Actress Melissa Joan Hart, who rose to fame as ‘Sabrina, The Teenage Witch,’ is flaunting her bikini body on the new cover of People magazine.  This is big news because she has lost 42 pounds to squeeze back into her swimsuit of yesteryear.

“I still read blogs about me discussing how fat I’ve become,” the former Sabrina, the Teenage Witch star tells PEOPLE in the new issue, available on newsstands Friday.

“Everyone still thinks I’m huge,” says Hart, 33, whose post-pregnancy body was the subject of cruel Internet attacks after she gave birth to sons Mason, 3, and Braydon, 14 months, with husband, Course of Nature lead singer Mark Wilkerson, 32. “But I’m not anymore!”

Congrats to Melissa on losing the weight and setting a positive example for people who think that losing weight is impossible.

[cover: people.com]