Ricki Lake Lost Over 125 Pounds
May 9th, 2007 by Rian | Filed under Miscellaneous Celebrities, Tabloid Magazines.
Ricki Lake has made hot celebrity weight news by announcing and discussing her whopping 125-pound weight loss in the latest edition of US Magazine. She claims to have gone from a size 24 to a 4 and without surgery!
As soon as I get a copy of the magazine, (possibly later tonight), I will scan it in for you all to read. In the meantime, here is a quick blurb from their site:
Lake, 38, who just debuted The Business of Being Born, her documentary about home birth and midwifery, sits down with Us and explains exactly how she got thin – and finally made peace with her shape after a painful past.
On crash dieting in 1991:
“… I went on this extreme diet. I used to faint because I wasn’t eating and I was always exercising.”On what she thinks of super-skinny actresses:
“I think I have no wrinkles because I always had fat on my face. Really skinny girls age so fast.”
I’m looking forward to reading the article myself, although I have to wonder how she lost 125 pounds and didn’t get any surgeries at all. Usually someone that loses that much weight has loose skin hanging afterwards?
First!
Have no idea who she is but that is just awesome.
Good for Ricki! She’s right though, judging from that one picture, her face does look older. But happier!
Good for her!!!
That cover photo looks seriously ’shopped, but wow, I’m impressed anyway.
you usually get loose skin from losing wieght to fast, I thought that it would go away after a while
She’s definitely sucking in in that picture. I don’t know where the extra flesh vanished to though.
her tights are so photoshopped…
but good job anyway!
SG, she has no loose skin because she actually lost the weight in a healthy manner (ie no starving herself). If you lose weight at a slow and steady pace, and improve your muscle tone as you lose your fat, you will stay tight all through your weight loss.
She looks great, good for her.
She looks FANTASTIC, good for her. I LOVE Ricky.
Her performance as Tracy in the original Hairspray movie is one of the most charming in cinema history. She’s actually a very good actress in most of her roles.
for those that are asking, she hosted a trashy talk show that ran 1998-2004 and she is in the majority of John Water’s films (Hairspray, Serial Mom, Cry Baby)
Claire, what are “tights”?
She looks good! Look forward to reading the article!
nice body, pity about the face, she looks like a man
She looks good, but I saw her on Access Hollywood or one of those shows the other day, and she didn’t look that thin. The picture is photoshopped, and she’s clearly sucking in her stomach. Regardless, she HAS dropped a lot of weight. Good for her!
Wow I can see it good job!
remember when one chick on here said she didn’t know who ricki lake is?? hahaha get out a little.
she was a US24???yikes
she looks amazing, i hope she is at a wieght she can maintain and doesnt get too thin (that will be hard to keep up)
Is that me, ItzyBitzy? I don’t know who she is
I did some research on her, and still didn’t recognize her from anywhere. Who is she?
its ok not to know who ricki lake is
just google her name, since the ricki lake show stopped being shown on sky in the UK like 5yrs ago she isnt in the media anymore in the UK
In this photo, she reminds me of Molly Shannon.
Wow, she really did lose tons of weight. She doesn’t look half bad!
she looks good and since she didn’t lose weight quickly, she probably didn’t have excess skin.
Everyone is photoshopped on magazine covers so it is no surprised that she would be photoshopped. Even though she is sucking in her gut in the picture, she has lost a ton of weight.
I think she looked great heavy and looks great thin. Good for her.
she is not 123 pounds.
thats all too obvious.
her thighs are still huge, how on Earth is she a size 4 and 123lbs? what a load of crap. Grats on the weight loss, but be real with your weight. No way with thighs with that much meat on it is she 123lbs
“her thighs are still huge”
possibly the saddest thing I have heard all week.
She was very young when she lost, so that helps too. I was 26 when I lost 115lb and I don’t have much loose skin, I can only see it when I sit down (instead of folds of fat, I have a couple folds of skin on my belly) and a little bit on my knees. Certainly nothing that requires surgery.
Oh and I didn’t have WLS either. Just good old fashioned diet and exercise, like Ricki, so I believe her.
she looks great but why she wearing that?
She could be 123 pounds.. she’s pretty short. 5′2 or so.
And I thought she lost all that weight like way back in the 90s. Did she gain again? Or are they just featuring her because she got relatively small again? I mean, I read this exact same article in.. what, 1994 or so. Ricki Lake Shrinks! Probably the same magazine, too.
If that’s the case, she wouldn’t have loose skin because she lost a lot of the weight in her early 20s. If she were to lose that much now, her skin might not snap back as easily.
What Kind of size 4 is he? I saw her on the view say she is a size 2, haha try multiplying that by 5. I seriously doubt she weighs a lb less than 140 an dI gues she is around a size 10. But either way the weightloss is still stiftibulous for her, as they would say on her old talk show: “GO RICKI
Sorry for the typos.
how the hell did i miss all this info? good for ricki i used to love her show.
