Get ready to throw sh*t at me. I'm used to it.

Great points! I do wonder what JM's family tree looks like.

I have always loved Carnie! Rock-n-Roll has not had many females let alone a chunky gal. When I was a teen; she helped me realize I am pretty!

As a woman, I now watch her and hope she wins her battle.

chalk up another reason i detest jillian michaels (along with her pimping of her colon cleansing weightloss plan)....

she may be an 'expert' on exercise, but she don't know chit about genetics if she thinks exercising can alter genes.... 



jeris

I did catch the show when it replayed at 11:00PM.   I thought the title was misleading at first. I thought she was getting a revision.  She has more issues than TV Guide!  I like Carnie (Love her as the host of The Newlywed Game on the Game Show Network) and hope she finds her way.  Cindy

I haven't seen Carnie Wilson, except in a rare photo, since a talk shown she had eons ago--maybe mid-90's. I didn't even know she has any current shows. But her name has certainly been mentioned on this board and others over the years.

My reaction: we are all human and fallible. So Carnie isn't skinny and Playboy ready, so she's making another personal choice to get unstapled. So big hairy deal. That does NOT affect us unless we choose to make it affect us (and even then, it shouldn't). So are we going to come down on Britney Murphy because she might have died last month for being TOO SKINNY? No, we'll collectively mourn for the beautiful life lost and isn't it sad she struggled this way. Yes, it is sad. It's sad that any of use have burdens that affect our health, our most basic self. BUt it is also part of life.

I don't see Carnie's choices as an advertisement for failed or successful WLS. At least she's honest about it all. Oprah on the other hand? I see her magazine, O, and all the Photoshopping done to make her look curvy and health and then I catch 5 minutes at the end of her show occasionally and well, she's overweight--maybe 50-60# heavier than her curent magazine image. Why is that? No wonder no one accepts themsevles lovingly just as they are. Our role models--or at least those that get the most editorial space--are so far from real.

Carnie--I wish you well. I wish you health that allows you to enjoy life and your family for a long time. Just remember, it's hard to do that at 300#.

Ann

Has Carnie gained weight??  Sure she did...but she is still NOWHERE near how big she was 11 years ago. 

Just wanted to put my 2 cents in...I think she's great.

Erika
 

Yes, 60 pounds.

Speaking of living in a WLS fish bowl, Al Roker looks pretty darn good these days, has taken some off from his regain, which was so obvious about 2 years ago. What's his story, anyone know? M.

Stomaphyx.

That's my theory. 

What I've seen as I've researched getting WLS is that you can't expect to lose 100% of your excess weight and keep it off. Many of you have done that. Many who haven't probably don't participate in communities like this. If she lost 150 and is now only 50 lbs overweight, then she has lost approx 70% of her excess weight. I think that is right in there with statistics for expectations of surgery. Good for her for not gaining it all back!

As far as Jillian Michaels goes......my guess is she is fit and slim because she eats right and works her butt off. I bet we would all look similar to her if we ate and exercised exactly as she does.

Carnie Wilson, Oprah Winfrey, Wynonna Judd, Paula Deen..God cut them all from the same cloth.  Their thinking is slightly warped to be honest.

Would cow patties do for tossing at you?