Jersey Shore's Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola Loses 15 Pounds of Body Fat

Reality TV never knew what hit it until the "Jersey Shore" came around fist-pumping everyone into the ghetto-fabulous guido life of Miami. The "Jersey Shore" cast signed on for another season after securing a whopping deal of $35,000 each per episode. To prep themselves for the filming I imagine the Situation pumping more iron while talking in the third person, and Snooki stocking up on more hairspray to get her poof ready to "party with celebrities." As for Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola, she went on a major diet, shedding 15 pounds off her body.

As we're always ears to any new weight-loss plan that works, the guidette dished her secret: Giving up pasta.

Earth-shattering.

Without losing a step in partying it up in Miami, Giancola changed her eating habits and started diligently exercising.

"I just changed my diet, and the next thing you know the pounds just came off," Sammi said to Life & Style.

Oh if only it were that easy. Cutting the carbs is probably the hardest thing for the Italian-American 23-year-old.

"I miss it like crazy, but I don't eat pasta anymore," she said. "I eat my vegetables and try to stay healthy."

And to fight off the beer pong calories, Giancola talks about her new intense cardio routine.

"I do soccer drills -- I jog a lap, then sprint, jog the rest of the way, then sprint again," she said. "You have to look good in Miami because beautiful people are everywhere you look! You don't want to turn into a slob."

The pressures to stay thin, fit and tan seem to be paramount for the Jersey Shore girls as Snooki announced last month that she was going on a "cookie diet" and laying off on unhealthy tanning (read the story here). To counter the Jersey Shore guys' slogan of GTL (gym, tanning and laundry), the girls focus on the important stuff: HNT (hair, nails and tan -- what else?).

The second season of Jersey Shore premieres this Thursday.

By Sharon Yi