Oprah lost 40 lbs on Weight Watchers and is still eating bread of course

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Right in time for recruiting New Years resolutioners, Oprah announced ahead of the holidays that she’s shed 40 pounds so far in Weight Watchers, in which she owns a significant stake. Of course Oprah has one of the most motivating reasons of all to lose with WW, whenever she announced her success she earns millions of dollars. Just like the time Oprah announced her 30 pound loss, Weight Watchers stock surged following her latest statement, earning her $10 million in a day. Check out this graph of WW stock following Oprah’s announcement last Thursday. Oprah is making bank. In fact since she became the spokesperson for WW she’s gained over $35 million, just going by the increase in the value of the stock she owns.

Here’s Oprah’s new commercial for Weight Watchers and you can see another one on her twitter:

Here’s what Oprah told People about her weight loss. She has a new cookbook coming out in January and she also strives to take 10,000 steps a day:

Winfrey, who is a Weight Watchers shareholder, said that the program is less of a diet, and more of a life change.

“Weight Watchers is easier than any other program I’ve ever been on,” she said in a press release shared with PEOPLE. “It’s a lifestyle, a way of eating and a way of living that’s so freeing. You never feel like you are on a diet and it works.”

“I would say to anyone who’s thinking of joining Weight Watchers: Take the leap. And get about the business of enjoying a fantastic and full life,” Winfrey says in the commercial.

She’ll share some of her favorite, Weight Watchers-friendly recipes in her new cookbook Food, Health and Happiness, out on Jan. 3, along with deeply personal stories about her weight loss journey.

[From People]

One of the reasons Oprah has increased the value of WW so much is that she’s genuinely sold on the program and its benefits. Plus she can still eat BREAD and she’s super enthusiastic about that. Check out this Instagram she posted of the fresh jalapeño cheese biscuits she was enjoying.

Ok, so I just calculated my points allotment for the day and if I want to lose even two pounds I only get 24 points. One of these biscuits is almost half that. (Although you get free points for vegetables and you have like an extra 35 floating points a week.) People call WW simplified calorie counting but I find calorie counting much easier. Still, it obviously works for a lot of people and Oprah is a convincing example of that.

Oh and that Christmas onesie is adorable! Oprah wore it on the cover of December’s O! this year. Oprah is just like us, she wears Christmas jammies and she earns $870,500 for every pound she loses. She didn’t even have to give up bread for that.

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  1. Jenns says:

    Good for her. She looks fantastic.

    But…

    We’ve been down this road with her many times before. I wonder how things will be going in another year. Either way, I hope she makes peace with her body image.

    • Megan says:

      I love Oprah, but her weight obsession undermines some of her positive messages. It’s time for her to make peace with her body.

      • minx says:

        I so agree. She’s a billionaire, extremely successful, and she’s still talking about this…deja vu.
        Enjoy your life, Oprah. I would!

    • Aren says:

      I think by now she should have realized the problem is not the food but her relationship with it.
      She should be looking into a program for disordered eating, not a diet.
      I of course wish her the best, but I’m amazed at how nobody has told her that she is indeed obsessed with weight and using it as part of her business might be damaging to others.

    • Lucytunes says:

      Sooo, she’s not supposed to keeping trying to get to a healthy weight/lifestyle? It would seem that she IS working to find a healthy relationship with food that is not restrictive or punitive. Just because she is still trying to be healthy doesn’t mean she hasn’t come to terms with her body, it actually is indicative that she has and is willing to make changes for the better. Billions of dollars or not, this is a positive example. She is not promoting starvation and skinny jeans anymore, just healthy relationship with food and exercise that has helped her shed weight that was unhealthy. Why are we complaining about this?

      Unpopular opinion but all this “concern” is just another form of body shaming.

      • Jenns says:

        No one is shaming her. In fact, no one has shamed Oprah’s body more than Oprah. I remember the last time she gained weight after a diet and she put herself on the cover of her magazine looking sad so she could shame herself for the re-gain. She’s been talking about her weight for the past 30 years. All I’m saying is that I think she needs to make peace with herself and her body image, no matter what size she is.

