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Mariah: I'm Down 70lbs Since Pregnancy

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:52:30 CST

Mariah Carey is down a whopping 70 pounds since giving birth to twins Moroccan and Monroe six months ago, she told Rosie O’Donnell yesterday. After first shedding 40 pounds of "water weight", she went on Jenny Craig (which is now, apparently, known as just “Jenny”) to lose the remaining 30....

14 Celebs Who've Been Paid to Lose Weight

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:53:27 CDT

Russell Crowe has apparently lost a lot of weight recently. To the tune of nearly 45 pounds, reports Australia's News Limited . He's doing it the old-fashioned way—weights, swimming, biking—and he's sharing the details with his nearly 300,000 Twitter followers (a lazy day for him apparently consists of...

Jenny Craig Bets French Women Do Get Fat

Kate Schwartz — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:02:21 CST

Contrary to popular belief, French women do get fat, or at least that's what Nestle is banking on: The company's Jenny Craig diet program hits the country tomorrow, and will expand to Britain next quarter. "The French have a negative reaction to American food," says a Jenny Craig exec, "but...

Weight Watchers Sues Jenny Craig Over Ad

Kevin Spak — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:31:47 CST

Weight Watchers is suing Jenny Craig over a commercial in which the weight loss company claims that a “major clinical trial” showed that the average Jenny customer lost twice as much weight "as those on the largest weight-loss program.” That’d be Weight Watchers, which says its rival lied, reports Bloomberg...

Phylicia Rashad Slims Down

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:34:44 CDT

Dr. Huxtable would be proud: Phylicia Rashad has shed 35 pounds since December with a little help from Jenny Craig, reports the New York Daily News . Filling the shoes of past spokeswomen Kirstie Alley and Valerie Bertinelli, Rashad decided to take action after getting winded while walking up stairs. The...

I'll Help Kirstie Lose Weight: Bertinelli

Ambreen Ali — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:40:01 CDT

Actress Valerie Bertinelli wants to help Kirstie Alley in the battle of the bulge, she tells ABC of her fellow Jenny Craig pitchwoman, who gained back all 75 lost pounds she lost on the weight-loss system, plus 10, and set off to start her own diet plan. “Let me mentor...

Cash-Strapped Dieters Drop Weight Loss Programs

Peter Fearon — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:15:58 CDT

Millions of Americans are getting fat on the economic downturn—but not in a good way. As prices for essentials like gas and food spiral, the 20% of the population on a diet are turning away from highly structured weight loss programs like Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers in search...

Look Out Jenny, Here Comes Kirstie!

Sam Gale Rosen — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:37:00 CST

After cutting her ties with weight-loss company Jenny Craig, former spokeswoman Kirstie Alley tells People she's getting into the diet field herself. "I want to create something new that will help millions of people end the seemingly never-ending fatty roller-coaster ride," says the slimmer 57-year-old, who aims to have her...