Monday, November 17, 2008

Gastric bypass surgery:How Randy Jackson Lost 100 Pounds


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American Idol's beloved bassist Randy Jackson turned a lot of heads when he joined his legendary colleagues Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell at the judge's table in 2004. The Grammy Award-winning producer was looking a whole lot slimmer than he had in previous seasons of Fox's blockbuster talent search show. Four years later, he continues to keep off his impressive 100-plus pound loss, after peaking at a hefty 350 pounds.

Now hitting the scales at 220 pounds, Jackson admits that over the years he had tried as many diets as there have been Idol finalists. "Liquid fasts. Bee stings. Urine of pregnant women. You name it. I have tried it," Jackson, 55, tells WebMD today, only half kidding. "The problem is that those diets don't work for people who have the disease of obesity."

So what finally did the trick for the Dawg, as Jackson calls himself?

Getting diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2001 was the final straw. And although this set him on his current path, there were -- and still are -- some bumps along the way. "The struggle continues." he says. "It never ends."

In 2003, Jackson opted to undergo gastric bypass surgery, a procedure in which a surgeon creates a smaller stomach pouch to curb food intake by stapling a portion of the stomach, to energize his weight loss efforts and step on the path toward good health.

But weight loss surgery is not a magic bullet. Like many people who undergo gastric bypass, Jackson eventually started gaining weight back. That's why Jackson says he committed himself to eating the right foods and kick-starting his fitness routine. Neither of which was easy for this Louisiana boy who loves rich sauces and beignets. "I grew up in the South," he says, "where food and good times were king."

And it's this part of his journey that makes up the heart of his new book, Body with Soul: Slash Sugar, Cut Cholesterol, and Get a Jump on your Best Health Ever.

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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Soprano Deborah Voigt lost 120 pounds after gastric bypass surgery


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Deborah Voigt chuckles when I ask her about the brouhaha over the skimpy frock she couldn't fit into that delighted the often dull world of grand opera.

In 2003 Voigt was obese, as she herself admits, and was dropped from a revival of Richard Strauss's ``Ariadne auf Naxos'' at the Royal Opera House in London. ``Inappropriate casting in this particular production,'' said the house, and paid off her contract.

In Christof Loy's staging, the character of Ariadne wears a silky and close-fitting outfit, and is required to roll on the floor. In fairness to the Royal Opera, Voigt had been booked to sing before the staging had been designed.

``In terms of the production, it was the right decision to drop me from the role,'' says the American soprano with a shrug. ``I still think it could have been worked through however. We could have come to a mutually satisfying result.''

When Voigt went public, the media had a field day about the rights and wrongs of realism in opera. The uproar became known as ``the affair of the little black dress.''

Voigt, 47, is now 120 pounds lighter after gastric bypass surgery, and has been invited back to London to sing Ariadne in the same staging. The soprano says she hopes that certain ghosts now will be laid to rest. More >>

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Star Jones lashes out at Barbara Walters over gastric bypass surgery comments in her memoir


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Nearly two years after Star Jones left "The View" on rocky terms, the 46-year-old TV personality has criticized former boss Barbara Walters for writing about her.

In Walters' new memoir, "Audition," she discusses how Jones wouldn't acknowledge her gastric bypass surgery on the air. She also writes about Jones' lavish wedding, which wound up alienating viewers as Jones accepted gifts in return for promotion.

"It is a sad day when an icon like Barbara Walters, in the sunset of her life, is reduced to publicly branding herself as an adulterer."

Walters reveals in the book that she had a past affair with married U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke that lasted several years in the 1970s.

The details about Jones are less juicy, but shed light on what happened behind the scenes on "The View" when Jones refused to publicly acknowledge the gastric bypass surgery she had in 2003.

Walters says Jones, who'd dropped 160 pounds in three years, changed her mind after telling Walters she'd talk about the procedure on the program. Walters says she didn't want to be the "poster child" for the procedure.

"I understood that, but it put us all in a terrible position," Walters writes. "It meant we virtually had to lie for Star, especially when she said again and again on the air that her weight loss was due primarily to portion control and Pilates. ... Joy (Behar), in particular, resented having to go along with the lie that implied that all one needed to do was sit-ups and ingest one cookie instead of two."

Jones confirmed her surgery last year in a first-person essay in Glamour magazine. She said she "was scared of what people might think," and "ashamed at not being able to get (herself) under control without this procedure."

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

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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Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Carnie Wilson on gastric bypass surgery & pregnancy


Carnie Wilson on what should come first, Gastric bypass surgery or pregnancy.
A lot of people struggle with weight, and Carnie Wilson is no stranger to that battle. She was very public about her decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery years ago. After a successful surgery and great results, she found herself pregnant and gaining weight again. Is it wise to undergo gastric bypass before having children? Carnie speaks out. More >>
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Monday, December 17, 2007

Carnie Wilson: Life after Gastric Byass Surgery


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Carnie Wilson sat with down with TODAY’s Hoda Kotb and Natalie Morales on Tuesday, cradling a cup of coffee — and thinking about all the things she could eat with it.
“It will always be a battle,” she said in reference to her lifetime war with her weight and an addictive personality that also led her on the road to alcoholism. “I’m a little up right now,” she went on, talking about her weight. “I go a little down, a little up.” more >>

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Friday, December 7, 2007

Carnie Wilson re-gains most of weight lost after gastric bypass surgery

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Singer CARNIE WILSON is struggling with her weight again after piling on the pounds following the birth of her baby daughter. The Wilson Phillips star underwent gastric bypass surgery in 1999 when she weighed an estimated 300 pounds (136 kilograms) - but insists that wasn't the end of her weight worries. Wilson admits she's still fighting to get fit after weighing in at 240 pounds (108.8 kilograms) following the birth of baby Lola in April, 2005. She says, "I was back to 240 pounds after I had my baby. It's (weight) never going to be what I want it to be, always when I want it to be. I'm struggling with 30 (pounds) now."
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