      • A says:

        From my viewpoint, what I’ve noticed with Oprah is that she’s not consistent in her efforts to keep trying to get to a healthy lifestyle. That’s the key. Consistency. And the fact that she keeps gaining weight, then shedding it 30-40 lbs at a time is indicative of the fact that she’s still suffering from disordered eating, because when you’re attempting to be healthy in your lifestyle, your weight wouldn’t swing back and forth in such enormous amounts. So it’s clear to me at least, given my own experience with disordered eating, that this is what’s going on.

        Trying to make peace with yourself and how you use food as a crutch for when life gets bad is a daily effort, imo. It doesn’t end with just a significant end point. You have to wake up and assess your relationship as it comes, especially through the troughs of your life. And sometimes, it’s just easier and better on your psyche to learn how to say, “fuck it,” and make peace with that as it comes. It doesn’t mean that you’re quitting the effort to get better. It just means that you’re choosing to forgive yourself for your foibles. That makes a difference too.

    • LoveIsBlynd says:

      Oprah has a set weight that is bigger than a super model. Is this news? WTF Oprah- you are so much more than a shell! I just dont’ understand- unless she is an addictive binge eater which is interrupts a life and is life threatening- a social and medical disease. Someone tell me if she’s just chasing some cultural body image or if he’s truly an addict? If she’s an addict she needs to do it the free way which is OA- a 12 step free thing like alcoholics anon.

  2. Linda Suchy says:

    I could never stand her. Since she became a spokesperson for WW I for sure would not go there. But I lost 81 pounds 8 years ago on my own and have kept it off. I am 62 years old like Oprah. I did WW a few years ago but it never taught a person how the healthy way of eating was to use your points and it became very pricey after a while.

    • margie says:

      I am neither here nor there on Oprah, but I absolutely HATE WW. They subtly encourage people to find their calories from processed sh*t. They don’t outright say this, but the way the points are awarded is crazy. Eating a TB of a healthy fat, like olive oil or some avocado, takes up so, so many points (like, so many it is impossible to justify eating it, so you don’t), but eating a 100 calorie pack of processed garbage is maybe a point. I guess it is technically calorie counting, but it is worse nutritionally. Vegetables are free, and that’s great, but a body can’t absorb and process all the nutrients from the veggies optimally without a little bit of fat.

      • shel2 says:

        hey subtly encourage people to find their calories from processed sh*t

        So true!! I didn’t realize that until you pointed it out.

      • Bridget says:

        That’S a reflection of the American relationship between food, fat, sugar, and manufacturing. We have a lot of issues with highly processed, cheap food from manufacturing giants. And we don’t want to change our eating habits, so we reach for these snacks that attempt to mimic our usual processed junk food, rather than learn how to enjoy fresh, real foods for what they are and what snack you can get them to taste like. Those issues with WW are the issues that we Americans have as a whole when it comes to our relationship to weight and food. And it’s what keeps WW in business.

    • Christin says:

      My workplace offered the program several times, and it was (to me) an expensive alternative to simply counting calories / fat grams and trying to exercise more. The program cost each participant a certain amount (for lunchtime meetings and weigh-ins), plus some bought the meals and scales to weigh the portions.

      Granted, some lost and kept off weight, but others have done so without paying a program.

  3. Lifethelifeaquatic says:

    I lost 60 lbs since Easter following clean eating/paleo. And I don’t eat bread.

    • Burr says:

      I also eat a ketogenic diet and have lost 45 lbs.
      Bread is the worst thing you can eat if you want to loose weight.

      • Lifethelifeaquatic says:

        Oh for sure! I read about how our body processes bread on marks daily apple and I have never went back. I don’t deprive myself at all and I feel so good. Go keto!

      • Burr says:

        I have done keto for nearly three years now and I have never felt better. So glad to hear other people are starting to realize the benefits of it too. It’s fantastic!!

