You may remember Kirstie Alley from shows like Cheers or from commercials for Jenny Craig.  But after a stint working for Jenny Craig, Kirstie Alley has apparently decided to launch her own weight loss program.  She first joined Jenny Craig after topping a record 200 pounds, and apparently lost 75 pounds on the Jenny Craig diet plan.  And when they brought in Queen Latifah, they were still feeling good about their relationship with Alley.  But despite all the rumors as to why the split occurred, Kirstie Alley is optimistic about her plan to be introduced this year.

            Surprisingly, Ms Alley doesn’t actually have a plan as to how she is going to create this amazing weight loss line as of yet.  It is 2009, and she has only said that she wants to create a diet plan for those who seem to be unable to put an end to their yoyo dieting.  She claims that it will be the “healthiest, yummiest, easiest, and most effective weight loss program on the market.”  There is speculation that it may use Chinese acupuncture. 

            But the fact is diets don’t work.  In the beginning, women lost weight with Jenny Craig and then gained it back once they stopped ordering the food, because they never actually learned how to pick the right kinds of food.  They never learned about fruits, vegetables, all that good stuff.  They only ate the given meal plans that apparently contained all the things they liked best.  I would be surprised to see if Alley’s diet is any better than what Jenny Craig used to be.

            The fact is that when Alley used Jenny Craig, she was given prepackaged and preplanned meals.  So she knows nothing else, and she learned nothing else.  The reality is that she has struggled with obesity for a long period of time, and it doesn’t seem like she has learned anything new.  So we are highly doubtful that she will come up with anything revolutionary, let alone more revolutionary than Jenny Craig.  And frankly, the whole part about “yummiest, healthiest, easiest”, well she wouldn’t be the first to try.  But others who have tried have had backgrounds in medicine, nutrition, something that applies.