Clever lady. And honest. But you have to be a little disconsolate that if the Big O, with all her dieticians and personal trainers and chefs and home gym equipment STILL can’t manage a stable weight, how are us mere mortals meant to do it? And on that subject….do they make Spanx for arms? How about backs?
Back to Oprah….and 200 pounds is 90.9kg according to my conversion. That’s 18kg more than her 72kg best in 2006. Personally, I think she looks beautiful. More importantly, I think she is brilliant. I barely notice her weight ever.
The magazine isn’t out yet but her production company has done an early preview release to the Associated Press news agency. The New York Times reports:
In
January’s ”O” magazine, Winfrey, 54, details her recent struggles
with an out-of-balance thyroid and how the condition made her develop
”a fear of working out.” She says she’s gained 40 pounds since 2006,
when she weighed 160.
”I look at my thinner self and think, `How
did I let this happen again?”’ the talk-show queen says in the article
provided early to The Associated Press by Harpo Productions.
”I’m embarrassed,” she says. ”I’m mad at myself.”
Winfrey’s weight and height put her body mass index at 31.8, which is obese, according to the Centres for Disease Control And Prevention.
The CDC says people who are obese are at higher risk for chronic
conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol.
Winfrey
says she’s abandoned trying to get thin. She just wants to be strong,
healthy and fit. She hopes to get started with her upcoming ”Best Life
Week,” starting Jan. 5 with an episode of ”The Oprah Winfrey Show”
during which she is expected to talk candidly about her weight.
Winfrey
famously wheeled a wagon loaded with fat onto the set of her talk show
in 1988 to represent a 67-pound weight loss while wearing a pair of
size US 10 Calvin Klein jeans. She had lost the weight with a liquid protein diet.
”When
it comes to maintaining my health I didn’t just fall off the wagon. I
let the wagon fall on me,” the chairwoman of Harpo Inc. writes. ”I
didn’t follow my own fundamental rule of taking care of self first.”
In
2005, Winfrey said she starved herself for four months to lose weight.
Ever since, her weight has yo-yoed. She weighed as much as 237 pounds
and by late 1990 acknowledged she had regained most of the 67 pounds,
saying ”I’ll never diet again.”
In 1993, she hired personal
trainer Bob Greene and the next year finished the Marine Corps
Marathon. By 1996 she said her roller-coaster weight saga was over.
But
now, Winfrey finds herself tipping the scales again, telling AP
Television last week that she has yet to choose a gown for
President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural ball next month.
Oprah now….
Top Comments
Oprah is fabulous. I never really notice her weight fluctuations. She looks amazing in both pictures (perhaps even more glorious in the first photo!). As long as she is fit and healthy...which she looks...who cares?
My Mum and I were having this discussion last night actually, and mum said "well I'm glad it's not just me losing the battle". As I said to her and I'll say here, when you are into your 50s (and my Mum is edging closer to 60), you need to stop worrying about being a size 10 and start simply looking after yourself. If that means you carry some extra weight (I'm not talking morbidly obese here though) but you are looking after yourself, then that's fine. Eat well, exercise and enjoy life.
I applaud Oprah for admitting what those of us who watch new eps on Foxtel already know....she's put on weight. But the great thing about Oprah (and my Mum might I say ;-) ) is that they dress for their size - they choose elegant clothes that suit them and make them beautiful without making them look like they are overweight or, worse, looking like they are trying to be 25 years younger!!
Not everyone is built to be thin, I know I'm not and neither is Oprah. Like Oprah, thyroid is an issue here too (though mine is now removed) and that can cause weight gain. I just say looking after yourself is more important and being comfortable in your skin, not being a size 10.