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Or it could just be she started doing some training and eating differently and it just happened. You never know. If a person changes their eating and work out habits it can sometimes have a huge impact.

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Maybe she wanted to get healthier. I mean, jeez, it's okay to want to lose weight so you can feel better and live longer. And it's not like she suddenly turned into Nicole Ritchie or anything.

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Dan, I totally agree. Also, whether or not one is 'too big' as defined by others doesn't always translate into whether or not one is 'as healthy as they could be' as defined by themselves and their doctors. Look, there's nothing to show that she did it to bow to outside pressure, maybe she just woke up one day and did it for herself and the health benefits.

Also, with 30% of men and 34% of women qualifying as obese ( http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060426/hl_afp/healthobesityus_060426221615 ) which I totally am not saying Sara Rue was, she was totally hot and still is but that's not even the point--how big the 'average' person is shouldn't effect how big people ought to be, if they've got the option to be smaller. I'm just saying, the 'but she's average' argument doesn't hold a lot of water with the extreme swelling the American people have undergone in the past few decades.

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Its not okay to be overweight. It is unhealthy. Just because its "average" or "normal" to be overweight in America doesn't mean it should be acceptable. I am proud of the entertainment press for bringing so much attention to celebrities that make the life decision to not be overweight. Celebrities are role models and we should not reward them for being overweight.

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It's my understanding that she was quoted as saying she stopped drinking alcohol and lost weight. She said every party/event you go to in Hollywood has a open bar and she was partaking too much in the freebies.

She was much heavier when she was on Popular and saying she was full figured was right then. But she lost some weight and looked absolutely fine on Less than Perfect. I think she's too skinny now.

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I don't know women's clothes sizes in regards to their weight. All I know is that in the picture on the left she appears overweight and in the one on the right she appears to be a healthy weight.

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It's one thing losing some weight to be healthy but from my viewpoint she would look better if she gained a few pounds back. Of course it may just be the dress, her hair or a combo but on the right she looks, to me like someone who has lost a lot of weight as opposed to someone who is at their ideal weight, if you see what I mean. That said, what can you really tell from two tiny pictures?

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I've always found Sara rather attractive/hot. Part of that is definitely her confidence.
-this new version might take some getting used to.
-never watched her show before.

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Well, women's sizes in America are not standardized, which means a size 8 can be just about anything. For example, I'm 5'5" tall and 135 pounds. I have a 28-inch waist. My doctor says my weight is normal and healthy, and my BMI puts me firmly in the normal section. I can fit anything from a size 6 (at banana republic) to a 14 (at many boutiques). My tshirt size is generally a women's medium, but some places i'm a small, others i'm a large. We don't know what Sara's weight was when she stated she was a size 8, but knowing what cameras do to your figure I wouldn't be surprised if she was firmly in the healthy portion of the BMI scale, just like me, while folks like you are assuming she's unhealthy because she's on TV and doesn't look like Courteney Cox. Just because too many Americans are overweight does not mean that "average" is also overweight.

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The picture from the left looks more like she did on Popular to me, not how she looked on Less than Perfect. So yes, she will look overweight to some in the picture on the left.

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Joel: I assumed she was referring to me. She is right about overweight is not average in America, rather it is common.
Oh, and I'm not sure if I would have immediately thought she was overweight in the first picture without the headline and the "after" picture. Although after looking at it again she still does appear overweight, whether or not its because of the camera.

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"But if Sara thought in 2002 that she was "healthy", then what changed her mind in 2005?"

Perhaps her doctor did. Who knows? She could have gotten into a health and fitness kick or maybe she wanted to open some more doors in Hollywood for other roles.

One day she may fill us in on why she wanted or had to change, but at least, judging from the picture on the left, she isn't going the Lynsay Lohan or Nicole Ritchie route. She actually looks quite healthy compared to those other malnourished girls.

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I always thought Sara was fairly attractive, but she looks much hotter in the picture on the right (and no I'm not a fan of the Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie, Lindsay Lohan look). I think a lot of it also has to do with the setting, lighting, angle of the picture. Another actress that had supposed weight issues was Tiffani Thiessen, who I think is one of the most attractive actresses. Either way this loss of weight shows (whether or not Sara was affected by it) the pressures to be skinny to the point of almost aneroxic in Hollywood, it's really a shame.

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*Its not okay to be overweight. It is unhealthy.*

c5mjohn, that is actually a popularly held misconception. If you check out books like "Fat Politics" or "The Obesity Myth" you'll discover that scientists have shown you can actually be fat and healthy. In fact, people who are fat but eat healthily and exercise have longer life spans than thin people who don't exercise and eat poorly. This is not to say that all fat people are perfect models of health, just that fat is not necessarily an accurate indicator of health. Playing the "health card" is an easy way for thin people to discriminate against fat people and feel morally righteous about it.

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Whatever the cause of her weightloss, she looks much better.

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I read somewhere that Sara decided to stop drinking and lose weight because she and her husband were thinking of starting a family. Being pregnant at the weight she was could have been a potential health hazzard if she had a tough pregnancy.

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Hey people I remember when Sara was on my favorite teen drama show in the 90's. Yeah you guessed it, "Popular". She was cool, funny and a great actress. But even then she was stuck playing the best friend role to the skinny stars of the show. In Hollywood the bigger or average size stars get stuck playing the quirk best friend, the evil step-sister, or the losser that learns the lesson. It's kinda like the portrail of gays ! But I just wanted to say that while I was watching "Less than Perfect" (which she seems to be a little bit perfect now) she is still funny and awesome and we should support her no matter her size!

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Kerry got to it before I could: one size 8 is not another Size 8 ... and sorry to burst any bubbles, but she doesn't exactly look healthy in the first picture. Cute and "happy", I guess. However, now she looks like an out-of-proportion Renee Russo ... go figure ... can never win when you're in the constant public eye.

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