This list features celebrities who made the decision to lose weight for their appearance, careers, and most importantly their health. So, without further ado, here’s the Top 10 Black Celebrity Weight Losers.
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10. Queen Latifah
Height: 5’10”
From: 235 pounds to 215 pounds
How? Jenny Craig
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9. Phylicia Rashad
Height: 5’6”
Amount lost: 35 pounds
How? Jenny Craig
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8. Monique
Height: 5’10”
From: 260 pounds to 220 pounds; from a size 20 to a size 16
How? Personal trainer & stopped eating junk food
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7. Janet Jackson
Height: 5’4”
From: 180 pounds to 120 pounds
How? Personal trainer & changed eating habits
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6. Jennifer Hudson
Height: 5’9”
From: Size 16 to size 6
How? Weight Watchers
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5. Sherri Shepherd
Height: 5’1”
From: Size 16 to size 6
How? Personal trainer & eating healthier
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4. Randy Jackson
Height: 5’11”
From: 320 pounds to 220 pounds
How? Gastric bypass surgery & eating the right foods
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3. Al Roker
Height: 5’8”
From: 320 pounds to 205 pounds
How? Gastric bypass surgery
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2. Patti Austin
Height: 5’5”
From: 263 pounds to 140 pounds. And from a size 26 to a size 8
How? Gastric bypass surgery
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1. Star Jones
Height: 5’5”
From: 307 pounds to 170 pounds
How? Gastric bypass surgery
July 7th, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Great effort from all these celebs-I personally believe Monique and Latifah need their XL sizes (within reason) to maintain their “Star Aura” – In other words they use their size/weight to thier advantage.
The rest need to keep the weight off. There are two that come to mind who aren’t listed – O. Winfrey (know that she goes back & forth) and J. Holiday (who lost a tremendous amount of weight and kept if off I think)
July 7th, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Great weight loss stories. Very inspirational.
July 7th, 2010 at 1:46 PM
Thanks Marcus!
July 7th, 2010 at 2:02 PM
I love it. Congrats to them. I agree with Shack about Queen Latifah and Monique. You forgot Eddie Murphy…I think he should be number one with all the weight he lost in The Nutty Professor LOL! Okay, I’m just kidding. Great job.
July 7th, 2010 at 2:04 PM
?I think 50 cent should be on the list. How did 50 cent lose all that weight?
July 7th, 2010 at 2:10 PM
Shack, Jennifer Holiday definitely should have been on the list. She’s lost 140 pounds from having gastric bypass surgery.
And I left Oprah off the list because as you mentioned, she goes back and forth.
July 7th, 2010 at 2:19 PM
Lenora, 50 lost his weight (54 pounds) by going on a liquid diet and running on a treadmill 3 hours a day.
I left him off the list because he has almost regained all of the weight he lost for the movie role.
July 7th, 2010 at 4:23 PM
All of you look great! Keep up the good work staying healthy an strong!
July 9th, 2010 at 12:19 AM
Great stories. My only comment about Star was she never was open about how she lost the weight. I agree Monique and QL would hear about it if they lost more weight. What about Ruben Studdard, didnt he lose weight too?
July 9th, 2010 at 12:35 AM
Trisha, you’re right! Ruben Studdard lost 100 pounds.
He belongs in the top 10.