To lose any amount of weight is something to be celebrated, but to lose more than 100 pounds? Wow! These famous faces managed to do it after getting serious about what they put in their mouths and focusing on exercise. As they will tell you, it’s an ongoing battle to keep the weight off, but so far, they’ve done a great job.
By Asha Boston
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Tamela Mann
Tamela Mann has shown us the benefits of a healthy diet and exercise as she has shed more than 200 pounds (“Lost 246 pounds thanks to God, Family, and Y’all….”)! The gospel singer began counting calories when her husband, David, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The couple started to get serious about daily exercise and healthy eating. In an interview about the family’s new eating habits, Mann says, “For many African American families, a lot of the time when we sit down to dinner, we can have two or three starches in one meal. You can still have some, but you don’t have to have as many.” We have to admit, she looks great!
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Rick Ross
Ross may own a few Wingstop franchises, but that doesn’t mean he eats at them often. Ross shed over 100 pounds this past summer and attributes that to exercising (including doing Crossfit) and his new eating habits: “I eat pears and sh*t now.” We hope the self-proclaimed “Teflon don” keeps up the good work.
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Sharon Osbourne
Mama Osbourne shed more than 100 pounds after undergoing gastric bypass surgery in 1999, this after battling with her weight for years. However, the star recently shared with Entertainment Tonight that the surgery made her feel like a cheat because she didnt’ drop the pounds on her own.
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Randy Jackson
Since Randy Jackson first appeared on everyone’s radar via American Idol in 2002, he has lost an incredible amount of weight. He has shed a whooping more than 100 pounds since peaking at 350 (he last said that he weighed in at 220). All we have left to say is, YOU GO DAWG!
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Star Jones
The lawyer, journalist, writer, television personality, fashion designer and women’s advocate once weighed in at over 300 pounds! In 2003, Jones decided to take control of her situation and had gastric bypass surgery. Since then she’s lost more than 160 pounds.
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Al Roker
The weather is not the only thing Al has been monitoring. There was a time where the beloved weatherman wore a size 60 in suits, but the NBC morning personality has lost more than 100 pounds and continues to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
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Ruben Studdard
The “American Idol” star resurfaced onto our TV screens when he joined the cast of “The Biggest Loser” earlier this year. During an interview with “Today,” he stated that “The Biggest Loser” gave him a second chance, and we can agree as we watched him lose more than 119 pounds!
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Rev. Al Sharpton
While he’s quite slim now, Rev. Al Sharpton was holding on to quite a few pounds back in the day. He was able to lose a drastic amount of weight (more than 150 pounds) and maintain his current weight with a dietary change that involves no meat.
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Fat Joe
When Fat Joe first came on the scene he weighed in at more than 400 pounds! Serious health concerns caused him to change his habits. Now that he has lost more than 100 pounds, he uses his story to educate others on the importance of health and understanding your weight.
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Paul Wall
Paul Wall is almost an unrecognizable figure as he shed more than 100 pounds in 2010 after weighing more than 300 at one point.
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Kirstie Alley
The TV star has constantly battled with her weight but lost more than 100 in 2010 and is still currently working hard to keep it off.
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Ricki Lake
Before we were raising the roof with Ricki Lake in her studio audience, at her biggest weight, she was a size 24. Now she’s slimmed down thanks to healthy eating and exercise (and oh yeah, “Dancing With The Stars”), and can currently be found working on a new documentary about the dangers of hormonal birth control.
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Mike Tyson
We can imagine that boxer Mike Tyson’s weight gain may have had something to do with his intense muscle mass that turned into pounds when he wasn’t in the ring. But Tyson turned things around when he shed 140 pounds thanks to a vegan diet and consistent workouts.
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Rosanne Barr
With Rosanne’s new hair and new figure she’s almost unrecognizable. She shed over 200 pounds and attributes that to a revolutionary diet (and stomach stapling surgery as well).
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Biz Markie
You may say he’s just a friend, but rapper Biz Markie is a champ in our book! The rapper and DJ has shed more than 140 pounds in an attempt to fight against his type 2 diabetes diagnosis.
