Marie Osmond has been dancing off the pounds as a contestant on the hit ABC show Dancing with the Stars. At age 48 and the mother of eight children she is dancing up a storm with six hour practices! She revealed that she joined the show not so much to develop her dancing skills but to diet and lose weight. So far she’s peeled 3 inches off her waist. She’s taking the show all in stride and she isn’t worried about being voted off.. she quips that “25 million viewers will vote and 22 million are Osmonds!”

Marie Osmond: Diet
Marie is big on salads and veggies. She also says she’s using Nutrisystem. Marie puts her weight struggle in perspective “You know every chick’s on a diet!” and jokes that the show should be called “Dancing with the Starved.”

Celebrity Diet Doctor Weigh In…
It appears like Nutrisystem has found success by hiring contestants on Dancing with the Stars to plug their weight loss system. Joey Fatone was last year’s Nutrisystem pitchman and he lost a reported 40 lbs on the show. Marie shouldn’t feel like she’s starving however. She needs to up her intake of low calorie foods to curb hunger and keep her metabolism up. With six hour practices she’s a calorie burning Diva, chewing up about 1500 calories per session! Marie’s looking great and we’ll be voting for her along with the other 22 million Osmonds!

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Runner up on Dancing with the Stars, Joey Fatone lost a reported 40 lbs according to People Magazine.  Weighing in at 239 lbs last year, Joey Fatone got motivated to lose weight when he was casted to be on the show.  “Nobody wants to see a fat guy on the dance floor,” says Joey. “My big problem is I’m Italian and I love to eat my pasta.”  His weight loss secret?

Joey Fatone’s Diet
Joey used NutriSystem to lose the initial 6 lbs in the first 2 weeks.  Now he’s a fan of portion control.

Joey Fatone’s Workout
What could be a better workout than 5 hour a day, 6 day a week rehearsals with his Dancing with the Stars partner Kym Johnson?

Now he say’s he “can dance all day.”  And might I add, no one has lost weight with as much style and grace as Joey.  That boy can dance!