A new baby and a new weight challenge for Carnie Wilson!
Carnie Wilson has famously struggled with her weight. Once almost 300 pounds, the 5-foot-3 star had gastric bypass surgery in 1999 and then a tummy tuck in 2002 to remove excess skin after the weight-loss procedure. But the June 12 arrival of Luciana Bella, her second daughter with her husband, musician Rob Bonfiglio, was more than worth the 60 pounds Carnie packed on while expecting. “People gain weight when they have a baby, and someone like me, I gain more weight than I want to,” she told Life & Style during an interview in her Tarzana, Calif., home on July 1. “I’m not hiding that. I’m not ashamed of that.” Instead, she’s reveling in family time with Rob, their 4-year-old daughter, Lola Sofia, and the couple’s new 6-pound, 5-ounce bundle of joy, affectionately nicknamed Luci. “She’s just a few weeks old but a very good baby,” reveals Carnie, 41.
Although Carnie’s eager to get back to her hosting gig by early September, she’s enjoying this bonding period with Luci. “Rob can help change diapers and help with some bottle- feedings, but he’s kind of leaving it up to me,” says the singer. “For the first month, it really is ‘mommy time,’ and Rob lies low. After that, the baby’s not as fragile.” While Carnie herself was fragile after Lola’s birth, suffering from post-partum depression, she’s experiencing less anxiety with her second newborn because she knows what to expect now. “If the baby cries, she’s either hungry or has gas or a wet diaper, and that’s it,” she says. “It changes every month, and I just know that so far it’s been a lot easier on my mind.”
The only hurdle left for Carnie is fitting back into her size 8 jeans. Breast- feeding every three to four hours and drinking more than 2 liters of water a day have helped her drop 25 pounds already, but Carnie says she has 35 more to go. “Now I think I’m reaching a point where it’s slowed down and the hard work is going to come in,” she says. “My goal is to be somewhere between 150 and 160 pounds.”
