Carnie Wilson

I actually met Carnie Wilson a few months before I had GBS.  She was very nice and charming, and funny too.  I was watching a show late last night.  I totally forgot the name of the show.  But she was a guest on it, and OMG... she was ... how can I say this delicately... she gained, I would say about 70 pounds - or MORE!  Honestly, she looks over 200 lbs, and that is a lot for someone her height.  I am sure she is dying inside, and it made me realize that not one of us are immune to weight gain.  Not even her, the poster child for GBS.  It made me realize that I need to beat the sugar demon to death, if I need to and break up with him FOREVER.  I almost gasped when I saw her.  Actually, I know that I did.   Anyways, I just wanted to express my sympathy to her and to EVERYONE... we are warriors, we have been cut open and have had our insides rearranged. WE CAN DO IT! 

Was is in the country music channel?  I caught some of the trailers for it a while back.  She struggles... much like many of us. *sigh*

Yes... "GONE COUNTRY" is the name of the show.  I've not seen it... but you are so right... she's just like many of us... I'd hate to be on the spotlight the way she is... it's hard enough to struggle on one's own... ya know?  Whew! There's some pics here. Angie

THis makes me so sad for her.  And scared like crap for myself..... This is my worst nightmare.  I live in a small town and i know people (some) are just waiting for me to fail...  As a matter of fact, I was getting my nails done and the nail tech took it upon herself to tell me about "suzie" who gained all her weight back and more..etc etc... This freaked me out for like 3 days and then i wondered about her motivation in telling me this... did she want to freak me out?  What about poor "suzie".  Anyways, i stopped getting my nails done (i showed her hahhaa)  see ya.  michelle

Michelle, just wanted to say that I identify with so much of what you said! I feel sad for her and scared for myself~gaining is my BIGGEST fear! I know there are people waiting for me to fail (my sil is #1!) I also have people tell me about others failures and it drives me crazy~I feel badly for the person being talked about and I get freaked out about it. Looking at someone's motivation for telling us these stories is a great idea~are they trying to undermind our success? make us feel bad about ourselves??? etc??? Anyway, I feel bad for Carnie. I can't imagine being in the public eye and having to deal with wls issues~its bad enough for the "normal" person to deal with. If I was on camera like that I would probably go into hiding if I gained weight~I mean this literally~I probably would  not come out of my own home due to embarrassement and being self concious about it.

She has admitted she battled with addiction transfer and has put on a lot of weight.  She was on that fit club show awhile back and lost about 40 but put it back on. It's bad enough for us normal people but can you imagine everyone watching you That said, if you are going to be a spokes person for something and make money off of it, I think we need to be careful... Take care, Kathy

I looked at the pictures, and she sure has gained, but I don't think she's as big as she was before her RNY. Bless her heart, I hope she can get back on track. Makes me wonder about some of my food choices lately ...

I have to agree Wanda! Not only is she no where near her original size (the girl was in moo-moos) but she looks BEAUTIFUL!!!  I dont mind being "skinny" but I had wls to not be morbidly obese, but being chunky, chubby, overweight, plump etc is certainly not a bad thing to me.  I notice Carnie has a much more defined figure than she used to so I would guess she is either a LOT smaller than her original weight OR had a TT post op and isnt gaining the weight to her waist as she once did. Either way she looks alive and healthy to me... Snugs PK

Apparently you didn't see her Playboy photos.  Whoa.

I did but I dont know what you are referring to :(