If you have seen recent pictures of Carrie Fisher, who played the strong willed princess of legend in the original Star Wars saga, you have seen where she gained a lot of weight to the point where people on the internet started talking about her as if she was closer to Jabba than Leia. That criticism may have been unfair, but in the end it was helpful, because it pushed Fisher to realize that her weight gain was getting out of control and she needed to set her mind to taking it back off.
In just 18 weeks on the Jenny Craig diet and with exercise, she was able to lose 30 pounds, which really has come off well, returning her to being quite recognizable as the woman that we all fell in love with back in the movies. And although she has aged a bit, she is looking very good in her newest pictures. Of course with Jenny Craig, they have meal plans that complement the exercise routine that has helped so many, including Dancing with the Stars Kirstie Alley, Valerie Bertinelli, and Jason Alexander, all of whom were spokepeople for the company, and Fisher is no exception. She is also currently serving in that role for the diet firm too.
The meals are what many people think are not possible to eat, but through the formula that they have devised, which can include pasta and even cookies, which are assigned in moderation, the diet does seem to work for many who have taken their steps through the program.
Fisher believes that what caused her weight gain, beyond just the emotional problems and substance abuse, was beginning a one woman show, in which she didn’t have time to exercise and only ate the most awful things that she could, rather than healthy meals as she had. The combination of soda and peanut butter bars to keep her going was enough to really cause her problems, problems that she would later realize were damaging her health. At the peak, she had weighed 180 pounds, which for someone who is a bit over five feet, can be a lot.
With a goal of 15 more pounds, Carrie Fisher says that she is no longer interested in fitting into the metal bikini that she wore in Return of the Jedi to show off, but might put it on just to show herself she can.