      • Burr says:

        …also, thank you for the tip about Mark’s Daily Apple. I think I have found a new favourite blog 🙂

      • Megan says:

        I quit gluten a little over a year ago and I feel so much better without it that I don’t miss bread, rolls, bagels, etc. I had no idea how much gluten just didn’t agree with me.

      • Livethelifeaquatic says:

        Your welcome enjoy the site! (Marks daily apple)It’s amazing to read about how carbs and sugar affect the body. The side effect of looking great and fitting into clothes is also awesome….

    • Livethelifeaquatic says:

      Yaaaas! Gluten is not really natural and I feel wheat and stuff like that are processed foods….I just don’t go there anymore. Veggies and fruits and good stuff are my jam now.

      • Isa says:

        I lost 32 lbs on a low carb diet with some Keto snacks and recipes thrown in. I eat more veggies than ever.
        I’ve been off my diet and have been so freaking tired lately.

    • LoveIsBlynd says:

      I had an addictive pattern of eating when I was 16- I tried to become vegetarian because of my love for animals, but I really am meant to eat meat- sorry vegans. The effort to eat only grains threw me into a sugar binge, the rice, the potatoes, it’s all sugary and sets of binging for some of us. So I learned to eat 3 meals a day with no snacking. What country can afford snack food- oh yeah, the US with an epidemic of diabetes and obesity. Anyway. Most of us need lots of water and a -life- in between meals. I do eat protein 3x a day, be it dairy, sometimes tofu and yes, meat. It’s possible to get better sourced meat and what I buy I dont waste. I would never in a million years count calories or eat processed anything. When I consolidate my food, I dont’ waste my fuel on junk- veggies and protein with fruit once a day in proper servings. I went to OA – which is free- overeaters anon- back in my early teens to not feel so alone with a craving disposition that is set off with too much carbs. I don’t eat bread of course, as it’s empty calories and typically processed. Anyway, I’m 50 now and have been free of the binge obsession for over 30 years, I also wear the same jean size as in high school. My diet may not be prescribed by a fringe nutritionist or a fitness guru, but it’s simple and livable. Perfect is a construct, and I’m not wasting time on that- perfect is the enemy of the good. Most importantly, I have a life and comparing myself to magazine images isn’t part of my life today!

  4. MorningCoffee says:

    I’m so over Oprah is just about every way – particularly with her weight loss. She lost 40 lbs. How many times has she lost 40 lbs? I’ll believe it is a lifestyle change when she keeps it off.

    • hmmm says:

      Right now I think her greatest motivator is all the $$$$ she’s raking in.

    • gottaspeakup says:

      The minimum number of daily points your are given on WW is 30. Then you are given weekly points that you can use or not use throughout the week – mine were 28 extra points a week when I was in weight loss mode. I’m short and only had a few pounds to lose (relative to others) and those numbers helped me easily lose the weight and, more importantly, keep it off for almost a year – something I’ve never done in my adult life. I’ve always been able to lose it, but maintaining? Never successful…until now. WW definitely has helped with a mindset shift that makes me stop before I mindlessly put the weight back on and just sit back as and accept it as I do! The program is now way more than just counting points.

      Unless you’ve struggled with weight and food, you probably can’t relate to Oprah’s ‘obsession.’ It’s an obsession b/c it feels like it rules your life in a negative way, and in many ways it does. Every day you wake up thinking – okay, today I’m going to do better. And invariably you don’t. There’s the emotional discomfort in how you look. There’s the emotional discomfort in how you feel. There’s the physical discomfort in clothes binding and digging into your flesh. And, thank goodness I was able to feel all these things just within my small circle of life and not in front of the entire world. I can’t imagine what that would be like. Those of us in the WW community can relate all too well. Her presence at WW (she does phone calls with us as a community) have been great. Despite all the wealth and accomplishment, this is an area where she shares the same struggles as the rest of us. She seems as genuine as they come.

  5. als says:

    This is ridiculous.
    I get that she’s making bank but she has a thousand ways to make bank. However, she is constantly trying to make bank on her obsession, her weight. It worked once, twice but this is getting ridiculous.

