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Paula Deen’s fans noticed something different about her at the 2012 South Beach Wine and Food Festival in Miami on Sunday: She’s looking noticeably thinner.

The Queen of Southern cooking, who was recently criticized after she revealed she’s had Type 2 Diabetes for three years, says she’s already shed two sizes.

“I’ve dropped two pant sizes and I feel great!” Deen, 65, said, crediting a health regime that includes walking 30 minutes a day and eating smaller portions.

Paula Deen Dances

Deen hosted a brunch that included a menu of fried chicken, waffles, jambalaya cooked by her husband and a strawberry margarita mousse prepped by Robert Irvine.

She told fans during her cooking demo that she isn’t sure what she weighs.

“We don’t own a scale in our house,” she says. “Every six months I go for a physical and find out. Now it’s time to see the doctor. She’ll be happy if I’ve lost weight.”

Both the cook and her family are pleased with results.

“Doesn’t she look nice?” son Bobby said. “She has a little more pep in her step now. She’d been guilty of being a little too sedentary – like a lot of people.”

Deen told fans, “It’s amazing how good getting up and moving makes you feel.”

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