Celebrity Weight Loss - Before and After

The modern obsession with celebrity culture means countless famous individuals constantly in the media limelight feel tremendous pressure to look good and maintain attractive physiques. The obsession with keeping slim and losing weight is extremely powerful and most Hollywood stars invest huge amounts of time and money into keeping trim and follow strict and often, bizarre diets.

Balancing fast paced lifestyles with health and fitness regimes can be tough, as we all know, and we are now familiar with witnessing in immense detail, the plight of the rich and famous as they fall from grace and undergo their own individual weight loss battles that are both won and lost in the public eye.



Celebrities such as Britney Spears and Jessica, who rose to fame in the late 1990’s at the tender age of 16, have essentially grown up in this obsessive climate and have clearly suffered as a result.

At 16, Britney Spears represented a fresh-faced and bouncy blend of Christian and cheerleader. She incorporated harmless but sexy flirtation into a squeaky-clean image that suited her music and her fan-base. However, 10 years on and Britney has undergone a series of deeply troubling and extremely public breakdowns and her image has evolved into a more tragic figure with dramatically fluctuating weight. After a disastrous appearance on MTV in 2007 Britney told the media she looked ‘like a fat pig’ and was appalled by the disappearance of her once ultra-toned body. By early 2009 Britney had revamped her image returning with a comeback album, dramatic weight loss, new slim-line physique and a more mature music and fashion style.

Jessica Simpson careered to fame also with a vibrant pop-music career in the late 90’s. Quickly capitalising on her fame Jessica starred in a reality TV show, ‘Newlyweds’ with her husband Nick Lachey. Jessica was wildly revered as a pin-up girl with a stunning curvy frame and flawless complexion. Jessica gained 10lbs in weight after the birth of her first child and was amazed at the reaction of the media and celebrity magazines to the changes in her appearance.
“People were talking about my weight for an entire year, it’s like people just couldn’t stop talking about my weight fluctuating.”

Natalie Cassidy, star of Eastenders lost 2 ½ stone and dropped 4 dress sizes at the age of 25 through moderating her diet and taking up strict exercise toning and aerobic work outs. Famous for her role as dowdy Sonia, Natalie decided to shake off her frumpy image and get slim and sexy after leaving the show. Natalie says ‘I cut right down on alcohol’ and advises ‘eat breakfast’. The release of pressure after retiring from the soap opera allowed Natalie to reinvent herself and commit to an exercise regime in her own time. In contrast Mel B, or Scary Spice, found that the freedom she gained after the Spice Girls split in early 2008, meant she gained weight and increased her dress sizes as the party lifestyle too over. Mel B has struggled with her weight and yo-yo’s between a UK size 14 and a size 10.