'Baywatch' Babe Bulks Up, Then Slims Down - Popcast | Entertainment

We're all human, even "Baywatch" babes.

In its latest "Bodywatch" feature, which focuses on fading stars (Valerie Bertinelli! Kirstie Alley! Sabrina the Teenage Witch!) and their DRAMATIC WEIGHT LOSS, People magazine focuses its filmy, soft-focus lens on former "Baywatch" star Gena Lee Nolin.

Even though Popcast considers itself a kind, compassionate, empathetic blog, it's hard not to feel just the tiniest bit of schadenfreude/evil satisfaction/unbecoming glee over hearing that a "Baywatch" bikini babe packed on 60 pounds. "Baywatch" babes: they're just like us!

Of course, when you read the story, it's hard not to feel sorry (and hungry) for the 5-foot-9 Nolin as she describes how “the pressure was insane” to stay bikini-babe skinny during her beachy "Baywatch" years. Nolin told the mag, “I was barely eating – maybe 600 calories a day. I don’t know how I didn’t pass out!”

The article continues:

In 2005 when Nolin and her husband decided to start a family she found herself feeling rebellious. “I didn’t have to stay skinny. Not that I let myself go, but I was normal – I ate what I wanted!”

Of course, it wouldn't be a "Bodywatch" if she hadn't dropped the weight. Nolin tells the mag she now weighs 135 pounds through healthy eating and working out.

"I was always skinny, but never fit," she tells People. "Now I’m strong!"

Click here to see pics of 'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson through the years

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Message Edited by Victor_Balta on 07-01-2009 04:44 PM