ET is with "Guiding Light" star Caitlin Van Zandt one year after the actress underwent a Lap Band System® procedure and shed 89 pounds. Watch the video to hear her talk about the "phenomenal experience" and see the slimming star take ET shopping for her new figure!

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Art is imitating life on "Guiding Light" these days because CAITLIN VAN ZANDT, who plays Ashlee on the CBS soap, had lap-band surgery -- and there is no way the actress, who weighs more than 200 pounds, can shed the weight without her character doing the same.

ET was with the 22-year-old soap star as she began the process and we are with her two-and-a-half months later to show you her 30 pounds lighter.

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When CAITLIN VAN ZANDT (Ashlee) joined the cast of "Guiding Light," she thought it was just for a few episodes to facilitate Lizzie's (MARCY RYLAN) baby-daddy storyline, but as time went on, the writers kept finding more and more for her to do, until recently she got the happy news that the powers that be wanted her to sign a contract.

"That is what I wanted from the beginning," admits the New York-born actress, who has also appeared on HBO's "The Sopranos." "I love working here."

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