    And I will never believe these lovey-dovey weight loss ads. Losing weight is a process, often a difficult one that changes you, physically and mentally, People should know that. It’s not about starving or suffering. Significant weight loss, the kind that creates a whole different image, is a process on which people should be informed not fooled into believing that ‘you can still eat bread’. From what I can see, she has lost significant weight but she is trivializing the issue because she wants to sell the ‘easy weight loss’ message.

    One can eat bread, lose weight and still have a bad time because of the drastic change they see in the mirror and the change they see in people’s behaviors toward them once this happens. When people start fitting in their dream clothes and still feel bad, not knowing why, they will wonder if it’s something wrong with them because Oprah is so smiley and happy all the time.

  6. Lifethelifeaquatic says:

    Forgot to add my aunt does the WW thing every few years…always yo you right back with her weight. Also “cheats” a lot or justifys with the points. Like I’m gonna have this chocolate bar and eat only veggies the rest of the day? Come on. Not a good “plan” unless you stick to it the rest of your life…people would be better off taking the time to learn about healthy foods and how what we eat directly affects our body and our organs etc

    • tigerlily says:

      Lifethelife….your aunt is not following WW properly. If followed properly you learn to use activity to get more food points and this leads to healthy behavior….eg: you are learning to burn additional calories in order to take in additional calories. Used correctly it is a good program but you do have to stick with it through maintenance…..that is the tough part for me. I am a star at losing but suck at maintaining.

      • Lifethelifeaquatic says:

        Ahhh I know…my aunt has been down this road many many times with WW…I just think it’s not really sustainable (for her at least).

  7. Esmom says:

    She looks fantastic and youthful but ffs this is like groundhog day for her. I barely follow her but I can think of a couple instances where she found the perfect solution to weight loss that was going to last a lifetime. I hope she can someday find peace with this aspect of her life, too.

    I am intrigued by the background of the biscuit photo. I assume that’s her house, wow.

    • Christin says:

      That intrigued me as well. Looks like a high end lodge or spa retreat, but is likely her home.

    • BJ says:

      She is in Colorado for Christmas vacation.She was joined by Steadman,Gayle, Gayle kids,other friends.I saw all the pics of them in the snow on Gayle’s IG.

      • Esmom says:

        Nice, thanks, it does look very lodge-like. I thought it was a hotel until I saw the dog bowls. But I didn’t think it was her home in CHI, which I think is a sleek penthouse.

  8. eggyweggs says:

    I joined Weight Watchers a couple of weeks ago after I ate about a pound of cookies for my birthday; I figured if I paid for a program, I’d be more committed. But because I don’t want to lose my consecutive run on My Fitness Pal — 380-some days, last I checked — I double log. This is what compulsion looks like, guys.

    • minx says:

      I love my Fitness Pal! I’m not using it now–I want to get back to it–but it’s sooo easy for a lazy person like me.

      • Eggyweggs says:

        I love it, too. Logging in both spots is a pain but being 15 pounds overweight is a bigger pain.

  9. Syko says:

    In my opinion, WW was a much better program before they went to this points system. For me, it was easier to keep track when you got X ounces of protein, X fruits, X breads and unlimited veggies every day. I lost weight on it successfully, but did not keep it off, because in the end diets all suck. You have to change the way you eat forever, and you have to emphasize vegetables, then fruits, then proteins, and last of all carbs.

    Now, WW has priced itself out of my budget. I’m not sure what it costs per week now, last time I went, it was $12, and you had to pay for every week, whether you attended or not. You also had to buy the scale and they pushed all their frozen/packaged foods, which are also expensive. I couldn’t afford, living on a fixed income, to go – even if I wanted to.

    Yoyoing is not good for you. Better to accept that you’re a size 18 and be healthy than to constantly go between a 10 and a 20. But then I don’t own stock in the company.

    • Christin says:

      The lunchtime program at our location cost $14 per week. Interest dwindled to where they are no longer offered.

      One thing I noticed by the sign-ups were several employees repeating the program.

