Paula Dean's weightloss

I don't like her for two reasons:

1. The way she treated her son when he wanted to start cooking healthy southern food. It was rude and done in a very public manner.
2. How's she's in deep with the Big Pharma

Congrats to her for losing the weight but I'm not a fan. There's so many other celebrity chefs to follow.

From Anthony Bourdain: She's "the most destructive person on the Food Network" and said in an interview: "She revels in unholy connections with evil corporations and she's proud of the fact that her food is f---ing bad for you. If I were on at seven at night and loved by millions of people at every age, I would think twice before telling an already obese nation that it's OK to eat food that is killing us. Plus, her food sucks."

Agree agree agree. Another thing he said "Thinking of getting into the leg-breaking business, so I can profitably sell crutches later." 100% true.

This article also says 3 years.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/anthony-bourdain-slams-paula-deen/story?id=15386289

Thank you! I always admire Bourdain because in No Reservations he really shows the cultures and lifestyles of the locals wherever he travels (yes, centered around food). If someone tips off the local media and a crowd shows up at one of the filming spots they change to another spot. He really supports local food sources, ingredients, and traditions...and yes, while being a bit crass and crabby. I like it.

I agree. I find it very hard to believe that dropping 30 lbs. sent her from an 18 to a 10. However, I guess it's possible depending on the weight distribution. I have lost close to 40 lbs. from what I was last year at this time and am down four sizes. An 18 to a 10 would be 5 sizes technically, but it still seems odd to me that she would be that much. Of course, I believe a lot of people in the entertainment industry lie when it comes to these things. I remember when Kirstie Alley said she weighed 175 lbs. Yeah, right! Not in those photos and at that time. I recently read something that said she lost 100 lbs. on DWTS, so I guess that means she only weighs 75 lbs. now. Why aren't these celebrities honest? The rest of us know they are lying, and they make ordinary people feel that much worse. Way to go to all who are doing this on their own and being HONEST about their true weight loss!

Right and each size change is 10 pounds so she would be down 3 clothing sizes, not 5.

You say a size change is 10 pounds. Someone else said it was 15. Obviously, this is something that varies person to person-depending on where they lose their weight from.

Is she losin' weight the right way? Or resort to some sort of surgery? She strikes me as the type that would look for "shortcuts".

If you think surgery is a shortcut, you have no clue.

here's some feedback and experiences from real people on the pounds per size question:
http://www.thinnertimesforum.com/topic/67047-pounds-per-size-in-clothing/

(it's all over the map!)

Someone had mentioned she knew for 3 years about her diabetes. Losing weight and quitting smoking go hand-in-hand IMO. You can't quit or lose weight until YOU are ready. The doctors can tell you for years you need to quit smoking or lose weight, but until you are mentally ready, it isn't going to happen.

There are tons of people that know that they have health issues yet they negate the reasoning of doing something about it! What matters is that she took the initiative for a healthier alternative. That's what the focus should be. I hate that so many negative comments have been made about something that is suppose to be positive!

I have to say she makes some great food so I disagree with Anthony Bourdain on that. He has obviously never been in a good Southern home with an old-fashioned country cook, and I think his tastes tend toward more international exotic flavors. However, I can't watch her at all because I am from the South originally, and I have never heard anyone "put on" with the accent as much as she does, and NO ONE says "y'all" as much as she does in just one sentence. It is for the cameras, period. I did watch her son's show once, "Not My Mama's Cooking"(?), and he redid some of her recipes with healthier twists, and they looked great although I have never tried them. I have one of her cookbooks, and there are some really tasty recipes in it, but I don't make much out of it any more -- once in a while for company but that's about it. I still like reading it, though. (I love reading cookbooks!)

That's not true about Bourdain. If you've seen any of the southern US episodes (or even the ones on the border in TX and CA) you would know he does appreciate the down home southern family cooking...and that his taste is not just "international and exotic flavors" Or perhaps the Ozarks episode where he was eating squirrel and other similar critters. Or the Maine one where they are eating very rustic in a cabin in the woods.

I have very little faith in the BMI or scale, when I weighed 142 I wore a size 2, so only 5 lbs not 10 is a size changer for me. I seriously would not lie, no one ever believes how much I weigh.

The "size" thing is not something I like to go by as far as comparison. Because at my heaviest of 232 (and I am 5'5) I wore a size 20 mainly because of my saddle bags/thighs. I never had the waist for a size 20 and had to wear a belt as I had to buy big enough for my more 'problem areas'. I have a pic in my album of the comparison.
But I started playing around with P90X and eating better and dropped to around 185 in less then 6 months. I was then buying size 12/14 jeans. And my tops went from a 2X to an XL mainly because I am 'busty'.
IMO...depending on the manufacturer...clothes sizes are NOT created equal. I wish they were but it is a well known fact that some "run smaller" in number as it is a psychological thing with women. That is why I like to wear the same brand of jeans or whatever and I use that more as my personal gauge then anything else.
But then again, now that I am doing Insanity....the tape measure is my best friend!! lol Loving the loss of inches!

How could these "celebrities" make their money by putting on weight then taking it off...This world is going crazy or it's just me?

Chocoholic- I'm with you. I lost 50 lbs went from a size 22W to an 18/XL. I don't see how she could lose 30 lbs and drop 4 sizes!

She can say what she likes, I don't believe she got into a size 10 from a size 18 by losing 30 pounds. I've lost a grand total, here and off, of 50, and I went from an 24w to an 18w. And I lost 50 pounds!!! An 18 to a 10? That woman does not look like she's lost that much. She looks great, granted, but she's no size 10. :noway:

Idk cause iv lost about 38 pounds I was a size 18 and went down to size 13s so I think it's possible she could've went down the sizes. To me though everyone loses weight differently... I like Paula Dean.. I guess I could relate.. She's very southern hospitality and I am raised that way..

Personally I think they all lie about sizes like whn rickie lake said she was a 4 or 6 right...... Just saying

I started at a size 18, I'm in a 7. I've lost 56.6 pounds. I don't know what size I was at 30 pounds. The only reason I even know I'm in a 7 now is because I had to get a pair of shorts to go to the beach. I didn't plan on doing any shopping until I am done, but I didn't wanna wear over sized sweats to go fishing.

I find it hard to believe that she went from an 18 to a 10 with only losing 30 lbs. At one point i went from a 22 to a 12 and it took lots of exercise and 75 lbs! I'm 5' 8"

Why do you find it so hard to believe? I'm only 5'2, I went from 205-ish and a size 16/18 (I squeezed into 16's, but should have been wearing 18's) down to 160-ish and wearing 6's. Sounds pretty similar-even without vanity sizing. *shrug*

*in fact, I can shop in the jr. department again now-even sitting around 155. I bought myself some jr. size 7's for Christmas, and they fit. :-D

I'm jealous. I'm also 5'2 and there's no way I could fit in a size 6 at 160 lbs. More like a size 12.

Wow! I need to shop where you do. I am 139 lbs, 5'3.5" and wear a size 10, occasionally 8.