Kirstie Alley: Weight Loss Success?

Firstly. You all have to read the fine print… She didn’t say she was 220lbs. She said her left buttcheek weighed 220lbs!

You have to give her credit for her hard work???
OMG. She was a star and in my opinion, one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. WTF would someone throw all that away to eat like a pig. Lets face it. Anyone with a the slightest inkling of common sense can look at that huge woman and laugh when she says it was 220lbs.

I have only seen one reply on here that really makes sense. You have to workout “HARD” every day, or at least most days to have a nice body. It’s all about “MUSCLE”! What burns fat? Muscle and only muscle. If you have no muscle, you can not loose weight. The more muscle you have the more fat you will lose. Muscles grow from use and muscles are what makes a nice body and keeps fat off. I weighed 205 at my heaviest and I made a promise to myself that I will never get that heavy again. Why do I gain weight? Easy.. I’m addicted to sugar and video games. If I gave in to what I really wanted… I would be 500lbs and play games all days and eat candybars for 6 meals a day. Here’s 2 diets that worked for me personally.
Once I wanted to loose weight so I only ate one meal a day. But any time I was hungry,,, and I mean HUNGRY! Not “bored”. I ate a small bowl of Special K with the strawberries. “good stuff”. I actually lost about 1 pound a day. Very supprising. Very cheap.

Another time I wanted to loose weight, I got a gym membership and spent 2 hours a day on the eliptical machine listening to my favorite music. Also scoping out all the very hot ladies working out downstairs. This method was better because I practically lived on chocolate and other junk food but still lost so much weight that when my friends told me I was so skinny, I looked like I had AIDS. That’s when I quit. That wasn’t the look I was going for.
Now I have gain weight again so I am climbing the 2 mountains every morning. Jury is still out on how effective this will be but gotta be better than watching something boring on TV!

I eat less than 1000 calories/day and weigh 130 lbs. And I didn’t exercise — other than ordinary walking — to get to this weight. If I ate 1500 calories/day, I would weigh 200 lbs. One number does not fit all; 1500 calories (or any other number) will produce different results with different people. It all depends on one’s metabolic level.

The JC plan does have you eating unlimited salads and soup. People need to be educated on what it includes before they criticize. Any diet is good if it works for you and you stick to it. The foods are not overly processed and they wean you off the microwaved entrees and suggest whole grain – even sprouted wheat breads.

Thirty years ago I weight 300 pounds. I thought I would die fat. I was 24 years old and had been fat all my life. I was introduced to a program call Overaters Anonymous. I went because they did not have scale and they did not cost anything. Today I STILL weigh around 155. Because of this program I have never had to go out and buy a new wardrobe because I gained all my weight back. I have found a solution that has worked for 30 years.

oh yeah. and may i add that jenny craig is friggin expensive $$$$$$$$$. puts a hole in your wallet. =’[[[

membership + food = robbed.

I’m sure this is a big money maker for Jenny Craig. Diets don’t work, she will gain the weight back, I guarantee it. Transitions from Market America and Dr. Shari Lieberman is something that acually works because it’s not a diet. “Diet” is a 4-letter word.

I am a huge fan of Jenny Craig. After 3 kids in 3 years and a fulltime job I was finding it difficult to stick to a diet. JC saved me. I lost 26 lbs in 3 months and have kept it off for 3 months now. I am on the maintenance program but still use the snacks because they are great. The program is not for everybody. If you love to cook and are very into good food, it might be tough for you. I found the food enjoyable. And, by the way…I don’t care who their spokesperson is!

Leave KA alone you guys are just jealous of her. Whatever she did it went well it’s not like you dont see any result from whatever she did. If you HAD money like her you you would be on the JC diet to. For all those liars out there JC food is good Im from the south where every thing is well season so diets are hard to follow because the food is really bland. If your not use to good food then of course this is not for you but if you are and if your not scared to cut back on your food portion then jump on the band wagon. Yeah Its pretty pricey but what do you prefer in the summer time cute short maybe a swimming suite or a long skirt or a big beach towel to cover up that fat. Pick and choose win or lose! Nicole

I agree with Lori Hale. After recently seeing her in person at a PR meeting with the company I was doing production work for, I was shocked at how small she is. while I am 5″3 and 149, I am not nearly as fit, but wear an 8. At a few inches taller than me, she was easily a trus size 6, but curvy, not flat and rail like. She is also pretty fit for a mom with a nutty crazy work schedule. Polite, funny, interesting and intelligent, she was nice to everyone from the receptionist to the VP, and everyone in between. She was very interested in everyone’s point of view and seems like she is very hardworking (a 14 hour day and not a peep of complaint out of her, and she was traveling straight to another meeting. Even I can’t hold up that well after years of this. And I dont have to stop for photos and autographs with 50 people between the lobby and the car.), and out there for the world to say the worst about her in every forum possible. Congrats to anyone who does the work, maintains such grace under criticism… and loves themself no matter what.

