MM - BBGC - Life After WLS

Paula Deen. I will not snark. I will not snark.

Paula.  Paula.  Paula.  Did you know that weight loss surgery, particularly the roux-en-y gastric bypass, is a widely-used treatment for Type II Diabetes?  /end ad

How did we not see this coming?

Janet Jackson + Nutrisystem

This morning I saw Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris on an Ellen show clip, and just now I saw this,  Janet Jackson, Michael's baby sister is now the face of the Nutrisystem diet.  Its a Jackson mediapalooza lately --

Janet Jackson is bringing her weight loss to the limelight as the new face of Nutrisystem and a book chronicling her shifting weight journey over the years.

In her new book, "True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself," 45-year-old Jackson explores weight loss and gain in a candid account using her own experiences.

Well there's that, we know what happens now. 

PR Newswire -

"Dieting never worked for me, counting calories never worked for me, and denying myself the foods I love never worked for me. I needed a better plan, and I found it with Nutrisystem," shares Ms. Jackson. "With Nutrisystem I am seeing results already, and I am so impressed by both the thought and the nutritional science behind the program. There are millions of women like me who want to be successful but don't have the tools to do it on their own.  I hope I can help inspire them." 

Recording and film superstar Janet Jackson will be the new face of Nutrisystem's national advertising and marketing campaign. The ads showcase Janet's strength of character and her desire to help people find a healthy weight maintenance plan.

(PRNewsFoto/Nutrisystem)

Dear Janet - Please make an exercise video.  Serious.  This 1980's child would absolutely buy it.

OMG KIRSTIE ALLEY.

From HuffPo

If for no other reason than we are celebrity weight loss photo whores.  Wow.  She's done it again.  I didn't see this on TV, but was following keywords BACK from "kirstie alley weight loss surgery."  

She says - "I haven't had plastic surgery but here's the reason: People do plastic surgery to make you look younger," she said. "I don't think it makes you look younger. I like it can make you look weirder."

Gossip?

Aretha Franklin Gastric Bypass Complication Rumors and Video

I've been following this story loosely for months, because, OMG ARETHA!  And, if it turns out she's been bypassed, I wanted to know!  So?  SO?  Gossip is what it is!  I love this woman!  Sing with me!

FoxNews -

In an appearance on theWendy Williams show Wednesday, music legend Aretha Franklin revealed that she has shed a remarkable 85 pounds after deciding that she was

But according to one expert, given her age and the amount of weight she has to lose, simple diet and exercise alone are not enough to have brought on such drastic results.

Beverly Hills-based surgeon, Dr. Lawrence Koplin (who does not treat Franklin) noted that losing such a vast amount of weight in a short period of time is incredibly challenging with diet and exercise alone.

"Losing this amount of weight with exercise and diet would require a strict, strict team, and is said to be impossible especially those above 40 with a slowed metabolism,” Koplin told us. “Surgical correction is the fastest way to see an 85 pound weight decrease in just a few months.” 

Franklin's weight loss followed a major health scare late last year, after the 68-year-old underwent surgery for an undisclosed ailment in December after complaining of debilitating side pains. Fans and the media speculated that she was suffering with pancreatic cancer, a claim she consistently denied.

But Internet rumors are now swirling that indeed Franklin was not diagnosed with cancer, but became seriously ill – canceling a slew of concerts and appearances including the recent Grammys – due to complications surrounding a gastric bypass surgery procedure.

A rep for Franklin did not respond to our request for comment, and she has so far declined to elaborate on what caused her recent emergency surgery.

Nonetheless, Franklin is looking as svelte and healthy as ever.

Furthermore, an insider told us that her mystery illness is being very much kept under wraps even to those who work closely with Franklin.

“I don’t think it was cancer, nobody really knows what was wrong,” said our source. 

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/03/03/doctor-aretha-franklins-rapid-weight-loss-nearly-impossible-surgery/#ixzz1FdKFr97f

 

Aretha Franklin is like skinny. Hello.

Hot dayum.  I hope she's healthy, because, wow.

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