{"id":101320,"date":"2015-01-06T11:07:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T16:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=101320"},"modified":"2015-01-06T11:07:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T16:07:11","slug":"kirstie-alley-loses-50-pounds-with-jenny-craig-says-this-time-its-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/kirstie-alley-loses-50-pounds-with-jenny-craig-says-this-time-its-different\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirstie Alley Loses 50 Pounds with Jenny Craig, Says &#8220;This Time It&#8217;s Different&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101323\" alt=\"kirstie alley 50 pounds\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kirstie-alley-50-pounds.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kirstie-alley-50-pounds.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kirstie-alley-50-pounds-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"kirstie alley diets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/kirstie-alley\">Kirstie Alley<\/a> <\/strong>has always been very vocal about her weight losses and gains, something she has spoken about as a Jenny Craig spokesperson, a\u00a0<em>Dancing With the Stars\u00a0<\/em>star, and a <em>Fat Actress<\/em>. Alley spoke to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/kirstie-alley-talks-50-pound-weight-loss-time-its-different-1D80404553\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Today&#8217;s<\/em> Matt Lauer<\/a><\/strong> yesterday about her most recent weight loss. She has reached her goal of not only 30 pounds, but 50!<\/p>\n<p>Alley told Lauer that she once again lost the weight through<strong> <a title=\"jenny craig\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Jenny_Craig\/\">Jenny Craig<\/a><\/strong>, for which she returned as a paid spokesperson in early 2026. She returned to Jenny Craig with a controversial commercial in which she called the brand to set-up an appointment and <strong><a title=\"kirstie alley circus fat\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/thats-how-i-see-me-kirstie-alley-responds-to-circus-fat-comment-in-jenny-craig-ad\/\">referenced being &#8220;Circus Fat.&#8221;<\/a> <\/strong>She told DietsInReview.com at the time that&#8217;s how she saw herself and not a representation of how the brand saw its customers.<\/p>\n<p>Her return to Jenny Craig last year was also part of the brand&#8217;s parent company <strong><a title=\"jenny craig and kirstie alley\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/kirstie-alleys-organic-and-gmo-food-beliefs-dont-align-with-new-jenny-craig-partnership\/\">buying Kirstie&#8217;s Organic Liaison brand<\/a><\/strong>. Her rather large product line has been reduced to a single product, <strong><a title=\"organic liaison rescue me\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/organic-liaison-rescue-me\/\">Rescue Me<\/a><\/strong> (an organic &#8220;energy elixir&#8221;) that is now available for purchase only through the JC website.<\/p>\n<p>In the <em>Today<\/em> interview, Alley went on to tell Lauer that she has used Jenny Craig in the past, but this time, she actually &#8220;really listened&#8221; to her private consultant. &#8220;We planned things out this time, that makes a big difference.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Alley also told Lauer that she lost weight even during the holiday season by meticulously planning her holiday meals. &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t a spree. It wasn&#8217;t my usual holiday that lasts from Halloween through Valentine&#8217;s Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When discussing keeping the weight off, Alley told Lauer that her weight loss is not about just setting a goal and meeting it, but rather about maintaining a lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m actually more responsible <strong><a title=\"Kirstie Alley Discusses Weight Gain on Oprah\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/kirstie-alley-discusses-her-weight-gain-on-oprah\/\">than I was before<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; Alley described.<\/p>\n<p>Lauer also talked to Alley about New Year&#8217;s resolutions, to which she joked, &#8220;Kirstie wants to hook up in 2026.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"celebrity resolutions 2015\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/how-celebrities-resolve-to-live-better-in-2015\/\">How Celebs Resolve to Live Better in 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"vb6 celebrities\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/beyonce-and-mcconaughey-are-vegan-until-6pm-the-vb6-plan-lets-you-ease-into-veganism\/\">Beyonce and McConaughey and are Vegan Until 6pm with the VB6 Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"rick ross weight loss\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/rick-ross-boasts-100-pound-weight-loss-gives-thanks-to-the-pear\/\">Rick Ross Boasts 100 Pound Weight Loss; Credits Pears<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>image via <\/em>Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirstie Alley has always been very vocal about her weight losses and gains, something she has spoken about as a Jenny Craig spokesperson, a\u00a0Dancing With the Stars\u00a0star, and a Fat Actress. Alley spoke to Today&#8217;s Matt Lauer yesterday about her &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/kirstie-alley-loses-50-pounds-with-jenny-craig-says-this-time-its-different\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,58],"tags":[26,8440,12,1486,5754,1134],"class_list":["post-101320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-womens-health","tag-celebrities","tag-homepage","tag-jenny-craig","tag-kirstie-alley","tag-organic-liaison-rescue-me","tag-today-show"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101322,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101320\/revisions\/101322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}