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If there\u2019s one Housewife who keeps glowing up each season, it\u2019s Margaret Josephs<\/strong><\/a>. The Real Housewives of New Jersey<\/em><\/a> star joined the cast during season 8 in 2017 and underwent a weight-loss<\/a> transformation about five years later.<\/p>\n The Macbeth Collections founder debuted her amazing figure<\/a> during the show\u2019s season 13 premiere and viewers wondered how she dropped a few pounds. Margaret revealed that her regimen didn\u2019t include extreme diets and exercise. Instead, she received peptide and hormone replacement therapy, which she considers \u201clife changing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not about being fat or skinny \u2013 it\u2019s about every aspect of my wellness coming together. I wanted to feel healthy<\/a> and get my body to a place where I\u2019m supposed to be. I feel so lucky to have found something that\u2019s really working for me,\u201d Margaret told People<\/em><\/a> in April 2023.<\/p>\n The TV personality revealed that she never struggled with weight until she gave birth to her son, whom she welcomed with her ex-husband, Jan Josephs<\/strong>. Furthermore, Margaret underwent premenopausal changes<\/a> before joining RHONJ<\/em><\/a> and started \u201cgaining weight in different spots.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t going well to the boobs and the butt<\/a>; I was getting a little bit of a stomach. And by the time I got on the show, I was about 25 pounds heavier,\u201d she told the outlet, before revealing she strived<\/a> to lose weight after seeing herself on TV. \u201cI\u2019d be working out, eating healthy, running around all the time and nothing. Everybody knows I don\u2019t even drink alcohol, so that wasn\u2019t it. I just wasn\u2019t feeling my best self. I was feeling tired and sluggish. I struggled to find energy in the way I had in the past. I was dealing with some brain fog. Something wasn\u2019t right.\u201d<\/p>\n Margaret broke her wrist after suffering a brutal fall at RHONJ<\/em> costar Melissa Gorga<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s \u201880s-themed roller-skating party during the season 13 premiere. The \u201cCaviar Dreams Tunafish Budget\u201d podcaster claimed the swelling on her wrist would not go down \u2013 which was another reason she wanted to try the hormone therapy.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m 126 pounds now, give or take a pound depending on the day \u2013 and I haven\u2019t been that weight since I got married<\/a> the first time in 1994,\u201d the Bravolebrity continued to the publication. \u201cMy swelling has gone down in my arm. My skin\u2019s gotten tighter. My bones [are]stronger. I\u2019m sleeping better, I have more energy. Not to get into the dirty details, but I\u2019m very good sexually<\/a>, thanks to the hormones. And I\u2019m back to a weight that feels natural for me. So, it\u2019s all been very positive for me. I feel great; more than anything, I feel great.\u201d<\/p>\n