      Some said they felt motivated by simply participating with others. I do think a mindset change has to happen to avoid the yo-yo trap.

    • Cate says:

      I agree, the pre-points WW was much better. I lost 15 lbs with them around 1995, kept it off, then lost 25lbs more on my own. For someone who had NO idea how to eat healthy, the plan they had then (specific servings of fruit, starch, protein, fat, plus a calorie allotment for “extras”) was really helpful in terms of learning what a reasonable portion size was, healthy meal and snack ideas, etc. It definitely helped me stop a weight gain trajectory and get started on a healthier lifestyle. I had a bit of a weight rebound several years later and considered WW again, but the points system seemed like too much trouble. My mother did go to WW when they started using the points system (having previously used WW with success in the past) and she hated it–said they were constantly encouraging things like 2-point WW bars and stuff.

  10. Arpeggi says:

    WW is great in theory. It’s principles are probably the best ones according to nutrition experts as they don’t try to have you completely eliminate a food group (of course you should eat bread! And grains! They are important) and try to include regular exercising in the mix. And it allows you to “cheat”. It’s by far a healthier way to lose weight and gain muscles than many uber restrictive diets. But in practise, it seems like it’s made for people that never cook anything from scratch and use a lot of pre-made stuff in their cooking (or simply eat processed food). I guess it makes sense when you think that they are also selling food :/ It’s great that veggies and fruits (not juices) are free of points, but when I tried WW, I found that it was really hard to include proteins, milk products (aka plain 2% fat yogurt), beans, grains (barley, quinoa, brown rice) in there; a tiny portion takes up a lot of points! So you still end up restricting yourself from eating healthy, filling food and it makes you more likely to quit and gain weight back. And if you like to cook from scratch, the app is super annoying to use!

    I still lost a bit of weight through WW and never gained it back. But that’s mostly from being more concious about portions, binge-eating out of boredom and not exercising enough (I’m a huge walker since I don’t drive, but walking isn’t enough). My “best diet” to date remains my worst breakup ever and the depression that came with it; losing 30lbs has never been that easy. But that’s also how I learned that there are more important things than the number on the scale and that losing weight doesn’t mean you’re healthy. I gained a bit of that weight back and I don’t care. I go to the gym when I’m bored instead of binge-eating. My body gets more powerful even if my weight stays the same and I tell people (aka mom) to shut up whenever they start criticizing food or someone’s body.

  11. Racer says:

    Bread and carbs is not the enemy.

    • Esmom says:

      I’m with you. Bread and carbs are my world, lol. And I’m not overweight. I realize that a lot of that is due to genetics, though. What works for one person doesn’t work for another…but I do still think people can generally eat more carbs than they think they can.

    • gottaspeakup says:

      The program has been revamped so anyone commenting on an old WW program isn’t up on the current program plan. The plan absolutely does not encourage gaming the system and eating a ton of processed crap (anymore.) Processed, non nutritious food gets rated high in points which encourages people to move toward less processed more nutritious foods = an overall MUCH more healthful diet (as in a way of eating for the rest of your life.) It does not encourage eliminating any one food or food group, but encourages people to choose wisely and to find balance in the big picture. THAT is life. So, you can have your one biscuit and succeed, but 4-5 or 12 maybe like you would in the old days? Not so much. But even if you did (because we are all human), it also encourages you to not think of this as a reason to bail, but to then make a series of decisions after the fact to render that decision to go hog wild on biscuits irrelevant after a few days.

      People who have never struggled with losing weight won’t understand. This is why WW now has a hugely successful social media component to their app now. People know they can go there and share their struggles and people won’t judge them or their success on WW. Ultimately, the mind needs to change more than the eating habits or weight will always be gained back no matter what someone is doing. This is where the current WW is winning. There’s a huge focus on mindset as well as more healthful eating.

