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- Janet Jackson
to Write About Her Weight Struggle
Size matters to Janet Jackson, and she has
decided to chronicle her yo-yoing weight in a new book.
"I’m writing a
book on my journey of weight loss and weight gain," Jackson, 41, told PEOPLE at
the Hollywood premier of Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?
"[I'm]
really coming from the soul with it, and what I was going through at different
times in my life and what possibly brought it about for myself," she says of the
yet untitled book. She'll also include in the book what she did "nutrition-wise"
to slim down "when she needed to," but warns, "It's different for everyone."
Jackson put on 60 lbs. last year and told Extra it had a debilitating
effect on her. "I could not believe how big I was, how heavy I really was," she
said. "I would see myself in the mirror, but I wouldn't look too often. I didn't
want to get used to that image."
Jackson, who later held court at the
afterparty at Boulevard 3, was looking fit but giving the outfit credit. "It's
really the dress, I would say," Jackson said of the L'Wren Scott creation. "She
just knows how to fit the right dress on a woman’s body, really. And she’s very
good at what she does."
Third Time's the Charm
Currently dating music
producer Jermaine Dupri, 34, twice-divorced Jackson hinted at the possibility of
nuptials in their future.
"I've done it twice and divorced twice, and
the next time I do it – if I do it – I really don't plan on divorcing," she
said. "Oh, I pray this doesn't bite me in the butt ... saying this. But they say
the third time is a charm."
If Jackson decides she's going to the
chapel, again, it will be more for love than obligation. "Exchanging vows and
finding your soul mate and coming from a more spiritual place is more of the way
for me, for myself," she said. "I don’t necessarily need the paper to validate
the love that I have for someone." [People
Magazine.com]
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