Mercedes Javid Weight Loss: 'Shahs Of Sunset' Star Slims Down Ahead Of Season Four

Mercedes Javid has dropped some serious pounds.

For the last several months, Javid has been looking smaller and smaller and earlier this week, the Shahs Of Sunset star showed up to a Los Angeles-area pool where she showed off her new swimsuit body.

"Shahs of Sunset star, Mercedes "MJ" Javid painted on a bathing suit for a rooftop photo shoot in L.A. this week ... and it looks like she's dropped a bunch of weight," TMZ reported, along with the swimsuit photos, on June 19. "MJ's been pretty open about her weight issues -- and last year claimed she was shedding pounds without really trying."

In early 2013, Javid appeared on an episode of Access Hollywood, where she opened up about her ongoing weight struggles, revealing that at the age of 14, she was prescribed diet pills by her doctor. Although Javid tried the pills, she stopped taking them after they began making her sick. In the years that followed, Javid tried her best to achieve perfection, but her struggles continued.

Eventually, Javid learned to love herself for whatever size she was.

“I’m just gonna be really happy today with who I am,” she told Access Hollywood. “Striving for perfection is BS because then you’re going to stay home and hide. I’d rather just be cool with what I have!”

Also included in the TMZ report was a poll regarding whether or not Javid's weight loss was real or the result of photoshop, and out of the 80,000 fans who voted, 80% thought that the weight loss was an editing ploy. However, in recent photos posted to Javid's Instagram account, she looks just as trim.

Shahs Of Sunset premieres this fall on Bravo.