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NEW YORK – Actress Kirstie Alley (search) has lost 50 pounds. The star of Showtime’s reality-comedy series “Fat Actress” says she managed the loss through dieting and exercise.
“I am the Jenny Craig evangelist!” Alley, a spokeswoman for the company, declares in the Sept. 26 issue of People magazine, now on newsstands.
By limiting calories with the diet program, the 54-year-old actress — who had ballooned up to about 200 pounds — has slimmed down noticeably and is 30 pounds away from her original goal.
“When I got fat, I was being stupid. It was a little bit like when I used to do drugs,” says Alley, who has long been sober. “Before I stopped doing drugs, I had to spiritually get a grip and go, `What do you want your life to be like?'”
She says the full revelation didn’t come until seeing early episodes of “Fat Actress.”
“I didn’t realize I was that fat,” the 5-foot-8 actress says. “Seriously.”
Alley now plans to begin dating again. A mother of two, she divorced Parker Stevenson (search) in 1997.
The former “Cheers” actress is interested in another sitcom but doesn’t expect Showtime (search) to bring back “Fat Actress” for a second season.
“I think (they) have great concerns about me not being fat,” she said.