According to People magazine, A&E will air the ten-episode series which will chronicle Kirstie’s journey to lose much of the weight she gained while also trying to be a single mother to two teenaged children in Los Angeles. The weight loss reality series has yet to be named but viewers can look forward to Kirstie’s humor and spunk as she struggles just like so many other Americans to lose weight.

In the past, Kirstie has been unabashedly honest about her weight struggles including her love of food, particularly starchy carbs, her state-of-the-art fitness equipment which collects dust in her garage and envy over Michelle Obama’s arms. Not allowing the scrutinizing eye of the media to thwart her intentions of losing weight, Kirstie vowed on Oprah last spring to “get into a bikini again” and she is poising herself to do just that.

As weight loss TV has demonstrated to us season after season, the most powerful antidote for successful weight loss is to put yourself in front of cameras before millions and millions of viewers. From the success of the Biggest Loser to DietTribe, losing weight is not easy, but with constant support and a few camera crews taping your every bite of food and step on the treadmill, it can happen.

Let’s hope that if Kirstie is really serious about losing weight, then the impetus of her new reality series will be just what she needs to reach a healthy weight that she feels proud about.

Keep tuning in to DietsInReview.com and we’ll provide you with all that you need to know before Kirstie’s new series debuts.

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Kirstie Alley to Star in a New Weight Loss Reality Show

Last spring, Kirstie came on the show to discuss her highly publicized weight regain and then announced her plans for developing her own weight loss plan which she promised to make public as she began her weight loss journey.

While Tuesday’s episode of Oprah will look at celebrities’ first jobs, Kirstie tweeted that she’ll be unveiling her weight update in addition to a big and fun surprise.

Tune in to Oprah on November 3 to catch all of the details.

Check your local listings for show times.

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Tune In: Kirstie Alley on Oprah

Tyra, who has recently proclaimed that she is the healthiest she has ever been, will spend the entire episode helping you get fit, feel happy and live healthy without being super skinny.

Answering your questions about weight loss and sharing your own diet struggles, Tyra and Heather give you the facts on what you need to do to lose weight safely and effectively.

Learn about Tyra’s diet and her fitness routine and how you can start to follow the same exact plan.

Check your local listings for show times.

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Tune In: Follow Tyra’s Diet on The Tyra Show

Valerie Bertinelli pulls up a chair around Rachael’s kitchen table to discuss her fitness bikini body workout and to give audience members a sneak peak at some of the exercises.

 The fitness DVD, which releases on November 3, is the first collaboration with Valerie and her trainer, Christopher Ross Lane. The exercises in this DVD are the same ones Valerie did to get her body in ”bikini ready” shape, which she triumphantly showed off on the cover People magazine last spring.

In addition to a cardio workout and strength training routines, ”Losing It and Keeping Fit” includes interviews with Valerie as well as her trainer.

Plus, while watching the Jenny Craig spokesperson on the show, you can enter for a chance to win a copy of the highly anticipated exercise DVD.

You can read DietsInReview.com’s complete review of Losing it and Keeping Fit here.

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Tune In: Valerie Bertinelli on the Rachael Ray Show

“When you’re 35, you either starve yourself, or you do serious cardio.”

While a few Paltrow fans have staunchly criticized her comment, in my opinion, those attacking her are making the mistake of taking her comment a bit too literally.

Paltrow, having endured the scrutinizing and oftentimes unforgiving comments by the paparazzi is simply pointing out the obvious: That in order to lose weight and look great, you’ve got to work your butt off. And you know what? She’s right.

Granted, I don’t know Ms. Paltrow personally, but she doesn’t strike me as someone who is going to come out supporting starvation as a way to lose weight.  Yes, she has unabashedly admitted to following a post-holiday cleanse in order to detox after a few too many slices of pumpkin pie, but what her comment is instead suggesting is that dieting is tough work particularly as you get older and your metabolism slows. You inevitably have to work that much harder to not just maintain your weight but to lose it. And as long as we’re being as frank as Ms. Paltrow, let us all be clear that dieting takes some work and it’s not that fun. That work may involve feeling some hunger pangs as you pass up an afternoon coffee-house cookie for a grande green tea.

So let’s give Gwyneth a break and not misrepresent her comment by making her out to be pro-anorexic. Remember that this is the same woman who spent months eating her way through Spain with famed chef, Mario Batali.

