Whoopi Goldberg has been making headlines recently. She not only replaced Rosie O’Donnell on the View, but lost 50 lbs on the LA Weight Loss plan. She tells In Touch that “I was 210 pounds and I got down to 142″ but recently regained some weight to 157 pounds. “I started slacking off, but I’m going back on it. I really like the program. It works for me. I want to get back down to between 145 and 148 lbs.

LA weight loss centers have been known for the hard sell with reports of a classic bait and switch rampant. Instead of the advertised $7 a week plan, you are strongly urged to pay $400 for the yearly plan and another $28 dollars per week for their LA lites nutrition bars. So buyer beware!

As for Whoopi, I find it interesting that before her LA weight loss gig, she has a spokeswoman for Slim-fast. She got canned by Slim-fast when she made some sexual puns about President Bush at a Kerry fund raiser that even the Kerry camp admitted “crossed the line.” hmmm… Whoopi looks to be a serial weight loss spokeswoman as well as a serial dieter.