WLS & Divorce

The Star Jones divorce news reminded me that the divorce rate is supposedly much higher for weight-loss surgery patients. I was idly pondering this and ran across this post at A Smaller Target, where Espy says the divorce rate is 60-80% and speculates on some of the reasons for this.
Part of the reason is that [...]

The Goldilocks Paradox

There’s a conversation going on in the comments about whether some people look better when they’re heavier. The discussion started with Rhonwyn’s comment right here:
[w]hile I’m on the subject of Queen Latifah and losing weight: do any of you think some people just look better when they’re heavier? I hardly recognized Star Jones after her [...]

Not So Full Or Fabulous

Hooray, Star Jones news! I always miss writing about her when nothing is happening. But there’s a new controversy between Star Jones and a group called Full & Fabulous. Here’s the first part of the story:
Full & Fabulous, a non-profit organization that helps plus-size women and girls cope with peer pressures, is upset at [...]

The Zone Diet

Melinda, who just had weight-loss surgery, identifies what she calls the blue zone and the red zone of the weight-loss surgery world.
On the one side are the people who truly believe with every bit of their being that WLS is bad and evil and unnecessary…They will call WLS mutilation and amputation and deformation, because it [...]

I Hope You’re Sitting Down

Star Jones admits she had gastric bypass surgery and was “intentionally evasive” when questions were asked.
“[T]he complete truth is, I was scared of what people might think of me,” she continues. “I was afraid to be vulnerable, and ashamed at not being able to get myself under control without this procedure.”
“I used to [...]

Star Jones: “I’m Going To Tell You Something Sometime”

I feel all nostalgic now; there’s news about Star Jones! Well, sort of. On a press tour for her new show, she evaded questions about her weight loss, then promised to explain all:
“I know that people are curious,” Jones admitted. “I’ve changed completely from the way I looked when I first started in television and [...]

Star Jones Giant Hat Update

Here is a picture of Star Jones at the Kentucky Derby in a giant hat. I love giant hats. Star Jones is frightening. That is all.

I Trust Star Magazine Way More

Well this is very handy: a compliation of all the diet stories in this week’s National Enquirer. I’d heard some of these tidbits before (for instance, that Star Jones needs a body lift to remove extra skin, which is totally normal if you’ve had weight-loss surgery). And yet here they are, all in [...]