Sherri Shepherd Lost 41lb and Went from Size 16 to 6
August 19, 2009 in Then and Now by Versus
OK! Magazine has all the details – here they are:
Sherri Shepherd’s transformation almost didn’t happen: After losing a whopping 30 pounds since her 2007 debut on The View, she began to see the weight creep back on. Rather than surrender, she made a public vow in May to get herself swimsuit-ready.
“This is my marathon,” Sherri, 42, says — and it looks as if she’s winning the race. The talk show co-host and star of Lifetime’s upcoming sitcom, Sherri, has lost 41 pounds in total, dropped 10 dress sizes and cut 10 inches off her 5′1″ frame. And in a new, exclusive interview and photo shoot with OK!, Sherri reveals what inspired her to go public with her pledge — and exactly how she did it.
“I lost weight last year and started gaining it back because I wasn’t exercising,” Sherri explains in the new issue of OK!. “I said to my producer, ‘Why don’t we do something where I tell people ‘Let’s do it together!’ and maybe [up the ante with] a bathing suit.’ The minute I said that, I was like, ‘Gosh, I should take it back because I really want M&M’s!’ But I had to do it. Then all of sudden I had all these people doing it with me. I’d Tweet about going to the gym and how hard it was, and followers would write and say, ‘Sherri, I’ve lost two pounds!’ I thought, ‘Okay, people are getting into this.’”
To help get her into swimsuit shape, Sherri enlisted the help of trainer Don Scott — who she refers to in her Tweets as the “Evil One” — and he spared certainly didn’t give her any slack because of her celebrity. “What I hate is when trainers say, ‘Okay, lets do 15,’ and then you get to 15, and they go ‘10 more,’ She recalls about her time in the gym. “It has taken every mental thing I have to get to 15, so don’t put another 10 on me!”
Now Sherri’s focus is on maintaining her weight, without the trainer. “It’s just mandatory that I find something I like that I can really keep up,” she explains. “I just started this trapeze class that strengthens the arms, and tennis I love. I’m taking salsa lessons.”
In addition to her time in the gym, Sherri — who openly admits that she’s “not a cooker” — slimmed down with the help of delivered meals from Fresh Diet, including Turkey & Green Salsa Quesadillas, Pan-Seared Sea Scallops with Ginger Jerk Sauce, Salad Niçoise and Cinnamon Pear Cheesecake. “It’s freshly cooked and they delivered it in the mornings so I would just eat that,” Sherri explains.
But even with all this great food, there were still times when desire’s seductive head would pop up. “Sometimes I just said, ‘I don’t want tilapia anymore; I can’t even deal with salad. I want M&M’s and Ruffles,’” she confesses. “But the difference was I was gonna get back up and go to the gym and keep my commitment. I never once felt like I deprived myself.”
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Well my friend is 5′6″ and 140 pounds and a size 8 and significantly MUCH MUCH smaller than her. There’s NO WAY she’s a 6.
Can’t say if she is or is not that size, but keep in mind she IS only 5′1″. Her measurements are all squished closer together and will look wider than they do on a taller person.
i think that when celebrities say they are a certain size that means they have one or two pieces of clothing that they can fit into in that particular size. i have a couple of dresses that are a size 0 that fit me just fine, but i know I am not a size 0….its all about the image they are trying to portray. I suppose Sherri could argue that if she has a skirt that’s a size 6, that means she is a size 6.
Either way, I think its great that she lost weight and started working out…it shoudn’t even matter what her clothing size is.
it’s great she lost all that weight, but the question is how she’ll maintain it without cooking? will she eat for the rest of her life the delivery meals? apparently she lost the weight quite healthily with good food and sports, but to stay slim she’s gotta change her life long term.
on a personal note i think she has got weird proportions – very slim legs and butt and very broad shoulders and a short neck.
OWWWWWW…..MY EYES! Gross, didn’t need to see that in a bathing suit. Oh, and also NO freaking way she’s a size 6.
She’s really short so she could be a US size 6. I am 5′7″ and wear a 4/6 in most clothing, but many of my friends that are much shorter but weigh about the same wear the same size. It’s got a lot to do with the proportions of the clothes. And I agree she has really broad shoulders, even in the before pics here legs looked slim compared to her upper body. A tough body to dress.
Umm…I don’t think so. Not a size 6. I am a few inches taller than she is but I am a size 6 and I am way thinner than she is. And losing 41 lbs. doesn’t equate to 10 dresses sizes, more like 4 or maybe 5. I’ve lost 75 lbs. after having a baby and I went down 4 dress sizes.
I wish they would stop this nonsense.
You can’t judge how many dress sizes someone ELSE loses..lol. We are all different and if you notice, she loses weight first in her bottom half which means the dress sizes probable dropped rather fast. I lose a true size with every 5-7 solid pounds and I’m 5′6″. We are all different.
Yes, I am aware of that. I still don’t think she’s a size 6. I think these magazines often lie about the true sizes of actresses. And there’s no way she’s a size 6 on top.
I’ll agree with you there- she would rip a size six top trying to get into it!!
She definitely has an interesting body shape, not one that I’d want but I applaud her weight loss….:)
It is great that she has lost weight and is feeling good about herself!! But her shape is a awkward-she is short and top heavy.
Ok- is it just me or does she have the strangest shape ever seen!!
Yikes. Makes me feel very blessed (and I’m pear shaped).
Good for her, for finally losing the weight. She looks better than she did. As long as she stays away from Whoopi (who loves to eat junk and be proud of it), she’ll be fine
my mother who is 5′8 and 160, is very thin and fit and lives in the gym is not even a size 6, and she is MUCH thinner than sherri. maybe a size six,but not up top.
This may seem like a daft question, but the eagle-eyed editor in me has to ask (or rather semi point-out):
Isn’t a drop from size 16 to size 6 a decrease of FIVE SIZES?? If my poor aging memory serves me correctly, don’t US dress sizes (as garments are sold) go up/down in jumps of two, as in Europe and the UK? (0-2-4-6-8-10 ….thereby there being no such thing as size 1-3-5 etc … if you’re between a 2 and a 4 you’d end up buying a 4 – or losing a coupla pounds).
So if it is that way … either someone has their math wrong, or it’s a case of semantics, or it’s simply more sensational to wave a drop of TEN SIZES in front of readers’ noses … none of those scenarios would surprise me, and I agree with Kae: I wish they’d stop this nonsense.
We are woman, hear us roar (with frustration)!
I here you. I am sick of them pushing the numbers up for effect. I agree with you, if she went from 16 to six that would only be 5 sizes. We are all different but I recently lost 28 pounds and only dropped from 16 to 14.
Good point!! Sizes don’t come in ones!! I didn’t even think of that
maybe she is a size 6 from the bottom, her shoulders are as twice as her norrow hips…… what an uggly body :S:S:S really what the hell was she thinking :S
She’s 5′1″, 159 lbs – a BMI of 30. Technically she’s obese. She has a upside down triangle body shape. Her legs look pretty tiny…compared to her torso. I bet she is a size 6 in pants. Definitely not in shirts or dresses though.
I like it before.
Now she look so masculine.
Granted, her body shape is not my taste, but she has lost weight. Good for her!
She can’t change her body type. I just hope she can keep it off! Being fit is the most important part of weight loss.
being a “size six” isn’t much to brag about when your body is so disproportional, but the weight loss is great.
she’s the biggest size 6 i’ve seen in my LIFE, i say size 12 and she’s so heavy chested, her figure is unflattering
She is not a size 6. I am 5′7 and 140 lbs and can’t only fit into and 8-9. Why do people lie about something so silly?
not a 6…