Just days after it was announced that she and Jenny Craig would be going their separate ways, Kirstie Alley tells People Magazine that she will be creating her own weight-loss program; she’s hoping for a 2009 launch.

“The weight-loss field is wide open and not immune to new ideas and improved solutions for the fat problems that plague many of us Americans every day,” she says. “I want to create something new that will help millions of people end the seemingly never ending fatty-roller coaster ride. I am especially passionate about seeing to it that our next generations are not struggling with the same weight issues that my generation has struggled with.”

“My relationship with the Jenny Craig Company was nothing short of extraordinary,” she says. “The people I worked with at Jenny were first rate. The program spoke for itself as the world watched me lose 75 pounds. The last three years have been a win-win for all involved, especially all those other Jenny clients who took the journey alongside me. Just having them there with me was an inspiration and a motivation to continue. Thank you to all of you from the bottom of my heart.”