Carrie Fisher: 'I have trouble keeping weight off'

Carrie Fisher has confessed that she struggles to keep off the weight she recently lost.

The Star Wars actress, who is serving as a spokesperson for the Jenny Craig weight loss programme, recently shed 50lbs in nine months while following the system.

Fisher revealed that while she has learned to follow better diet and exercises practices, she still finds it difficult to resist some of her favourite foods, such as Baskin Robbins ice cream.

"I have a lot of trouble. I really have to be held down when I pass a 31 Flavors," she told People.

"It will be a year on Thanksgiving [since I started the programme]. You have that last gigantic meal, look in the mirror. None of your clothes fit, and... forget it."

Fisher recently dismissed suggestions that she has undergone cosmetic surgery and procedures such as Botox in order to maintain her youthful appearance.

She has insisted that her former weight was a health risk which needed to be addressed in order to prolong her life.