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Some older news…but still worth reading if you haven’t already:

• Valerie’s Approach

Snacking Secret

Radishes with Paul Newman’s light balsalmic dressing.

Dinning Out of the box

Three nights a week, she skips her packaged diet meal and cooks. “I’ve eaten more fruits and vegetables in the last five months than the last five years.”

Favorite Exercise

The elliptical machine. ‘Its fun! I also hike with a weighted vest,”

Best Motivation

Fitting into her “skinny” pants. “I found a fake snakeskin pair from my rock-and-roll days. Tom said, ‘They’d look hot on you, but they’re a little dated.’”

Ongoing Challenge

Self-Esteem. “Tom loved me when I was a lot heavier. But I still think, ‘How could he have?’ I’m working on getting rid of that attitude.”

• Kirsties Approach

Snacking Secret

Fruit or low-calorie Jell-O with Cool Whip Free-”the greatest invention.”

Dinning out of the Box

Alley maintains her weight by eating one Jenny Craig meal and snack per day. “I cook diffenetly than I used to. I eat organic now. And I don’t have bacon.”

Favorite Excercise

“Dancing for three hours in my living room. You can’t easily get me to do something else for that long.”

Best Motivation

A weeklong stay at Cal-a-Vie spa in Vista, Calif., three times a year. (She packs a Jenny Craig meal and snack for each day.)

Ongoing Challenge

“Actually, working out. I’m working on consistency now.”