Kirstie Alley

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Now that DWTS is over, everyone is, as usual, talking weight loss. This time the weight-loss winner is Kirstie Alley; earlier in the season, the actress claimed that she was a size four-six, the result of losing 60 pounds before the show (which she's said was due to diet supplements that she endorses).

To show off her success, Kirstie even wore the same dress on her final dance that she wore in the very first episode, tailored to fit her now that she lost the weight. "My dress is half the size it was when we started," she said — reportedly lost a total of 38 inches.

The actress, while she has yet to announce an official weight-loss figure while on the TV show, tweeted that she had lost over 10 pounds only about two weeks into the show. Some of that was the result of a 1,400-calorie diet even while working out five to seven hours a day. Not fueling your body enough during a grueling workout is the opposite of sustainable and healthy weight loss — you'll have no energy and lose muscle mass, and restricting calories can lead to a slower metabolic rate. Even Kirstie agreed; she said she was upping her calorie intake after falling and feeling dizzy from low blood-sugar earlier this month.

Regardless of how much or how she lost the weight, she's has shown how fun it can be to dance the pounds off! Are you happy for Kirstie's weight-loss success?

You eat a balanced diet and exercise, and you lose weight. But once you reach your goal, you exchange trips to the gym for pork lo mein on the couch, and end up gaining all the weight back (and then some). You're not alone. In fact studies show that two-thirds of dieters regain more weight within four or five years than they initially lost. Even celebs aren't immune to the grasps of yo-yo-dieting. Kirstie Alley, Oprah Winfrey, and Janet Jackson have all struggled with keeping the numbers on the scale from going up.

Constant yo-yo dieting makes it harder to keep the weight off because when your body mass decreases by 10 percent or more, it ends up slowing down your metabolism by 11 to 15 percent. Going on and off diets also changes other aspects of your physiology, such as increasing the hunger hormone ghrelin, and decreasing the hormone leptin, which makes you feel satisfied and full. Doctors believe strict diets which are low in calories are the worst. Your body may see restricting your calorie intake as a threat to its survival, and that's why it holds on to the extra pounds on your tush.

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Is it me or does it seem like Kirstie Alley's weight is always in the news? She's losing weight, then gaining it, and now she's lost some again. According to People magazine, Kirstie has dropped 20 pounds off her frame. She has narrowed down her issues and knows her "two biggest hurdles in weight loss and maintenance are cravings and too big of an appetite." To get back on the road to a healthy figure, she's developed a weight-loss program that specifically deals with those two issues. It's called Organic Liaison, and it's the first ever USDA-approved certified organic weight loss program. The plan is designed to be healthy, easy, convenient, tasty, affordable, and something you can stick with for the rest of your life.

I was excited to hear all this, until I found out that the "program" is really just a bunch of supplements. The Rescue Me elixir is a formula "packed with essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients, [which] helps to reduce cravings while giving you an energy boost." Kirstie basically says it works because it's organic, and when you drink it, you won't be hungry so you end up losing weight. I'm sorry, but I'm not buying it. I am not a fan of weight loss supplements, organic or not.

Apparently the program is working for Kirstie, and her progress will be chronicled on her new reality TV show, Kirstie Alley's Big Life, which debuts March 21. Tell me, do you think these weight loss products will get her healthy once and for all, or do you think it's just another turn on her roller coaster weight loss ride?

Kirstie Alley, a former interior designer, and Oprah have teamed up for a fun contest awarding one of Oprah's fans with a room in their home decorated by Alley herself. As proof of Alley's skills, there's a video interview with the actress on Oprah's site, asking what her biggest decorating dos and don'ts are. Aside from "holiday slipcovers" (you'll see), I'd say it sounds like she definitely knows what she's talking about. Here they are:

• One of my big decorating don'ts is, well, I hate faux finishes. So, I'm like, don't do the faux finish. If you want a finish that's legitimate and Italian, then do Venetian plaster — and have someone who knows what they're doing do it.




• The second one is nothing crafty. Don't decorate with ducks, k? No ducks, no . . . I don't know. I just can't go crafty.
• My primary thing with interior design is this: design your house in a way that in 30 years, you're gonna love it still. And it has a timeless quality. That doesn't mean you can't refresh things.

See two more of her dos and don'ts when you read more

Though it's not overtly a weight-loss reality show like The Biggest Loser or Celebrity Fit Club, Kirstie Alley's new reality series will explore some weighty issues. Premiering March 21 on A&E, Kirstie Alley's Big Life looks like a lot of fun, chronicling Alley's career but also her struggles with weight loss.

As Alley explains in the promo above: "I was thin my whole life, 'til I gained 75 pounds, then I lost 75 pounds, then I gained 75 pounds." She rejects the descriptor "full-figured," admitting that she's just "fat." But she's still determined to lose the weight again:

"We're gonna see me lose weight in the show, because I think that, you know, we always see people the 'before' and the 'after.' And we don't really know what happens in between. And the in between is really the meat and potatoes, no pun intended."

I find Alley's honesty refreshing and I hope she can figure out a way to lose the weight once and for all. Do you think you'll be tuning in?