I was listening to a local radio station (DC101) and they were talking about the Van Halen concert that was in town last night. The dj's wife pointed out Valerie to him and said how good she looked and that JC must really work. He even said that her but looks really good, made the comment that the but seems to be the hardest thing to get back in shape and whatever she was doing she was doing it good....
i think that is the point, they put her in those clothes so that when she loses and wears hot, chic clothes it makes an even bigger advertising statement for them....to go from frumpy/ugly dress making you see she feels down to high impact trendy clothes to show she is happy, etc. it is a marketing tool, these companies have psychologists, reasearchers, etc. that do just that to head their marketing campaigns. just an fyi........