Kirstie Alley: I'm "Half the Size" I Was Pre-DWTS

Entertainment May 25, 2011 AT 10:20AM By UsWeekly Staff

Credit: Adam Taylor/ABC

Dancing the weight away!

Kirstie Alley might not have walked away with the Mirror Ball trophy on Dancing with the Stars, but the actress did shed a noticeable amount of weight during her 10 weeks on the show.

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"My dress is half the size it was when we started," Alley, 60, gushed during Tuesday's finale. "I have a lot more strength and stamina!"

But Alley wasn't content with being DWTS' runner-up to NFL star Hines Ward. "I don't feel like we won," she told Us Weekly after the show. "I feel like we did amazingly and that's an amazing thing but you want to win! And we didn't win, so I can't say that there isn't a sadness about it."

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"[DWTS has] made me alive again," she added. "It's given me a new view of what I want to do in my life."

Alley credited her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy for her success: "[He] had a long way to go with me and he pulled it off! So I wish we would have won. I wish he would have won, but when I look at what evolved from the first day to now, it's almost impossible."

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So how does the former Fat Actress star plan to get in exercise now that DWTS is over? "I'll keep dancing!" she told Us. "I wanna come back next year and get that f**king trophy."

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June 04, 2011 - 8:02pm Lina Nicolia
she is half the size and twice the woman ? Go girl ! you deserve a good time.
May 26, 2011 - 7:06am Jes Gibson
I am so proud of Kirstie for coming as far as she did! She looks amazing, she can dance her butt off now... and finally got her perfect score! Way to go! You prove that no matter what age you are you can do anything!
May 25, 2011 - 1:55pm Connie Ballas Billas
Way to go Kirstie!!!!!
May 25, 2011 - 11:34am Peggy Admann
I'm 60, joined a gym 3 1/2 months ago, have lost 22 pounds and feel better than I did at 40..I also, was hoping that Kirstie would win, but just watching her inspired me..If she could push herself practicing the way she did, I certainly could go to the gym and work out an hour a day..GO KIRSTIE
May 25, 2011 - 10:52am Barbara Stephens
I was hoping Kirstie and Maks would win...she has worked her butt off this season. I mean, just LOOK at her!! She is 60 years old and she looks fantastic!! I just hope she can keep the weight off this time...she tends to gain it back each time she has lost it before, hopefully this time she realized how much more energy she can have without the extra weight. Great job, Kirstie!!!