Dude. As if it’s even possible to lose 125 lbs. That’s amazing!
That’s like a whole other person. haha
Jodi, I think Claire meant “thighs”.
Uhm, I doubt she’s a size 10 and 140 lbs. I have friends that size and they’re huge compared to Ricki. She looks like a vanity-size 4 (like at your average mall store), but not a super fit and toned designer size 4. And she’s short, so she probably looks heavier than most people would at that size. If she’s only 5′2″ like someone mentioned, 123 lbs. sounds about right.
Jennifer, the poor girl lost 125 pounds already. How much more do you want her to lose??? I think her weight loss is amazing, astounding and that she looks fabulous. (And where are her big thighs? I don’t see them!)
No way she’s a size 4 and 123 lbs, I just saw her photos at justjared.com and she looks so much bigger than here. Her arms are much bigger, the photos on this magazine are clearly photoshopped. I need she weighs at least 130 lbs. This girl at my work she’s only 5 feet tall and she weighs 128 lbs, and she definitely looks smaller than her here.
Can’t some of you people go a day without saying something nasty about someone else? I mean, I realize this site kind of fosters that kind of nastiness at times, but come on.
I’m 5 foot tall, very toned and weigh 115, and I can BARELY squeeze into a size 4 pants.
Ricky is totally LYING about her weight. At 5′2, I would say she looks about 130 and a size 8. Her thighs are WAY too fleshy to get into size 4 pants!
What would make her think we would believe this?!?!?!
Her chest area looks weird?? anyone?
I agree with many of the above comments. She did a great job at losing weight, but no way is she only 123 pounds. Perhaps if she had absolutely no muscle mass or something–which I doubt if she’d been working out.
I also think that it’s completely possible that she’s 123 lbs and a size 4 - like someone said, isn’t she quite short? Sizing isn’t just about weight and such, it’s also about something as simple as height.
She looks great, no matter what the size tag on her clothes says. Good for her on doing it the healthy way - loose skin is the worst O_O
She looks like a cross between Sarah-Jessica Parker and Celine Dion! Good for her though for losing so much weight. That picture does look photoshopped though. Does anyone know how tall she is?
Ricki is a short woman. If anyone ever saw her show, they’d know that. Nitpicking someone that has lost 125 pounds is ridiculous and pathetic. She looks amazing. I saw her weight yoyo back and forth on the Ricki Lake show, and her body is great here. Dur…everyones pictures are photoshopped. Even models that are a size zero are photoshopped. I’m still wondering where the pictures of these people complaining about every little fault are? Who cares what size pants she wears, if this picture was photoshopped, or that she’s sucking in. Point is she lost a lot of weight that many of you couldn’t do without some sort of surgery or diet aid. Point is that she looks great, especially at her age. The point is that she probably looks better than a lot of people that comment here. Her face on the other hand has drastically changed.
Way to make a comeback Ms. Ricki! Terri Hatcher is sooo yesterday.
HATE the bathing suit though…
A great accomplisment!
Well I watched an interview with her on Access Hollywood 2 nights ago. She said she is 5′4″. No way is she a size 4. They were showing video of her at the tribeca film festival and she was cleary still thick.
Yeah- lucky lady if she REALLY didn’t need any surgery. I lost more than half my weight- about 160 pounds, which I LOST without surgery, but after I lost it, I sure needed surgery! And had it!!! Hey, you know, I look at it this way, when I lost so much weight none of my old stuff fit any more- including my birthday suit, so I went and had it taken in a bit!
Way back before her first weight loss (before her talk show) she was on a show called China Beach, which also starred Dana Delaney–if anyone remembers that far back! Ricki was very young and quite a large size when she was on China Beach.
I think she looks like she wears around a size 8 or even a 10, but there Is no way that she wears a size 4. I saw a clip of her and I agree with loah that she Is still thick. If someone decides to come out to the world about losing weight then why not just tell the whole truth?? Why not admit to your true size? Both her and Kristy Alley have problems with telling the truth about their weight.
Awesome! She looks great. Healthy.
No definitely not a size 4. I’m 5′4″, 108 and a size 4. But she looks fantastic anyway so who cares?!
And her face looks fine. I need to stop reading the comments here. Seriously. You children are so snarky.
Wow, a lot of you all are mean and nasty. She looks great. Give credit where is due.
most people don’t conside tummy tucks and the such weight loss surgeries. they’re cosmetic.
good for her though. i looooooved ricki in hairspray!
You will not have loose skin hanging if you work out and tone at the same time. Most people who have surgery are losing the fat but not gaining muscle. She looks absolutely wonderful. Good job Ricki!!
I am still trying to figure out where these thick thighs are that people are talking about.
This site wears me out
her chest area does look weird - unusually large pectoral muscles? looks great though, although i’m sure she had a lil help from photoshop
she has some loose skin around the arms but it’s not star jones bad because she lost the weight so gradually. it didnt take the toll that most do with surgery and also genetics play a part. if you have good skin tone it shows, some have “thinning skin” where it looks fragile and old like star jones and nicollete sheridan, it’s like the upper layer is not plump enough.
oh yeah kirstie alley looks like she gained some back do you have any new pics of her?
