Liz Lemon may be“working on her night cheese,”every evening, butTina Fey— who created and played the30 Rockcharacter for seven years — has spent most of her on-screen career on a diet plan.Fey, 49, shared that she lost 30 lbs. through WW (formerly Weight Watchers) during her interview withOprah Winfreyin St. Paul, Minn. for the media mogul’s2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus tour on Sunday.Fey said that shelost the weightafter moving to New York from Chicago, where she started her comedy career.“I was in Chicago, and really enjoyed the food… and the big coats,” she joked to Winfrey, a WW spokesperson and investor,according to ET.Fey had moved to New York in 1997 to become a writer atSaturday Night Live, and as she worked her way up to becoming the show’s first female head writer, she initially kept gaining.“I was a size 12 when I came to the show, and then I was really dealing with my stress with Krispy Kremes,”she told PEOPLEin 2004.Tina Fey and Oprah Winfrey.Adam Bettcher/GettyBut she joined WW and cut back on sweets before she started co-anchoring theSNLWeekend Update desk with Jimmy Fallon in 2000. Now, Fey gets her sugar from lower-calorie desserts, she told Winfrey.“I take a banana and strawberry, and put frozen Cool Whip on it with a chocolate drizzle, and tell myself it’s a banana split,” she said,according to ET.Fey said she’s now a “lifetime” WW member after hitting her weight loss goals, and that she doesn’t currently count points, but she plans to before she and longtime palAmy Poehlerhost the Golden Globes in 2021, according toO, the OprahMagazine.Tina Fey.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesThe famously social media-adverse Fey also said she lurks on WW’s Connect app, where WW members can share recipes and support, under a different name.Fey is now on the other end of a whirlwind two decades that includedrunning30 RockandUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, writing and acting inMean Girlsbefore bringing the musical adaptation to Broadway and raising two daughters. She told Winfrey that she’s still thinking about her next move.“I feel like I am at an age where all the things I’ve ever thought I wanted to do, I did them. I always wanted to work at Saturday Night Live, I always wanted to have a show, I always wanted to have children…” she told Winfrey. “And I did that. So I feel like I’m trying to be quiet, and take things in. And listen. I’m waiting for something inside me to tell me what the next thing is I want to do.”
Liz Lemon may be“working on her night cheese,”every evening, butTina Fey— who created and played the30 Rockcharacter for seven years — has spent most of her on-screen career on a diet plan.
Fey, 49, shared that she lost 30 lbs. through WW (formerly Weight Watchers) during her interview withOprah Winfreyin St. Paul, Minn. for the media mogul’s2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus tour on Sunday.
Fey said that shelost the weightafter moving to New York from Chicago, where she started her comedy career.
“I was in Chicago, and really enjoyed the food… and the big coats,” she joked to Winfrey, a WW spokesperson and investor,according to ET.
Fey had moved to New York in 1997 to become a writer atSaturday Night Live, and as she worked her way up to becoming the show’s first female head writer, she initially kept gaining.
“I was a size 12 when I came to the show, and then I was really dealing with my stress with Krispy Kremes,”she told PEOPLEin 2004.
Tina Fey and Oprah Winfrey.Adam Bettcher/Getty
But she joined WW and cut back on sweets before she started co-anchoring theSNLWeekend Update desk with Jimmy Fallon in 2000. Now, Fey gets her sugar from lower-calorie desserts, she told Winfrey.
“I take a banana and strawberry, and put frozen Cool Whip on it with a chocolate drizzle, and tell myself it’s a banana split,” she said,according to ET.
Fey said she’s now a “lifetime” WW member after hitting her weight loss goals, and that she doesn’t currently count points, but she plans to before she and longtime palAmy Poehlerhost the Golden Globes in 2021, according toO, the OprahMagazine.
Tina Fey.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
The famously social media-adverse Fey also said she lurks on WW’s Connect app, where WW members can share recipes and support, under a different name.
Fey is now on the other end of a whirlwind two decades that includedrunning30 RockandUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, writing and acting inMean Girlsbefore bringing the musical adaptation to Broadway and raising two daughters. She told Winfrey that she’s still thinking about her next move.
“I feel like I am at an age where all the things I’ve ever thought I wanted to do, I did them. I always wanted to work at Saturday Night Live, I always wanted to have a show, I always wanted to have children…” she told Winfrey. “And I did that. So I feel like I’m trying to be quiet, and take things in. And listen. I’m waiting for something inside me to tell me what the next thing is I want to do.”
source: people.com
