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When Marie Osmond was on "Dancing with the Stars," she made no secret of the fact that one of the reasons she was on the show was for the "Dancing" diet. Now she talks to ET's Kevin Frazier about keeping the weight off -- and Kirstie Alley's failure to do so.
"I can't motivate you; you can't motivate me, you have to motivate yourself," says Marie, who combined the exercise from "DWTS" with NutriSystem for a 50-pound weight loss, when asked about battling the bulge. "I had a setback for eight years," she jokes. "[The weight came off] once I set my mind to it, but I had to set my mind to it. You can't just say, 'I need to lose weight.'"
Marie also believes that it is not possible to lose weight unless you are doing it for the right reasons.
"It is not about looking good for people," she says. "It is not about being a size two. It is about life, health and happiness. Then you can conquer it."