Whoopi Goldberg Lost 35 Pounds on Rocco DiSpirito’s 'Pound a Day' Diet: The Diet Gives Faster Results Than Liposuction

"The View" host Whoopi Goldberg lost 35 pounds all thanks to her new diet. She showed off her new body on the season 18 premiere of "The View." Unlike how she was in the past, the more fitter and slimmer Goldberg had heads turning her way.

While people wondered about the secret behind the dramatic weight loss, she revealed that chef Rocco DiSpirito's "Pound a Day Diet," helped her lose weight.

She knew she had to lose weight when she found herself fatter than the others. She weighed 237 pounds and also had a heart attack in 2012. Explaining how it all began she said that she was growing huge and had began looking like a linebacker. "I happened to look over and there was Sherri [Shepherd], skinny. And I said, 'What did you do?' She said, 'I've been doing Rocco DiSpirito's 'Pound a Day Diet.' I said, 'Please, I want to do it too."

She explained that after that nothing was the same. She began doing the diet, which is a low carb, Mediterranean style diet. Dispirito, who designed the diet, assured that the diet would surely help lose a pound a day, every five days.

Speaking of the weight loss plateaus, when the body gets used to the diet pattern and the weight loss slows down, he said that such a situation would not occur as the diet changes on a weekly basis. In the first week practitioners consume 850 calories from low carb and high protein foods and on the weekends they consume a total of 1,200 calories. By next week, the number of calories consumed increases, but never remains constant, so the body does not get used to it.

He himself lost 50 pounds with the diet and weighs 180 pounds from 230 pounds. The diet provides quick results said Dispirito and Goldberg testifies his claims. She has lost 35 pounds since November last year and said that the thought of losing more weight freaks her out and she does not want to rush into it.

"If I think about losing more weight, I would start freaking out," she said. "I'm just doing it." She also revealed that though people who have never had weigh issues think changing the wardrobe after weight loss brings happiness, she feels anxious. She said she does not know what to pick and often picks the wrong sized clothes. She said that it is all happening quick but at a pace that she can handle, any faster and she would panic, she stated.

She also said that the weight loss caused by the diet has brought a lot of positivity in her life and she is happy about it.

The "Pound a Day" diet has changed Goldberg's life. Dispirito said that the diet is so effective that it provides faster results than liposuction. "I did the research. I know it works better than liposuction because I personally tested it on over three dozen people."