takes," the source added.

"Her commitment to getting thin paid off because she looks better now than she did 20 years ago."