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Carnie Wilson

January 4, 2012 by · Comments Off on Carnie Wilson 

Carnie WilsonCarnie Wilson, For Carnie Wilson, weight struggles have been a life-long symptom of stress and a challenging relationship with her body. Recently, the Celebrity Wife Swap star came out about another ongoing issue in her life: addiction.

The former Wilson Phillips singer turned TV star, whose TV credits include her own talk show in the ’90s, a 2010 reality show, and a stint as a game show hostess, says her weight is back up this year. Wilson claims she is “one of the millions and millions of people that struggles with an addiction to food.” She goes on to say that she has trouble relaxing, an issue complicated by drug and alcohol addiction, according to FOX News.

It is possible to maintain a healthy body in the face of addiction. Weight gain and eating disorders are manageable with reasonable eating, understanding when the body is actually hungry, and some forms of therapy such as talk or behavioral therapy, according to Psychology Today. And the cause is important: releasing extra weight has many benefits, including a more youthful, healthier appearance. Other added benefits include a better sex life, saving money, and better job performance.

Relationships also benefit from a healthy weight: Prevention reports that people who maintain a healthy body are more likely to influence their spouses to do the same.

To Carnie Wilson, weight management is something she wishes for her children as well. She gives her daughter healthy eating guidelines: “I tell her you can have ice cream or cake once in a while. You can have dessert, but you’ve got to give up a carb at a meal or you can’t snack on gummies. You’ve got to have some fruit.”

Carnie Wilson

January 4, 2012 by · Comments Off on Carnie Wilson 

Carnie WilsonCarnie Wilson, For Carnie Wilson, one of 2011’s ups was something she’d like to bring down: her weight. “I’ve had so much stress in the last year, so it’s really a struggle,” the singer and TV star, 43, whose “Celebrity Wife Swap” episode airs Tuesday, tells FOX News. “I’m definitely up in weight.”

As for the future, she adds: “I’m looking forward to getting an exercise routine again. It’s like a daily decision. Am I going to eat healthy today or am I going to make some sh–y decisions?”

But staying in shape has only gotten more difficult since she overcame another struggle, she says: addiction.

“I can’t smoke a joint. I can’t have a glass of wine because I want 10 joints and 10 glasses of wine,” says Wilson, who battled alcohol addiction after undergoing gastric bypass surgery in 1999. “That’s my obsessive compulsive and addictive behavior. I’ve really struggled since I’ve become sober.”

Although she says being a working mother has contributed to the pressure in her everyday life, she doesn’t hide her battle with her weight from daughters Lola, 6, and Luciana, 2.

And when it comes to setting an example, she looks to her daughter Lola, whom she calls “an active child” who sometimes takes after her mom.

“Lola knows I struggle with it. I see Lola loving sugar like all the other children, but I also see her pay a little more attention. Like when there’s a birthday party, I see her being the first in line to get the cake. I see me in her.”

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