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I really, really tried I gave a valiant try.
So I’m glad that I finally realized that the surgery wasn’t the easy way out.

I wasn’t cheating by getting it done."
Despite the weight loss that followed, Sidibe admitted that she still battles cravings.
“I still really, really, really love cake,” she revealed to the magazine.

Trying to cook more at home, keeping a food diary, and speaking to a nutritionist regularly.
I have a tricycle at my house in L.A.
I also have a tricycle on set in Chicago.

During my lunch break, I ride my tricycle around the block or I’ll ride it around set.
I stay as active as possible!"
“It’s not easy, and it’s a continued struggle,” he explained.

Especially because he regularly finds himself attending business lunches and having to keep his cravings in check.
But, as he told host Matt Lauer, it’s all worth it.
“I’m tired of feeling bad,” he declared.

“I want to feel good, so you change your life around.
Sharon Osbourne
Surgery doesn’t always result in a success story.
It makes you vomit the whole time.

Nothing goes down because it goes out.”
“I cheat a lot on my diet.
“Because if not, it’s possible for you to’t eat it.

And you just have to feel the feeling.”
I hadn’t gotten much sleep the night before.
I was so angry,” the host recalled in a 2007interview withGlamour.

“How had I allowed myself to get to 307 pounds?”
“I knew in my heart that her love and respect for me were pure.
I could tell my son was embarrassed.”

That was the wakeup call he needed.
“I was tipping the scales at close to 400 pounds,” he continued.
And his transformation didn’t just stop at surgery.

“You make choices in your life I decided to make healthy eating choices.”
Rather, it places a band (which can be removed) around the stomach to reduce appetite.
One year later the star was down 90 pounds and speakingwithPeople, she couldn’t help but gush.

“I feel much sexier and much happier.”
So what was her favorite part of losing the weight?
“I actually buy skinny jeans,” she told the magazine.

“It’s unbelievable.
Al Roker
Todayweatherman Al Roker had this “AHA!”
moment when he reached his heaviest weight ever,reported byForbesas 340 pounds.

“I’m thrilled about where I am,” he declared.
“Life is terrific; I wouldn’t trade it for a moment.
I’m thrilled that I’ve finally got to this place at 58 years old.
I finally got it figured out.
I feel good about it.”
He also weighs himself every morning and each night to keep track of his progress.
I know I don’t want that number to keep going up.”