Ya Think!!! I don't know why Star Jones was so embarrassed to admit to gastric bypass in the first place. It is a very hard procedure to have to commit to. It isn't just a snip and tuck. There is a lifestyle change that needs to be adhered to. I actually know three people who have had it done and I applaud their efforts. You have to alter your eating habits FOREVER. I could never do it. It was a personal decision Star made and she finally feels comfortable enough to own it.

''Everything about me was already so public (mostly my own doing -- talk about dumb!), so of course everyone wanted to know what I had done,'' she writes. ''I was also terrified someone would have a tragic result after emulating me without making an informed decision with her doctor.''
''But the complete truth is, I was scared of what people might think of me,'' she continues. ''I was afraid to be vulnerable, and ashamed at not being able to get myself under control without this procedure.' 'I used to look in the mirror and take pride in my figure, but that was when I was legitimately a full-figured woman,'' she says. ''I'd gradually gone from full-figured to morbidly obese.''
Reynolds opted for surgery after a friend expressed concern about her weight. It was a success, she says, though she found she was ''still consumed with the same anger, shame and insecurity as before.''