Kirstie Alley Weight Loss

Kirsten Louise "Kirstie Alley" has been in the news for a while with her weight loss and gain thing. If you are not familiar with the name, then you should be familiar with "Rebecca Howe" from the award winning comedy series "Cheers" (1982-1993) or you might remeber her in the less popular show "Veronica's Closet" in the late 90's. She's engaged in other stuffs too.

Kirstie Alley Before After Weight Loss

At some point in her career, she gained a bunch of weight. In 2005, her weight increased to over 200 lb (91 kg). Now at this time what one would do? Just exercise, crash diets, regular workouts and so on. Normally, when a famous actress gains a couple of pounds, then she is not the girl that finds the Guys anymore, rather she's an Aunt or something like that oldie and ugly roles in the film.

But Kirstie after her weight gain, headlined a "mockumentary" style comedy series for Showtime called "Fat Actress". In the show Alley played herself as an overweight actress trying to make it to the Hollywood. Alley also became an advocate against obesity and was a spokeswoman for the Jenny Craig weight-loss program. She had lost 75 pounds (34 kg), according to Alley on a November 6, 2006 appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (see more on Kirstie Alley on Oprah Winfrey Show).

Kirstie Alley On Oprah Winfrey Show

She appeared clad in a semi-bikini outfit, with a fabric midriff and several yards of translucent chiffon to hide her back-view.

Kirstie Alley revealing bikini on Oprah Winfrey Show

But after quitting the Jenny Craig weight-loss program, she started it all over again. She gained almost 83 pounds (37.6 kg) after that.
Now that she has struggled in her career and have gone through many ups and downs, we should encourage people like them, shouldn't we? So, what do you guys think about Kirstie Alley and her weight loss struggle. Have anyone else suffered from this thing?