Kirstie Alley’s Blame, Shame And Regret

 

One time Jenny Craig spokeswoman, Kirstie Alley, is the cover girl for People magazine where she is talking blame, shame and regret over her recent weight gain despite famously trimming down and keeping off 75 lbs. with Jenny Craig over a three year period.

Since parting ways with company in 2007, she says she has not worked out and banished her gym equipment to the garage. And as for her diet, her small, low-calorie portions gave way to Chinese takeout and pasta drenched with butter.

Below are some highlights from her interview with People Magazine which hits stands this Friday:

On how gaining the weight back started:

“It started with New Year’s [2008], right after leaving Jenny Craig. When you’re a spokesperson for Jenny Craig, there’s responsibility. You have a person every week standing over you when you get on the scale, and I did it naked because those panties could weigh 30 lbs.! It was amazingly successful. But the first nail in the coffin was that I didn’t have to weigh in. I just sort of went wild.”

On if she went right back to indulging in cakes and pies the way she did the first time she let herself go:

“It wasn’t the exact same M.O. My food demons are Chinese food, sugar, butter. A lot of butter. If I’m at the movies, usually I eat popcorn without butter, but I’d say, “I’m at the movies, so who cares?” And toast with butter. Or let’s say I had two cups of pasta and six tablespoons of butter on it. There was a lot of butter going on.”

On what else she would eat:

“For seven months I was a vegetarian, and I can’t tell you how much weight I gained being a vegetarian! A vegetarian would probably be eating vegetables. But to me being a vegetarian meant I’m going to eat enchiladas with no meat, and I’m going to eat lots of bread, lots of carbs.”

On what ideal weight she wants to get down to:

“I have to be below 140 to really look good. I have to work my legs like crazy. Actually, do you want my real goal? My real goal’s always too low. I love the way I look at, like, 128. One time on Cheers, I weighed about 148 lbs., and they told me to lose, like, 20 lbs. Now, I’m 5′8″, so at 148 lbs., I wasn’t fat. But they’re saying, “You know, you need to lose 20 lbs.” So what does that put me at? 128. That’s where I keep getting this number.”

On if she is self-conscious:

“I’m totally inhibited. When I’m overweight I will not go out. With my closest friends, yeah. But you wouldn’t see me at a premiere.”

On how she seems ready to turn her life around:

“I’m ready to work. I messed up along the way, but I’m not going to concentrate on that. I’m gonna go, “You know what? Get back on the horse, lose the freakin’ weight, and then just move forward!”