Oprah Winfrey admits using weight-loss pills for 'healthier lifestyle': 'I have been blamed and shamed'

Oprah Winfrey, in a recent interview, revealed that she consumed a weight loss drug as part of her effort to lead a healthy lifestyle. In a conversation with PEOPLE, Oprah said that it was a public sport to make fun of her for 25 years. She said she had been blamed and shamed for her body weight.

‘The fact that there’s a medically approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier, in my lifetime, feels like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind and once again be ridiculed for,’ Oprah said.

The media mogul recalled the time when a fashion critic described her as 'dumpy, frumpy and downright lumpy' on a magazine cover. Reacting to the harsh statement, Winfrey said that she was disappointed rather than angry and she accepted that it was her fault.
‘I didn’t feel angry. I felt sad. I felt hurt. I swallowed the shame. I accepted that it was my fault,’ Winfrey told PEOPLE.
Oprah Winfrey says that her current strategy for living a healthy lifestyle is to finish eating by 4 p.m., drink a gallon of water every day, and follow WeightWatchers' point-counting guidelines.
‘I realized I’d been blaming myself all these years for being overweight, and I have a predisposition that no amount of willpower is going to control,’ she said.

Oprah Winfrey has highlighted a shift in her approach to managing her weight, expressing a newfound openness to considering weight-loss medications. This change comes after previously feeling the pressure to demonstrate her willpower by avoiding such methods.

The talk show host claimed that her weight loss journey includes portion control, exercising and medication is only a small component of it. She added that she has never been healthier.

‘After knee surgery, I started hiking and setting new distance goals each week. I could eventually hike three to five miles every day and a 10-mile straight-up hike on weekends,’ she said.

The talk show host claimed that her weight loss journey includes portion control, exercising and medication is only a small component of it. She added that she has never been healthier.

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