Kirstie Alley inspiring story

I'm very cynical when it comes to her and Valerie Bertinelli and their ilk. It's like being on Jenny Craig (or other celebrity-endorsed programs) has taught them nothing about how to actually eat and live as a slimmer person, but I guess it pays well. They're professional weight-losers at this point. I'm not inspired at all.

I feel like I have a hard time caring about her weight loss because it seems like every other year or so you hear about her losing 50lbs or whatever.

Not that it isn't important to never give up, and she certainly never has. And she's keeping herself in the spotlight because of it. BUT at what point do we decide the yo-yo lifestyle isn't one she should be selling to people?

Again, I'm not saying someone should give up because they yo-yo. I'm saying that I have a hard time accepting her as knowledgable about weight loss and health, and I don't want to buy whatever she's endorsing.

The thing is, people like Kirstie Alley have turned losing (and gaining, and losing, and gaining...) weight into their entire career and way to make money. It's like how other Hollywood celebrities get married and divorced just to make the headlines. It's all so staged. I mean, Kirstie Alley even had her own TV show called "Fat Actress". If that's not trading on weight issues, I don't know what is.

Personally, I'm much more inspired by the everyday people who lose the weight, keep it off, and do so quietly. Celebrities who earn their keep doing endorsements for various products or by searching for headlines don't really inspire me.

I could swear I saw her on some shopping channel selling her own line of weight loss products... shakes and supplements and the like touting them as all natural. The word clean may have even been used.

I can appreciate the fact that she's not given up, but I see the packaged plan deals like Jenny Craig and Nutri System as a quick fix of sorts. I don't think you learn much from them about eating in the real world with food you usually eat.

I just saw that commercial and thought, "...again?!" How many times will she lose those 50 pounds?!?!?

hasnt she done this several times before though and doesnt manage to keep it off? Eah time she goes on some chat show, so unfirtunately a sense of Deja Vu. Doesnt inspire me, although have nothing against her.

WalkingAlong wrote: »

I figure they give her the meals and support for her past affiliations is all.

Hah! The woman has made an undisclosed sum that is estimated to be in the millions from her celeb endorsement deals and product lines over the years. Weight loss is Big Business in Hollywood.

foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/08/09/six-celebs-who-gained-cash-when-losing-weight/

segacs wrote: »

WalkingAlong wrote: »

I figure they give her the meals and support for her past affiliations is all.

Hah! The woman has made an undisclosed sum that is estimated to be in the millions from her celeb endorsement deals and product lines over the years. Weight loss is Big Business in Hollywood.

foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/08/09/six-celebs-who-gained-cash-when-losing-weight/

Yeah, I edited my post after looking up that article confirming she was again the spokesperson.

I don't think $1.5M is that much in that industry. She has an estimated net worth of $30M. I think she could get a million in Vegas in a few shows.

I'd be very tempted to gain 100 and lose it again if they waived a million dollars at me. Probably wouldn't do it, but it'd be very tempting! If she gains to lose, who can blame her.

Aside from her gorgeous hair, there is something appealing about Kirstie Alley. Like there's a real likeable person in there, behind the celeb stuff. I could be wrong.

I don't really care about her or any celeb's weight loss. When I hit the amount Oprah hauled out in the wagon, I re-watched that because I was like, "Damn, look at me go! I lost that, too!" but I'm not really inspired by celebs. I've read things that inspired me more here on these boards - and it's never the "This is how you should be, awesome like me!" stuff. It's always comments that I don't think people intended to be inspiring.

If OP is inspired by Kirstie Alley's story, that's really all that matters. Everyone else's opinion is interesting, but not the point.

47Jacqueline wrote: »

If OP is inspired by Kirstie Alley's story, that's really all that matters. Everyone else's opinion is interesting, but not the point.

Really? She posted a topic for discussion, therefore people's opinions matter just as much as hers.

kelleybean1 wrote: »

Losing 50 lbs is hard work no matter how you do it. Kudos to her.

I gotta say, as someone who gained and lost the same 50 pounds at least three times, losing 50 lbs is hard work. Keeping it off is even harder. Regardless, kudos to anyone who can do it.

I think the fact that celebrities like KA and Oprah can have personal chefs and trainers and all that and still lose and regain and lose and regain shows what a complex issue losing and keeping it off really is. It shows you can have every single advantage and all the tools in the shed and still it comes down to YOU and your own behaviour.

In some ways that's inspirational, I guess, but in others I find it super depressing LOL. Kinda like "well if they can't do with with every single advantage and while being paid an obscene amount of money, how the heck am I supposed to??"