Determined to get back into Daisy Dukes! Jessica Simpson gifts pedometres to fellow Weight Watchers to shift pounds together

It's hard for anyone to start a diet alone.
In a bid to shed the weight she gained while pregnant, Jessica Simpson said she'll be counting on her Weight Watcher buddies to help her reach her goal weight of 130 pounds. 
'Just bought all the girls in my Weight Watchers group pedometres to track their steps,' the 32-year-old Fashion Star tweeted today. '10,000 steps = 5 miles! Let's step it up!'

Already equipped: Jessica Simpson tweeted a photo of herself June 24 wearing the pedometre. She said today she had distributed several of them to her Weight Watcher friends

Of course the other ladies enrolled in the diet programme don't have as much incentive to hurry up the weight loss as does Jessica, who has signed on to be a spokeswoman for the popular chain.

The device: Pedometres clock each step you take

Her contract requires a 20-30 pound loss by the end of August, Us Weekly has reported.
If she doesn't come through, she won't be paid a $4 million signing bonus.

 

The singer has already been using the same device she said she handed out to her friends.
She tweeted a photo of herself on June 24 with the pedometre placed in the middle of her very ample cleavage, which she squeezed into a tight workout shirt.
'Just taking a walk around the block,' the once slim Dukes of Hazzard star joked: 'Street legal?'
Pedometers are a portable device that count each step a person takes by detecting the motion of the person's hips. An American Medical Association study in 2007 said the device does increase physical activity by making the wearer conscious of how much exercise she really is getting.

Keeping track: Jessica's tweet about pedometres could send sales of the devices soaring

'The results suggest that the use of the pedometre is associated with significant increases in physical activity and significant decreases in body mass index and blood pressure,' the study said.
Recent pictures compared to unflattering photographs taken of the actress just after she gave birth by C-section on May 1 to baby Maxwell, Jessica already seems slimmer.
Some unflattering photographs of Jessica trying to slog it out at the gym were making the rounds a few weeks ago.

At the fireworks: Jessica, Eric and baby Maxwell posted this family photo on July 4

They showed a larger Jessica, squeezed into some black workout gear and entering the gym.
But during an outing to celebrate her 32nd birthday on July 10, she looked much slimmer.
And in a family photo taken on July 4, Jessica looked glowing and happy.

Glory days: Jessica famously wore her daisy dukes during concerts before she got pregnant