Washington
(ANI):
Actress
Carrie
Fisher,
who
gained
75
pounds
from
her
1977
“Star
Wars" days,
says
she
is
ready
to
get
back
in
shape
after
becoming
the
new
face
of
Jenny
Craig.
The
54-year-old
star
says,
“I"m
fat"
after
gaining
75
pounds
from
her
“Star
Wars"
days.
The
5"1""
star
says
at
her
highest,
she
weighed
180lbs.
“All
the
clothes
in
my
closet
belong
to
another
chick.
They
have
to
make
a
new
alphabet
for
my
bra
size," Fox
News
quoted
her
telling
People
magazine.
Fisher
said
her
weight
crept
up
on
her
slowly
over
the
years
before
picking
up
steam
three
years
ago
when
she
went
on
the
road
with
her
one-woman
show
“Wishful
Drinking."
No
exercise
and
an
unbalanced
diet
led
her
to
her
highest
weight
ever,
Fisher
said.
“I
would
just
graze,
but
I
didn"t
do
it
healthy
–
it
was
like
putting
on
the
feed
bag,"
Fisher
said.
After
struggling
with
drug
and
alcohol
addiction,
and
life"s
tragedies
like
the
death
of
her
father
Eddie
Fisher
last
September,
she
says
food
became
a
comfort
for
her.
She
admits
to
turning
to
ice
cream
bars
to
help
her
cope.
“That
was
bad.
I
was
in
denial,"
she
said.
But
since
joining
Jenny
Craig
in
November,
Fisher
says
she
has
already
dropped
12
pounds
by
eating
plan-approved
meals
and
exercising
five
days
a
week.