Ricki Lake: Dancing Does Wonders for My Arms
As the feature "I hated most about my body," she says, "it's nice to see them slimming"
Ricki Lake started dropping inches from the get-go while training for Dancing with the Stars, and now her progress continues.
“I’ve lost a lot of inches all over,” the actress and TV host, 43, tells PEOPLE. “Definitely in my arms, and my arms were particularly one of the things I hated most about my body, so it’s nice to see them slimming down.”
She also says she doesn’t expect to be Hollywood thin – and names Chynna Phillips and Jennifer Grey as examples – but aims to do what she can.
“I’ll never look like these women and these professional dancers,” she says.
But she does admit to having a prop under her clothes. “I’m wearing Brooke Burke’s Baboosh thing,” she said during a practice session, referring to a belly wrap from Burke’s Baby Baboosh line. “Because it helps me with my posture, and it also makes me sweat.”
She says after dancing five hours a day with partner Derek Hough, “I’m exhausted. I’m committing to this 110 percent … coming in with a good attitude … and going home and eating a balanced meal. It’s really that simple.”