You may say “who?” and that’s understandable. What I’m doing here is combining two stories about minor celebrities posing in bikinis, since the photos were taken by the same photographer for People Magazine and are meant to promote their television shows.
Sarah Rue, 32, dropped over 50 pounds during her role as a spokesperson for Jenny Craig. (Note that calorie counting, much cheaper Weight Watchers and portion control work just as well as packaged diets.) We first saw Sarah’s weight loss back August of last year, and now she seems to have lost even more weight. She’s the host of Shedding for The Wedding on the CW and is losing weight for her own wedding. Rue is getting married in May. She also stars on an ABC family movie, My Future Boyfriend, that’s out on Sunday night. [Here’s a link to Sarah’s story on People.com]
Alison Sweeney, 34, didn’t lose as much weight as Rue but she went from a size four to a two and is really working that bikini. You might know Alison from her work as the host of The Biggest Loser. She’s also a cast member on daytime staple Days of Our Lives. She told People that she loses weight when she needs to by cutting “the crap out of my diet – cheese, dairy, carbs like bread and pasta and fatty meat.” Sweeney also credits The Biggest Loser with helping her make informed healthy choices daily. I don’t know much about Sweeney and don’t follow Biggest Loser, but I watch Days of Our Lives occasionally and she’s decent on that show. I once saw an interview with her when she was promoting her book The Mommy Diet. I was impressed with how down to earth and nice she seemed. [Here’s a link to Alison’s People article.]
These women look great and good for them. I’d love to see some men strip down to their skivvies and release shirtless swimming trunk photos in order to promote their projects, though. I know we see them on the covers of Men’s Fitness and Men’s Health but these gossip magazines are targeted to women and we get enough aspirational bodies in bikinis. We want some hot guys to droll over during our work day. I’ve noticed a very welcome trend of more men taking off their shirts on television, though. Is that really happening or am I just on the lookout for it now?
Here are Alison and Sarah “before,” both in August, 2009. (That’s just a coincidence and seems to be the only date I could find either of them looking any different.)
Photo credit: WENN.com
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