I think a lot of emphasis seems to be on the fact that Kirstie lied about her starting weight…don’t tell me that none of you overweight people have ever taken a few pounds, a stone or maybe even more off when you tell people your weight? No one wants to admit how big they are (as we all know fat people are despised by ignorant society). Who cares what she started at – what’s important surely is that she’s lost that 70lbs or whatever it is? It’s just as hard to lose weight whatever your starting weight whether you’re famous or supported or paid to do it or not! And yes, ok she may still be too large to be healthy or fashionable (I haven’t seen photos myself or the adverts)but she’s still lost that weight. She should be applauded – I know how she’s yo-yo dieted for many years and suffered with her weight problem. I keep reading everywhere that ‘Kirstie lied!’, that she’s a bad role model/influence on dieters and is misleading the public; all I have to say is get over yourselves; the public aren’t stupid and dieters though desperate to try ANYTHING are not going to flock like sheep to try this diet just because ‘Kirstie Alley’ says it worked for her. People will try any diet/pill/machine even if Hitler had suggested it, bacause they want to lose weight! The fact that Kirstie is saying it is immaterial!I mean, most people aren’t complete gormless idiots! Also, I think the fact that she’s still overweight is a much more realistic representation of weight loss than if a tiny skinny person was standing there afterwards – people would be suspicious. If someone had told me when I was at my very biggest (15.5 stone)that I would be paid 5 million to lose 14lbs it would not have made dieting with an eating disorder (which Kirstie obviously has) any easier! And keeping it off afterwards is even harder, it’s no reflection on the diet, just the dieter!

Also although I have never seen pictures of Kirstie at her largest, in the ones I have seen (before weight-loss pics)there’s no way she was EVER 500lbs (that’s about 35 stone!)or even 322lbs (er 23 stone?). So I think some people need to brush up on sizes vs weights! I’d say she was probably about 18 or 19 stone, so after 75lbs she’d now be about 12.5/13.5 stone…? Which is roughly a UK size 16/18. Ok, not magazine perfect but pretty acceptable. Let’s get things into perspective here! Yeah, she’s not that ‘Cheers’ girl anymore but she’s older, with an eating disorder! Of course, if anybody has a 35 stone Kirstie-at-her-biggest picture let me see it and I’ll retract my ramblings and get off my soapbox, but I doubt it somehow.

IS IT JUST ME OR DID KIRSTIE GAIN SOME WEIGHT BACK? LOOK FOLKS, THE ONLY SCIENCE TO LOSING WEIGHT IS CUT THE CALORIES EAT HEALTHY AND INCREASE YOUR EXERCISE. CASE CLOSED.

Okay, I am finally posting about this because It is so irritating to me. I am a 37 year old 5’4″ mother of 4. 10 years ago after the birth of my last child I weighed 220 lbs. I lost 80lb through diet and tons of exercise and was 140 lb. I am now 145 lb and wear a size 8. I don’t exercise as much a before, so am not quite as toned as I would like, but there is no way that Ms Ally and I weigh the same with her being over 3 inches taller than I. And I have seen myself in video and photos and it doesn’t make you look that much bigger. Every woman probably lies about weight at some point, but Ms Ally is being paid to promote a diet and lying about where she started and how far she has come is a huge misrepresentation. It’s destructive to those who have worked very hard to lose weight and feel good about themselves to see her claiming to be a certain weight and then still looking quite overweight on t.v. I give her a ton of credit for getting up and doing something about it, but why not tell the truth, what does she have to lose? The pictures don’t lie, and I am not stupid enough to believe her claims. What happen when a young 5’7″, 145 lb girl (this is a perfectly healthy weight for this height) see’s these pictures and believes herself to look like that??? Very irresponsible Kirstey! You chose to go public with your weight loss, please at least be honest about the numbers!

