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Oprah Winfrey is opening up about the extreme efforts she’s taken to lose weight over the years…revealing that she once starved herself to lose a few pounds.
The talk show legend discusses her years of yo-yo dieting in her new ABC special, “Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution,” sharing that it took a liquid diet to help her lose 67 pounds — which she scored in 1988 .pushing a cart full of fat during an episode of his talk show.
The revelation she’s making in the special, however, is that the weight loss celebration was extremely short-lived – Oprah now admits that she started gaining weight almost the day after the show… becoming the object of public ridicule.
Weight loss has become an important part of Oprah’s brand, having previously become a brand ambassador and major investor in WeightWatchers.
Everyone remembers her “I love bread” commercial, right?
Earlier this month, she came down from his position on WW’s board of directors after nearly 10 years… following her admission, she is now using medication to lose weight.
Oprah says she left WeightWatchers for avoid a conflict of interest in doing this new ABC special…as WW is now handing out prescriptions for weight loss medications.
She praised the weight loss medication she used, crediting it with her recently losing 40 pounds.