In 2007, we saw Marie Osmond loose 46 pounds by doing exercise and utilizing the help of NutriSystem.  But what we didn’t see was her years of struggling emotionally because of a negative body image.  She has now written a new book, Might As Well Laugh About It Now, where she explains the struggles she went through.

“Our society makes women feel that they should have a body of a skinny little boy,” she tells People Magazine. “We put on five pounds, and we think we’re fat … It’s stupid.  You have women who feel that they have to get boob jobs to be sexy. It’s wrong. We’re females, we have curves.”

She explained that in the 70s she was considered the ‘fat sister’ and the pressures of the Donnie and Marie Show got her to hate her body even more.  She got down to an unhealthy 93 pounds at one point, but then as soon as the show was over, she slowly started to put on the weight and ultimately gained 45 pounds.  Once her son expressed some concern, she decided to go on NutriSystem.

“I needed to do it for my kids, but mostly I needed to do it out of self-love. [I] looked at dieting as abusive and controlling but my whole attitude changed to, ‘I just want to be healthy.’ She continues, “It took eight years to put [the weight] on, and four months to take it off.  My metabolism shut off.”

But now she is getting her life on track not just physically, but emotionally as well.  She has recovered from her divorce, her son is doing well having finished rehab, and as Marie is about to turn 50 this coming October she embraces it with ease.

“I call it the female F-word.” But, she is quick to add, “I have eight beautiful children. I’m crazy busy, and I feel fantastic. So, that can be, ‘Fifty – the F-word – Feel Fantastic.’ I love it.”

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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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