For Kirstie Alley, Jenny Craig hasn’t represented just the company whose spokesmodel she was or the diet program that helped her lose 75 pounds. For Alley, Jenny Craig is inspiration.

Or at least this is what appears to be, after it was reported that she is stepping down from being spokesperson for the company the last week. The 57-year old actress is now announcing that she had the plans to initiate her own program to help people lose weight more easily.

At the end of last week celebrity news magazine “People” announced that the three-year partnership between Alley and jenny Craig had come to an end. Furthermore, on Tuesday a statement released by the actress was posted on the magazine’s website, stating that she would initiate a weight-loss program in the near future. 

“After lengthy negotiations, regretfully the Jenny Craig Company and I did not come to an agreement to continue as their spokesperson. I want to create something new that will help millions of people end the seemingly never ending fatty-roller coaster ride,” read Alley’s statement. Her project will be based on innovation and improvement, she said.

She also announced that her own weight-loss brand somewhere in 2009. Alley didn’t forget to mention her “extraordinary” experience with Jenny Craig and to thank the company for their support. Moreover, she expressed her confidence that the two new spokesmodels for the company, Valerie Bertinelli and Queen Latifah would make excellent work in promoting the company’s image and wished them luck.

Alley appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 2006, a year after she entered Jenny Craig’s program and astonished everybody with her new silhouette. She also starred in TV series “Cheers” and “Veronica’s Closet” and in Showtime’s reality-comedy series “Fat Actress.”