You people that have to join programs like this to lose weight make me laugh. It’s common sense. Sure in extreme cases people can have thyroid problems, etc. that are responsible for obesity, but usually it’s just eating too many calories at any one time. You have to simply adapt to a lower calories slowly. That is the secret–your own body can adapt to using a lower amount of calories if you let it. That means any program ANY that restricts total calories is going to work–if you stick with it and simply let your body adapt over time. Where people fall down is going back to eating more calories.
And that’s the secret as well–eating actually ramps up your metabolism. You have to eat enough to keep it going, but eat the right things–things that encourage fat loss and not muscle mass to burn up–and eating too few calories and things that run up your insulin won’t ever work the best–things like “Apricot crumble bar” lol.
In a nutshell, here is the secret:
1. The more you eat, the more your metabolism runs up.
2. Your body adapts to a certain caloric level
3. Combine 1 & 2, and that’s why people fail when they go on a starvation diet–it works at first, then your body adapts to the lower calories. And you hit a plateau where no real fat loss can occur any longer–and worse you’re starving and burning up muscle tissue as a result as well.
To lose fat the fastest way possible, you have to control 1. insulin, 2. your metabolism, 3. your calories
You body adapts to caloric level–it can also adapt to any # of calories per day. That means if you’re always eating 1400 calories/day–your body is going to eventually adapt to it. Same applies to each meal–your body adapts to the # of calories from one meal to the next, if you keep repating it exactly day after day.
Don’t believe it? Try this simple approach and see for yourself:
Day 1: breakfast=700, lunch=500, dinner=800
Day 2: breakfast=500, lunch=700, dinner=500
Day 3: breakfast=300, lunch=900, dinner=200
Day 4: breakfast=100, lunch=100, dinner=800
* So you could start on Monday with Day1, Tuesday is Day 2, Wed. is Day 3, Thur is Day 4, then Friday you start the cycle over repeating Day 1, etc. (Friday = Day 1, Sat = Day 2, Sun = Day 3, Mon= Day 4, …, etc.)
**Important to not have snacks, and each meal should be approximately every 4 hours. A diet soda could serve as a snack, as well as water.
**Only drink water (and lots of it) with each meal and throughout the day–you will never see any real fat loss without it.
**This is not technically counting calories per se–it forces your metabolism to stay off balance. This means it will never adapt to any one calories at each meal and from day to day. Add to that some fast walking on a treadmill each day (not running just fast walking, approximately 30 mins to 1 hour), plus plenty of water and you will see fat start flying off your person within the first week.
** As to what to each for each meal–it’s common sense. You want to eat things with plenty of fiber and get your protein in there as well, but nothing like sugary foods, cakes, pies, etc. And no deserts
** If you do still eat things like burgers, fries, etc., it will still work–but it will work MUCH faster if you eat sensible things. Things with plenty of fiber and things like mixed vegetables, etc. You will see INCREDIBLE results if you combine this eating pattern with protein diet foods like Atkins, etc.–anything that runs up your insulin high like sugary foods, simple carbs, etc. are the enemies of fast fat loss.
** To anyone that says counting calories doesn’t work–BAH! OF COURSE IT WORKS! It’s common sense and basic body chemistry. And we all already know to do it–we know not to overeat and can’t overeat already–that is essentially counting calories. But once you get to your weight, you have to adapt to a lower caloric level for each person, and continue to eat the right foods (with the occasional cheat day, etc.–once you get there). The magic figure for most people is around 1500 calories/day, in order to stay at their ideal weight. Your body wants to be thin, you just have to let it be.

1. At 250 pounds I somehow met and moved in with an amazing and omg hot (he makes my knees weak!) man and I’m still with him. So yes, it’s possible to get a man when you’re larger than a size 00.

2. She’s gained some weight back. It’s obvious in the most recent commercials.

3. I’ve lost 70 pounds by joining Weight Watchers and exercising. Far cheaper and tastier than microwave meals.

Jan said:
Even if you believe she has just the minimum muscle required to live, and is pretty much made up of fat now so she manages to weigh 135lb and look that big, it is impossible to believe that at her largest she only weighed 201lb. For comparison, Britney Spears is 5’4″ (5’2″, some claim) and she weighs 147lb now, and she is roughly half the size that[...]

On the road to my PhD said:
How does everyone know she made up these numbers? She was straight up fat before she lost that weight, and we know fat weighs more than muscle. I also think she DOES look about 135 in recent pictures. [...]

well I liked her better at her old fat weight which had to be more than 220!…more like 270.she still looks amazingly feminine and womanly with her new but still plump figure.my prediction:kirstie WILL gain the weight back and soon. we all do.