She’s not scared of food. She’s not condoning starvation.

She looks great and she’s got the legs and the sweaty gym clothes to prove it.

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Controversial Fitness Comment

“Carnie Wilson: Unstapled” will follow the former member of the trio pop group Wilson Phillips as she tries to lose the 50 pounds she gained during her two pregnancies.

Wilson is no stranger to weight struggles. In 1999, she underwent gastric bypass surgery and had the procedure taped and shown online. She has also posed for Playboy magazine and wrote two heart-felt autobiographies. It is this candor and honesty that viewers will witness on Wilson’s show Unstapled, an obvious play on her weight loss surgery as she opens up her life and her family’s to the cameras.

In addition to her honesty, it is her infectious humor and down-to-earthness that has GSN senior vice president for original programming and development, Kelly Goode, extolling the qualities of Wilson that will surely attract viewers.

“Carnie is incredibly funny and earthy. She’s a personality the viewers have fallen in love with,” Goode said.

In addition to her own career and family, Wilson is also a spokesperson for the online support group, Lite and Hope which offers a network of services and resources for those who are overweight, obese or morbidly obese.

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Carnie Wilson’s New Show Unstapled

But in order to add a few coats of fresh varnish to her sullied reputation, the actress has agreed to pose for Playboy magazine. Since her release from rehab in February, Tara has been spending grueling hours working out and getting in tip-top shape in the hopes that when the world sees her Playboy shoot, they will quickly remember the images of “Vicky,” the role that made her famous in her 1999 hit, rather than the weathered young woman who has endured addiction, an eating disorder and faulty medical care.

Even though it’s been rumored that Tara has enlisted the expert guidance of Jillian Michaels, according to the Biggest Loser trainer’s Facebook page, nothing could be further from the truth. In denying the rumors, the tough-talking, but big-hearted fitness expert, expressed her sole interest in only working with regular folks, not the “privileged few,” save Maria Shriver whom she considers a mentor and exemplary humanitarian.

Instead, Tara claims to be working out via long and challenging bike rides and fueling her diet with clean and healthy foods.

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Tara Reid Gets Fit for Playboy

She’s got a no-nonsense, hard-hitting, sometimes bordering on harsh approach that simply put, works. Jillian Michaels is not messing around when it comes to weight loss, just ask the contestants she’s trained.

However, she’s not in the business of helping “the priviliged few” get their size twos into a size zero. She wants to make sure the “regular people” of America can regain control of the health we’ve so desperately let go by the way-side.

In a Facebook post to her friends and fans, Jillian Michaels clarified recent rumors that she’s training the likes of Nicole Kidman and Tara Reid.

“Want to clear up some press mistakes. There have been a few articles out saying that I’m training Tara Reid and Nicole Kidman. This is not true. I am interested in the health of regular people. I do not focus my time on “the priveleged few”. The only famous person I have agreed to work with is Maria Shriver because she is a personal mentor of mine and an all around amazing humanitarian,” Jillian posted on October 13.

Recently Jillian has been posting on her Twitter account how she’s training the wife of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In a Twitter posting dated October 11, Jillian said “Maria helps so many people, me included, and I wanted to pay back a little of her kindness.”

So don’t expect to see Jillian helping anyone prepare for a stroll down the red carpet anytime soon. Instead, she continues to make her expertise more and more available via her books, video games, workout DVDs and more.

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Jillian Michaels Not Training Celebrities, Only Regular People

Valerie Bertinelli's Bikini Body on the cover of People. (via People.com)

Just last spring, Valerie debuted her bikini-clad body after losing weight following the Jenny Craig program. She explains to the ladies on The View why she feels she will never regain the weight and what she does every day to maintain her weight and her health.

Check local listings for The View show times.

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Tune In: Valerie Bertinelli’s Weight Loss on The View

The Kind Diet is the actress and environmental activist’s own recipe for how a plant-based diet can knock pounds off of your waistline and contribute to the health of the earth.

In the book, Silverstone outlines three simple approaches for gradually incorporating a greener diet into your lifestyle. The actress shares her passion for green living and eating with the ladies of The View and she also cooks a few recipes from it.

Here is DietsInReview’s sneak preview of The Kind Diet will be released on October 13, 2009.

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Tune In: Alicia Silverstone’s The Kind Diet on The View