Courtney Love claims her macrobiotic diet made her fat. I thought that a key component of macrobiotics was portion control, but apparently not. I guess that’s why she got fat.

“I gained 40 to 50 pounds on macrobiotic food,” Love, who turns 43 on Monday, told PEOPLE Tuesday at the Givenchy Haute Couture autumn/winter show in Paris.

Her epiphany came after she did a photo shoot for Italian Vogue at 182 lbs. “At the time I had Gwyneth’s cook who does macro food,” she said.

“I thought, it can’t make me fat – he’s Gwyneth’s cook! [But] I saw those pictures and thought ‘Oh my God!’ 182 lbs. does not look good on me. Nothing fit.”

Her solution? “I put the non-Photoshopped pictures on my fridge and had a lock fixed on it. My daughter Frances has her carbs in one drawer. I don’t know where it is. I drink shakes and exercise my [butt] off. Isopure, no carbs – two shakes and one meal: fish. Fish and broccoli really does work!”

Two shakes and one meal? This isn’t a diet, this is insanity! No wonder those pics looked like she’d had liposuction – the truth is she starved herself, causing the sudden weight loss.

At least some charities are going to benefit from her weight loss. She’s selling her size six and eight clothes on ebay. The money will go to Chrysalis Foundation for battered women in L.A. and Fair, which is for fairness and accuracy in reporting. Will she also be donating some of the cash she’s making from Kurt Cobain’s dolls?

Courtney then continues to name drop, telling People that she needs to buy new clothes, but she hasn’t had a stylist in nine years. Her last one went to work for Madonna.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Courtney is shown in the header at the Givenchy Haute Couture fashion show on 7/3 in Paris. More pictures are available at ONTD.