Carnie Wilson's war: Weight gain after gastric bypass bariatric surgery

Gaining weight after bariatric procedures such as gastric bypass surgery can be discouraging as it is unhealthy.

For many veterans of crash diets, killer workouts and tailored meal plans, weight loss surgery is the nuclear option in a battle against the bulge.

But while such procedures can indeed lead to dramatic weight loss, for some the pounds return. Such appears to be the case with musical star Carnie Wilson, whose fluctuating figure dominated tabloid front pages this week in the latest chapter of her widely publicized fight against obesity since her gastric bypass surgery in 1999.

Wilson, 31 at the time, weighed more than 300 pounds before the procedure that reduced the size of her stomach to that of an egg.

By all accounts, Wilson's gastric bypass bariatric surgery was a success; she dropped 152 pounds.

Until recently she sported a trimmer figure. New photos released by the celebrity Web site TMZ.com Tuesday show the singing star significantly heavier than before.

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