I know many of you will be like Sara Rue-Who? (This little Who daughter who got out of bed for a cup of cold water.) I know Rue from the sadly canceled ABC series Eastwick, also featuring Rebecca Romijn and Lindsay Price. She also starred on Less than Perfect. Rue, 31, has lost an incredible 50 pounds in the last seven months as a spokesperson for Jenny Craig. I hate to publicize these expensive packaged diets, but I wanted to give Rue props for her success.

We last heard from Rue when she’d lost 30 pounds a few months ago, and now she’s dropped 50! She looks incredible, but she didn’t need to lose the extra 20 at all. Back when she dropped the initial 30 she said her goal was just ten more. She’s lost that and then some. Rue has gone from a size 14 to a 6 and credits her weight loss to portion control and exercise. She’s recently ramped up her cardio and is in training for a half marathon. Here’s more from People:

If you see Sara Rue on the street, chances are she’ll be smiling. That’s because the actress has lost 50 pounds since signing on as a spokesperson for Jenny Craig last December. “I have such a better relationship with food than I’ve ever had in my life,” Rue, 31, tells PEOPLE. “I’ve learned how to control portions, I’ve learned how to eat healthfully.” Best of all, she is enjoying exercise for the first time in her life. Rue, who used to just walk the dogs around the block, now regularly logs 45-60 minutes of cardio 5-6 days a week on the treadmill and is in training for her first half marathon. But her eight-month journey was not without its fair share of obstacles. “I spent the first few months of this program wearing my pedometer and getting in my 10,000 steps every day,” Rue says. “When I started running I would run for one minute and walk for ten. Now I can run for two-and-a-half hours straight. That’s insane! I never would have thought six months ago that I would be able to run that much.” Nor did she think she’d be enjoying another activity—shopping. “Barely squeezing into a size 14 when she embarked upon her weight loss journey, the 5’8” Rue is now a lean “size 6.” Busy planning a Spring 2011 wedding with her fiancé, teacher Kevin Price, Rue recently popped into Vera Wang in Beverly Hills to check out a 70 percent off sale. “I wandered to the back of the store where all the bride gowns were. The woman zipped it up and she had to clamp it in the back because it was too big,” Rue says, laughing. “It was just a great feeling.”

[From People]

Rue has a personal video blog on the Jenny Craig website (and shown below), and she starts to get choked up when she says “I’ve been overweight my whole life, and you don’t get there by just what’s on your plate. You get there because you don’t understand how to live a healthy life, or you don’t want to, or worse you think you don’t deserve to.” It looks kind of put on like she’s reading a script and crying on cue but I felt for her anyway. Rue explained that she wanted to lose weight because she wanted to feel normal, and that she finally does now.

Congratulations to Rue on her weight loss and upcoming wedding! Now if only Eastwick would get picked up by another network.

(Incidentally I was wondering if Rue’s fiance, Kevin Price, is related to her former co-star Lindsay Price. From what I can find Lindsay has a brother but he’s named Bryan.)

Thanks to TooFab for the tip!

Note: The video below is basically a commercial for Jenny Craig. (They didn’t contact or pay us for it, and it’s just to show her before and after)

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