Kirstie Alley

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<p>Ok - this is going to sound snarky. But I keep hearing and reading about her weight loss on Dancing with the Stars and I am very skeptical. Today I read she has lost 70 pounds! She does look thinner - but 70 lbs.? I have also read that she was a size 12 when she began the show and is now a size 6! Ridiculous! Maybe she started as an 18 and is now a 14. There is no way that she wears a size 6! She is still fairly heavy. I actually like her and I admire anyone who loses weight and has to deal with this issue publicly - but I feel she is being very dishonest and that bugs me.</p>

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<p>Here’s one recent article:</p>

<p>[Kirstie</a> Alley drops 70 pounds in new group of shrinking celebrities - Hartford Pop Culture | Examiner.com](<a href=“http://www.examiner.com/pop-culture-in-hartford/kirstie-alley-drops-70-pounds-new-group-of-shrinking-celebrities]Kirstie”>http://www.examiner.com/pop-culture-in-hartford/kirstie-alley-drops-70-pounds-new-group-of-shrinking-celebrities)</p>

<p>and another</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/04/20/kirstie-alley-dancing-with-the-stars-weight-loss/[/url]”>http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/04/20/kirstie-alley-dancing-with-the-stars-weight-loss/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Well, heavens, it’s not as though kirstie wrote the articles.</p>

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<p>Always consider the source(s). The Daily Mail and The Examiner - the facts are not the most important consideration to either.</p>

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<p>There’s no 70 pound difference between the before and after pics. Maybe 7 pounds.</p>

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<p>It bugs me too when publications say a celebrity wears a size 6 or whatever and I, who am much smaller, can’t wear that size.</p>

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<p>My understanding was that she’d already lost quite a bit before the first show aired. There was some footage of her mentioning she only had 40 more to lose.</p>

<p>To be honest, she does look like she has more than 40 extra, but it is true that people look quite a bit heavier on camera than in person.</p>

<p>Oh, and as to her current size…one might attribute that a bit to vanity sizing. My 17 year-old is not a skinny minnie. I buy her size 8 clothing most of the time. Her friends who are more typical, slender teens probably wear size 0, 1, or 2.</p>

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<p>I just bought a beach dress, XS. If I wear size 0, Kristie might as well wear size 6. Vanity sizing. </p>

<p>I took a peek at the photos. It is hard to judge how much weight she lost because of the clothes, but her face and neck do look like she’s lost significant weight.</p>

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<p>There are times I wear a size 6 in certain brands. Or even a size 8. I weighed 118 pounds the last time I checked. I don’t really care what size Kirstie Alley is, but I doubt we wear the same.</p>

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<p>Looking at the photo posted above, if that’s a 6 I’d like to know what kind of clothes she’s wearing! Since I got sick and my thyroid quit, I’ve gone from about an 8 to a 12, and I am still smaller than she is, even taking into account that my weight is proportioned more generously than hers is. I would have guessed 14-16 looking at her. She looks great though compared to the last time I saw her, I’m really glad for her. Her… sense of humor reminds me of my mother and her sister, so I’ve always been partial to Kirstie Alley. :P</p>

<p>Does plus size clothing have different numbers or something? o.O</p>

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<p>H has a secret “thing” for Kirstie Alley…thin, fat, he doesn’t care :slight_smile: Makes me remember a short lived tv program where the husband had a secret crush on Katie Couric.</p>