    • Arpeggi says:

      Bread is what keeps me a decent human being during PMS so most definitely not a bad thing! We’ve been eating carbs since forever. Grains are the reason we started doing maths, writing, diversifying work and all that; bread, grains and rice are also the filling base of many diets across the globe as it is still difficult for many to access food and eat more than once a day. Those things are neither evil or the enemy. I think that part of the problem in north america is that many have forgotten what real bread is, the stuff they sell in supermarket isn’t bread and it’s probably not great for you on a regular basis just like any processed food.

      The problem for many is eating too much and eating even when you aren’t hungry. And then there’s the bigger problem: many don’t have an easy access to cheap, fresh produces

      • Livethelifeaquatic says:

        I agree, maybe not the enemy but you will find tons of carbs in most processed foods. Many Americans definitely eat too many carbs.

    • Elisa the I. says:

      ITA. I love carbs and I’m normal weight. My recipe to stay this way: I ride my bike almost every day, I take the stairs instead of the elevator, I go for walks regularly, I only eat when I’m hungry (I often skip breakfast because I’m simply not hungry), I don’t eat any processed food and I drink a lot of water. I stopped dieting a long time ago, it just messes up your body. And almost everyone I know regained the lost weight sooner or later.

    • Nameless says:

      Agree. My grandmother was Italian, a meal at her house was: spaghetti with meatballs and tomato sauce, green salad, Italian bread on the side to clean the sauce off your plate. Olive oil, parmesan cheese, butter as condiments. No whole grain stuff either – the carbs were refined white flour. She made the pasta herself, and liked to make pizza too.

      She lived to be 88, her sister 91. No obesity, no diabetes, no serious health issues until the last few years.

      People worry too much about their food. I had an orthorexic phase, so I am guilty of that too. Food stress is just as bad for you as a poor diet. I eat make spaghetti sometimes now and enjoy a taste of my childhood.

      • Lifethelifeaquatic says:

        If you have access to the best foods why wouldn’t you put that in your body? Food is what fuels you down to a cellular level. Your cells need nutrients to function and food gives them this. Food matters!

  12. Donna says:

    My Brush With Celebrity: I lived in Baltimore back when Oprah was a reporter for a local station. I remember Oprah on location doing a story, and her rudeness to the camera crew and the locals. Frankly, I was dumbfounded at her reinvention and massive success.

  13. African Sun says:

    Love her.

  14. original kay says:

    WW always sent me into panic mode.

    That cap on points, and the extra points per week totally made me panic about food.

    I lost 20 pounds 3 years ago by… not eating. I simply eat when I am hungry and sometimes make good choices, sometimes eat chocolate for lunch.

    It amazed me how little food I actually NEED every day. Want, I still deal with that, but need was an eye opener.

  15. QQ says:

    Girl you are a Bonafide Billionaire… EAT. YOUR. Breeeadd * Sing songed like Mama O*

  16. Lisa says:

    Has she ever really lost since 1988? It seems like she’s stayed at more or less the same for years… Since the early aughts, at least. Nothing against her for that, but she keeps talking about weight loss, and every year will be “her year!” to little effect. She has endless resources at her disposal. Money can’t fix emotional eating, which she’s been honest about, but she’s never been shy about working with therapists and trainers. I don’t really get it.

  17. JohnnyT says:

    I feel like I’ve been watching her struggle with weight since I was eight years old (1985). Weight issues really are a life long struggle for some people. She has a food addiction?

  18. OTHER RENEE says:

    Right now I’m so depressed about how much weight I’ve gained I can’t stand looking in the mirror. Ten years ago I lost 50 pounds by pretty much eating nothing as I went through divorce. Kept it off for a few years and gained it all back during menopause. I’m addicted to sugar. Not cakes etc but bread and pasta which turn into sugar. And I live with a husband and daughter who are extremely healthy eaters. I binge when they’re not around and am ashamed of myself. I’m now in a restrictive medical dietary program and it’s doable and I’m full and I’m trying very hard. I’ve tried everything else. The people in the class are very supportive. I’m back at the gym where I actually enjoy weights etc. Yesterday I was in a yoga class and just hated seeing myself in the mirror then looking around at all the skinny people. Kind of ruined the class for me.

