Upon the release of her seventh album, Flavors of Entanglement, in the spring of last year, Alanis Morissette came under fire for having gained a few extra pounds. But, spotted on a morning run in Brentwood, California, this week it was plain to see that the Canadian-born songstress has shed the extra weight.
Looking strong and fit, the Ironic singer was jogging along with a friend, clearly working through her long battle with weight, which began when a record executive told her to go on a diet.
"My response was, 'but I'm a singer,'” she first reported in 2005. "That started a whole cycle."
"Now I go through phases when it comes to food. Sometimes I'm uber-health-conscious. Other times I'll cut myself some slack," the multi-talented star went on to say.
And, in svelte shape, Alanis appears to currently be on a health kick.
The 33-year-old is also enjoying her guest stint on the Showtime TV series Weeds alongside Mary-Louise Parker. Alanis - who has forayed into acting many times, most notably in the 1999 flick Dogma - plays Dr. Audra Kitson, the obstetrician of Mary-Louise’s character Nancy.
But that’s not the only thing keeping the singer busy these days. She is also trying her hand at writing. “It’s a non-linear book,” she recently told Rolling Stone magazine.
“It’s about all the themes I obsess and pontificate over. All this sort of body-dysmorphia-spirit humor, travelogues, photographs, articles I’ve written in magazines... touching on health and detoxing and re-toxing and the importance of integrating it all.”
But don’t count Alanis out of the music game. The chanteuse also revealed that a new album - or perhaps even two - will soon be in the works.
“I have an idea for two records,” she says. “Usually two journals make a record and I have about ten full right now. As soon as the book is finished I’ll dive into one of the two.”
