6 Celebs Who Struggle To Keep The Scale Number Down
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Only when they gain some, lose some and gain it back again, they do it in the glare of the spotlight. These six celebs are notorious for having ridden the wild weight roller coaster over the years. Fortunately, they're coming to terms with their bodies and hoping to find a diet solution that really works.
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Who can forget Oprah Winfrey wheeling a wagon with 67 pounds of fat onstage to represent going from 212 to 145 pounds? That was in 1988, and Oprah, 62, has been up and down ever since, hitting her heaviest, 237 pounds, in 1992.
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In 2005, she reached her ideal. "At a toned 160 pounds, I thought I was finished with the battle," she said. Four years later she was around 200 pounds again.
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Oprah, who has thyroid problems, got back to her diet and exercise regime until she loved how she looked in jeans again. Now she's pledged to make 2016 her best body year yet!
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"I'm excited at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance," admitted Valerie Bertinelli, 55.
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When her marriage to rocker Eddie Van Halen went south in 2001, she used food to numb the pain. At her heaviest, the 5-foot-4 star weighted 172, but exercise helped her drop 50 pounds. In 2009, she proudly posed in a tiny bikini.
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Unfortunately, in 2013, the Hot in Cleveland star broke her foot, sidelining her workouts. Lo and behold, the weight came back.
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Jessica Simpson went from skinny in 2004 to chubby in 2009, but her real problems didn't start till she got pregnant.
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"I let myself indulge in everything," admitted the 5-foot-3, 35-year-old. She was 170 pounds when she delivered daughter Maxwell in 2012.
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But a rigorous daily fitness plan helped her pare 50 pounds!
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Control was one of Janet Jackson's biggest albums, but she has had trouble controlling her weight. In 2001, the 5-foot-4 star was happy to bare her midriff.
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Yet by 2006, she was living in baggy sweats to hide her heft. "When I'm down or really stressed, I eat," she admitted.
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Janet ultimately skimmed 60 pounds by 2012 — and has kept it off so far. "I'm really happy," Janet, 49, said of her success.
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When Cheers went off the air in 1993, Kirstie Alley had entered early menopause and started gaining weight. She slimmed down for Veronica's Closet in 1997, but was way up again seven years later.
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By 2007, she'd shed 75 pounds, only to be done in once more by Chinese food and buttery pasta. At her heaviest, 5-foot-7 Kirstie was 228 pounds! "I started screaming," she said about the number. "I was so much more disgusting than I thought!"
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Starting Dancing With The Stars as a size 14 in 2011, she whittled down to a size 6 thanks to daily rehearsals. She's gained and lost another 50 pounds since — only this time it seems to be sticking! "My goal is to maintain this throughout my life," Kirstie, 65, said recently.
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Funnyman Jonah Hill had his breakout moment in 2007's Superbad, but he didn't want to play pudgy-yet-loveable losers forever.
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In 2011, after following a nutritionist's advice, Jonah dropped 40 pounds from his 5-foot-7 frame. Then he bulged back — and blamed his favorite beverage.
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"It's so annoying because if I don't drink beer, I get really thing," he said. By last summer, Jonah, 32, had ballooned once more, tipping the scales at 270 pounds and alarming friends, who are now concerned for his health.
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Only when they gain some, lose some and gain it back again, they do it in the glare of the spotlight. These six celebs are notorious for having ridden the wild weight roller coaster over the years. Fortunately, they're coming to terms with their bodies and hoping to find a diet solution that really works.
Photo credit: Splash News
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Who can forget Oprah Winfrey wheeling a wagon with 67 pounds of fat onstage to represent going from 212 to 145 pounds? That was in 1988, and Oprah, 62, has been up and down ever since, hitting her heaviest, 237 pounds, in 1992.
Photo credit: Splash News
An Evening With Oprah - Melbourne
In 2005, she reached her ideal. "At a toned 160 pounds, I thought I was finished with the battle," she said. Four years later she was around 200 pounds again.
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Oprah, who has thyroid problems, got back to her diet and exercise regime until she loved how she looked in jeans again. Now she's pledged to make 2016 her best body year yet!
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"I'm excited at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance," admitted Valerie Bertinelli, 55.
Photo credit: Splash News
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When her marriage to rocker Eddie Van Halen went south in 2001, she used food to numb the pain. At her heaviest, the 5-foot-4 star weighted 172, but exercise helped her drop 50 pounds. In 2009, she proudly posed in a tiny bikini.
Photo credit: The Oprah Show
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Unfortunately, in 2013, the Hot in Cleveland star broke her foot, sidelining her workouts. Lo and behold, the weight came back.
Photo credit: Splash News
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Jessica Simpson went from skinny in 2004 to chubby in 2009, but her real problems didn't start till she got pregnant.
Photo credit: Splash News
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"I let myself indulge in everything," admitted the 5-foot-3, 35-year-old. She was 170 pounds when she delivered daughter Maxwell in 2012.
Photo credit: Splash News
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But a rigorous daily fitness plan helped her pare 50 pounds!
Photo credit: Splash News
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Control was one of Janet Jackson's biggest albums, but she has had trouble controlling her weight. In 2001, the 5-foot-4 star was happy to bare her midriff.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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Yet by 2006, she was living in baggy sweats to hide her heft. "When I'm down or really stressed, I eat," she admitted.
Photo credit: Splash News
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Janet ultimately skimmed 60 pounds by 2012 — and has kept it off so far. "I'm really happy," Janet, 49, said of her success.
Photo credit: Splash News
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When Cheers went off the air in 1993, Kirstie Alley had entered early menopause and started gaining weight. She slimmed down for Veronica's Closet in 1997, but was way up again seven years later.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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By 2007, she'd shed 75 pounds, only to be done in once more by Chinese food and buttery pasta. At her heaviest, 5-foot-7 Kirstie was 228 pounds! "I started screaming," she said about the number. "I was so much more disgusting than I thought!"
Photo credit: Getty Images
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Starting Dancing With The Stars as a size 14 in 2011, she whittled down to a size 6 thanks to daily rehearsals. She's gained and lost another 50 pounds since — only this time it seems to be sticking! "My goal is to maintain this throughout my life," Kirstie, 65, said recently.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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Funnyman Jonah Hill had his breakout moment in 2007's Superbad, but he didn't want to play pudgy-yet-loveable losers forever.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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In 2011, after following a nutritionist's advice, Jonah dropped 40 pounds from his 5-foot-7 frame. Then he bulged back — and blamed his favorite beverage.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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"It's so annoying because if I don't drink beer, I get really thing," he said. By last summer, Jonah, 32, had ballooned once more, tipping the scales at 270 pounds and alarming friends, who are now concerned for his health.
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