I think she’s bigger than a size 4. I saw her on “The View.” She seems bigger than a 4. I’m a size 4, and I’m smaller than she is.
omg…very impressive she lost the equivalent of me! (I’m 128lbs)
However, even if she didnt have a gastric byass, I’m certainly sure she’s had surgery to tuck in lose skin, I mean I’ve seen documentaries with 20 year olds losing this much weight and even they have to cut off the loose skin!
Thinking of it now, I lost 40 lbs a couple of years back and even my skin was a bit loose for a while - of course it did snap back - but not right away!
I mean even look at those freaky pics of nicole richie, you know the infamous beach one. Check out her abs area - now she wasnt exactly huge, but her weight loss was and even her skin around that area was saggyish.
Either way though, loosing that much weight with no surgery is impressive stuff!!
Good job though rikki
To joelle, remember the camera is said to add 10lbs
However gotta agree with you, she does look bigger than a size 4, maybe a 6-8 is more accurate.
she’s a size four. she’s my height and when I was a size four I looked like that. Shorter women carry there weight differently, guys come on. She looks great, you can’t really expect her to lose any more weight.
I lost 50 pounds without surgery. if you do it slow and steady you have no problems with flabby skin hanging ’round.
What’s the beef with sucking in your stomach? That’s how most people do it. is the ‘true’ test shoving out your gut and having it still be flat?
You ‘experts’ need to shut the hell up about what weight equals what size. It varies from person to person. I know you wont’ believe me but I’m 5′4, weigh 145 pounds and am a 6-8.
I see what you are saying Claire as people carry their weight diffrently. Some people are pear shaped and some are apple shaped. But by looking at Ricki Lake she looks bigger on her lower half so that’s why I don’t see how she could be a size 4. Who knows. It Is really good that she Is healthy though. That Is the most important thing.
I definitely believe in eyeball-sizing! I could see that it’s pushing it to say that she’s a size 4 if you take into account airbrushing and everything but it drives me nuts when people are like “No way! She weighs XXX and says she’s a size XXX? What a lying fat cow!”
I didn’t realize that she was only 5″2. I guess she could be 123 lbs, but she looks more like 127-29 at 5″2. But either way the weight loss was tremendous and I applaud her for that, she looks great…not a size 4 maybe….but she still looks awesome.
Awww I’m so proud of her, she’s adorable at any size. And I loved CRYBABY!
holy crap, i could hardly recognize her! woot woot for her. she looks good.
no way in hell is she a size 4! looks like a 7 to me… MAYBE a 6..
I come on this site a lot and I never post. I just find it hard to believe some of the comments being made about Ricki.
I BELIEVE she is a size 4. I can fit a size 5 jeans and I’m 5′6, 130 lbs. I have no reason to lie. Some of you are miserable bitches and are just mad cause you will never be happy with yourselves. Go eat something, anything!!!
Anyway, Ricki looks good and her thighs are fabulous. Congrats on such a huge success, losing weight is not easy.
I FULLY agree with Rebella! I have never posted a comment at all! But, I am 5′2″ and I weigh about 122-128 on AVERAGE, and I wear a size 2-3… I have thick legs and a bigger than average backside! Get over the stupid stuff!! If you aren’t happy with yourself, don’t put it on someone else! Congrats to Ricki!!!
Since we cannot physically measure her, it’s all perceptual. I don’t agree with the unnecessary brutal comments, but this is a weight loss site…in which weight will be discussed.
I read on a different website that she is a size 6. I think she is a 6 but an American 6 which is really a size 8. I am 5′3 and 136 pounds with muscles. I wear an American 6. Maybe she is around my weight…. When did 5′3 become short? I do not consider myself short! hahaha
If you guys read the article, you will see that she is 5′4, which is not short. More average than anything.
yeah she could be a size 4 at that weight. i’m 4′11 and a size 5/7 and 122 pounds (but 21% body fat so you can all laugh and call me a fat ass if you want) and since she’s taller than me and supposedly weighs about the same I believe her.
and crystal they say that women under a 5′4 are short or “Petite.” claire I agree with you about the “sucking in” thing too. Almost all women have naturally rounded stomachs to some extent.
but anyway, I remember the Ricki Lake show being on when I was in middle and high school. It was funny. And I’ve always thought she looked good with long hair. I hope she manages to keep the weight off this time. I remember her going up and down a lot over the years.
She very well can be that weight. I am 5′ 1 1/2 and I weight 139 pounds and wear a size 6. I depends on how your body is shaped I guess. I am a “small boned” person just like my mom was. She was the same way. She weighed in the 130s and wore a size 8 upon her death last year at age 81.
Ricki you look awesome and it doesn’t look like you have any loose skin to me. Go Ricki
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