Celebrities Who've lost tons of weight

Apart from Ricki Lake and Oprah Winfrey, who else is there?

Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey (though not a TON), Valerie Bertinelli....the fat guy from Varsity Blues....

Randy Jackson, Star Jones (both from surgury), Kirsty Alley (though she gained a lot back)... ummmm.... every female celebrity who has a baby and is 100 pounds again the next week.

Ricki Lake is by far my fav, but she was STILL awesome in Hairspray!.

Also that singer from the 80's: Carnie Wilson? I think she had gastric surgery and that she gained back but still...

Original Post by lizzziekins:

Valerie Bertinelli

 She's on the cover of some mag this week in a bikini...I didn't even realise who it was for a sec, she looks really great.

Thought of others- Sharon Osbourne and Rosanne Barr

Missy Elliott!

Hilary Duff!!! when she was in Lizzie McGuire and even a few years after that, she was average size, and then all of a sudden she's rail-thin!

All of them have lost tons of weight because you have to be paper thin in hollywood to get respect...it's awful.

There are hardly any overweight actresses out there bc out media is crazy!

Exactly, mperic.

Is so thin really so attractive?

After reading this thread, I've read on People.com (really not in the mood to work today....) that Star Jones still feels like a 300 lbs girl!... I just found it funny to read that today...

Seth Rogen ;)

Don't forget Kelly Clarkson. She's always up and down.

Nicole Richie.

Christina Aguilera got skinnier after her Dirrty days.

Britney Spears.

Beyonce got pretty thin at one point.

Jack Osbourne.

Kristie Allie, and all those other ones from Jenny Craig.

Klohe Kardashian.

Tori Spelling.

I'm sure Lindsay Lohan believes she lost a ton of weight, and looked amazing.

hilary duff isn't super thin, she looks really good right now.  hot.

christina aguilera was a bit chubby in her dirrty days, but then again she was always super petite, so her body would jump back to being thin anyway.

lindsay lohan does look amazing, unfortunately she's on crack, but i guess i do it do if i had access to it.

Horatio Sanz is the guy from SNL who lost tons of weight.  he looks amazing.

what celebrities interest me the most are those who gained tons of weight but lost it all and kept it off.  like Jared Leto and Rene Zellweger.  what does that say?  shouldn't it give people who gained a lot weight from binge eating or whatever some hope that dedication, exercise, and proper nutrition would help lose those un-needed unwanted pounds.

Original Post by justice4me:

christina aguilera was a bit chubby in her dirrty days, but then again she was always super petite, so her body would jump back to being thin anyway.

 I'm sorry, what? I just went and re-watched the video for Dirrty after this post. If you think she is chubby in that video then I think you should re-evaluate the rest of the world.

Kelly Osbourne. Luther Vandross was up and down a lot, and then he died so it didn't really work out for him.

Leah Remini from King of Queens! She was itty bitty and then gained like 80 pounds for a couple of seasons, then lost it and is itty bitty again.

Just read in my abnormal psychology text that a girl's ideal weight is much lower than a male's ideal weight for a girl.  Men tend to like women with some meat on their bones and some curves.  I know mine does.  Black women know that and that is why the risk of eating disorders is so much lower for them.  It would be nice when the rest of us (including the media) realize that too.

Original Post by justice4me:

what celebrities interest me the most are those who gained tons of weight but lost it all and kept it off.  like Jared Leto and Rene Zellweger.  what does that say?  shouldn't it give people who gained a lot weight from binge eating or whatever some hope that dedication, exercise, and proper nutrition would help lose those un-needed unwanted pounds.

 

 It is different when a person is addicted to food as I am. Obviously Jared and Rene don't have that issue.

Did anyone else catch the Star Jones interview on Oprah today? It was amazingly insightful. Star voiced so many of my thoughts, my insecurities, my sentiments. I'm not one for Oprah's interview episode, but this one was of particular interest for anyone on CC. I've lost a lot of weight, and like Star, I've struggled finding the "real" me, after leaving the "fat" me behind.

In the Dirrty video, she looked thin and normal, but she did gain weight after that. You could see it in her cheeks and thighs and stomach. She was not fat but she was chubby for her size and height, at one point in time.