Tired of that saggy belly? Want to get rid of that wobble in your thighs? The answer (well, the answer that doesn't involve diet or exercise, anyway) may be coming to the U.S.

The Utlrashape is an ultrasound device whose makers claim it can destroy fat cells, leaving surrounding tissue intact. One Montreal plastic surgeon, Dr. Arie Benchetrit, says that the Ultrashape isn't just another hyped-up fad. He's been using it since 2007 and calls it the "the first real device" to eliminate pockets of fat.

Don't pull out your passport for that trip to Canada just yet. Other doctors have reservations. "Is this a good procedure?" asks Michael McGuire, head of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. "I would say the main risk to this procedure is disappointment and spending a lot of money for very little gain."

Whether the Ultrashape works or not, it's not for significant weight loss. Patients need to have a normal or overweight BMI. It's also not a replacement for liposuction; instead, it's for contouring parts of the body affect by small pockets of fat.

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Welcome to the Good, the Fat and the Hungry. I'm Karla and I have been -- or am -- all those things. Here, I will share with you my lifelong struggle with my weight, and I hope you'll follow along on with my determined attempt to lose nearly 40 pounds. I promise to tell you every win and setback along the way every Tuesday and Friday.

I am a Southern girl and no doubt, I grew up learning a thousand sayings and superstitions. My Grandmother would often say of equal choices, neither of which were very appealing, that we were "swapping the devil for the witch." Another way of saying it would be that we "jumped out of the frying pan into the flame." How do you pick between two evils?

Facing my second plastic surgery, I can't help but wonder if that's what I have done with gastric bypass surgery. Did I swap the devil of obesity for the witch of sagging skin and medically-necessary plastic surgery? Sure, being morbidly obese was miserable, but the plastics are no walk in the park either. Understand that this only applies to folk who can HAVE the plastic surgery. Would I be quite as happy with the weight loss if I had to keep the excess skin? I really don't know.

I can't even count the ways I love George Clooney. A lot of celebrities could take a lesson from him on how to handle the media attention (at least most of the time).

He was recently interviewed for the April 2008 issue of Esquire, and when asked if it was true that he had cosmetic surgery on his eyes, he said he didn't, but went on to joke, "I did get my balls done, though. I got them unwrinkled. It's the new thing in Hollywood -- ball ironing."

This was the same interview in which he went online to see what rumors were circulating about him, and in response to one that said he was "GAY, GAY, GAY," he left a comment saying, "No, I'm gay, gay. The third gay -- that was pushing it."

The man clearly has a good sense of humor about himself, his fame, and the public's response to all that is George Clooney. If only more celebrities could be that secure -- we'd have more jokes than drugs, and more bouts of uncontrollable laughter than bouts of depression.

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