DAWN FRENCH – 98 LBS: CALORIE COUNTING AND LONG WALKS
Dawn French is British comedian and actress who made name for herself when she appeared on the BBC show French and Saunders. After getting diagnosed with cancer and undergoing hysterectomy, she focused on dropping her extra weight. She has since said that she was under the impression she needed to do it because of the state of her health. She did not want plastic surgery, which is why she went on diets. So, what was her trick to losing nearly a hundred pounds? Apparently, it was nothing more than to simply count calories and take long walks. Whoa.
ARETHA FRANKLIN – 100 LBS: SLIM DIETS AND EXERCISE
Aretha Franklin had formerly been known as one curvy taken. The legendary jazz singer started to reach 300 pounds on the weighting scale and then got diagnosed with type-2 diabetes. Like others on this list, she knew it was to take control of her health once more. Her age and illness made it even more difficult, so she took the endeavor as seriously as she could. She even got a team of experts made up of doctors, a trainer and a dietitian, to come up with the perfect diet tailor-made for her. She did not even think about faster methods like gastric sleeve surgeries and the like but managed to drop over 100 pounds!