    • JFresh says:

      I feel for you! Sounds like you’re doing all the right stuff. Also sounds like you have a very harsh “Inner Critic”. Have you heard that term before? I used to experience self-hate when I looked in the mirror, or when I compared myself to other women. It’s finally gotten better and life is much easier. Sugar is very addictive but more importantly, it comforts the Inner Child after the Inner Critic attacks.

      • Kezia says:

        This is such an important comment, I’ve taken a screenshot of it to remind me about my “inner critic”, thank you Jfresh!

      • JFresh says:

        @Kezia and @OTHERRENEE I highly recommend a book called “Embracing Your Inner Critic” by Hal and Sidra Stone. It is nothing short of mind-blowing if you are ready to face the I.C. and you want to start living differently. Peace in the new year to all!

    • Burr says:

      I feel for you, as I have been in your position. I used to be overweight, was heavily addicted to sugar (I could eat a whole box of chocolate every night!) and struggled hard to loose weight.

      Have you ever tried a low carb diet? It was the thing that saved me and completely cured my sugar addiction. I don’t even want sugar anymore, just the taste of it gross me out. I also lost 45 lbs without doing any extra exercise, the weight just came off of me when I cut the carbs. You should give it a try! Got nothing to loose, right?

      • OTHER RENEE says:

        JFresh, you are so right; I am my own worst critic. My husband is so kind and has asked me repeatedly not to beat myself up so much and to please be kind to myself. We all have faults and demons.

        Burr, I could subsist on bread and butter alone, that’s the kind of sugar addiction I have. The medically supervised program I’m on is high in protein, low on carbs (but not totally without carbs because I wouldn’t last on that for one day) as I wean myself off of my reliance on them. I’m praying that I have the kind of success you’ve achieved. My goal is 45 lbs. And kudos to you for your success! That gives me hope!

    • original kay says:

      Read the book “The 4 agreements”

      seriously. don’t google it, you won;t get out how wonderful and life changing this book is from just reading snaps of it on websites
      spend the 12 bucks on amazon and buy it tonight, read it in the tub with nice bubble bath and just let it sooth your soul and sink into you.

      Trust me. Buy it.

  19. Miss M says:

    You go, O! Looking fab!

  20. sage says:

    Oprah needs to deal with the emotional issue that is causing her eating disorder. I guarantee in a year or 2 she will have put all the weight back on.

  21. Who says says:

    I wonder if she attended regular meetings or did alone with her personal chef and the weight watchers app?

  22. Patrycja says:

    I can’t understand how someone can live a life as if losing weight is such a central point of your existence and personality. I get it if you’re a teenager, but as I get older I’m like, sure I’m fat, I’ll either deal with it and accept it or I’ll just try to lose some weight whilst living my life… it’s not a central point, and I am really overweight and lost a lot of pounds this year but the thing is we do it whilst living, it’s a part of life not LIFE ITSELF, not A LIFE PROJECT, not the one thing you talk about all the time, theres so much going on in the world and so many interesting things and important things to talk about it seems rather dull to be so focused on losing weight. She’s a public person and I do feel it’s kind of relevant how she approaches this subject, particularly because she’s a woman, it’s almost like we should be doing the same because Oprah does it. Why don’t you join WW? why isn’t losing weight the point of YOUR existence? like it’s acceptable to ask a fat person why they won’t stop everything and “start a project” like I could be bothered, like you should be doing this and you couldn’t possibly just live overweight (let’s be honest she’s not obese, she looks like everyone in their 50’s.)

  23. CL says:

    So what kind of weight loss support do we think Liev Schreiber provided? Did he text her daily, cheering her on? Did he send her videos of himself as Ray Donovan, threatening her and her family if the scale didn’t move? Or, did he visit her as Ray Donovan, getting all up in her personal space and glowering at her, raising her heart rate and burning more calories, as he stared longingly at her mouth?

    😉

  24. Loca says:

    Oprah needs to get rid of those glasses. She is a pretty lady but those things look hideous.