The Kath & Kim star Magda Szubanski is one of the Jenny Craig weight loss heroes.  But now that she has dropped the 80 pounds the bigger challenge is keeping the weight off.  She told New Idea magazine that she’s afraid her sweet tooth will take over and she’ll gain the weight.

“I’m scared about putting weight on – and so I should be.”

The 48-year-old actress is committed to her weight loss journey and she said that no matter how long it takes she is ready for this lifestyle change and she wants to keep the weight off.  Now that she has gone from a size 26 to a size 14 she is more motivated than ever.

She said,

“It’s hard. You’ve just got to keep at it. The first part’s quite easy but it gets harder as you try to lose more,” she says. “But the satisfaction when I reached my goal weight was incredible.”

According to nutritionist Kate Di Prima the clients that visit her, up to 50% of them, have lost weight successfully and then gained it back because of failed diets.  Understandably, Magda is worried.  Hopefully she’ll stick to it because she did admit that even though she has reached her weight loss goal when it came to her Jenny Craig challenge she is still in the overweight category and maybe still in the obese category because now she weighs 187 pounds. Good luck, Magda!

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Magda Szubanski is an Australian comedian and actress best known for her role in the original Kath and Kim.  After years of being morbidly obese she decided to become a spokesperson for Jenny Craig and lose the weight.  Over the past year the whole country cheered her on as she is a favorite in the hearts of Australians.  This week she revealed she has reached her goal and lost 55 pounds which is 8 dress sizes whittled off her small frame.  She said,

“I feel like I’ve climbed Mt Everest,” said Szubanski, 48. “I can honestly say, I can’t remember a time in my life when I felt better.”

She continues,

“I just feel so well and have so much energy, not just for exercise, but for life,” she says. “(And) that niggling worry that used to be there sabotaging everything I did, that anxiety is gone.”

Before losing the weight she experienced sleep apnoea, a bad back, hip and knee pain and a recurring lung infection.  Now, Magda is enjoying going to shops, buying things off the rack and experiencing the freedom of being thin.

Other Jenny Craig celebrity spokespeople include Valerie Bertinelli and Queen Latifah who have kept the weight off, but then stars like Kirsty Alley seem to still be yo-yoing.  Let’s hope Magda is ready for the challenge.