Marie Osmond discusses weight issues
Marie Osmond has dropped an astonishing 46 pounds since starting the NutriSystem diet two years ago. However, Osmond says she’s still dealing with the pain of past body image issues and struggles to maintain a healthy outlook when it comes to her physique.
“Our society makes women feel that they should have a body of a skinny little boy,” she tells PEOPLE. “We put on five pounds, and we think we’re fat … It’s stupid.”
It’s these very issues Osmond, 49, addresses in her new book, Might As Well Laugh About It Now, which also deals with life’s other struggles.
Osmond felt the pressure to be thin at an early age. As a pre-teen, she remembers being called “the fat sister.” While hosting Donny & Marie in the late ’70s, Osmond, then a petite 5′5″ and 110 pounds, was told she needed to reduce. “The producers said I was an embarrassment and the show was going to be cancelled if I didn’t keep food out of my fat mouth. And so, I got down to 93 pounds. I was a lollipop head.” [Source]
Osmond is definitely no lollipop head now, although she does seem like a bubble-head sometimes. If she keeps up the dieting, she’ll be on her way to becoming a member of the 50+ Hotness Club in no time.
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