The TV mogul invites her millions of fans, including Aussie women, to join her new fight against flab…
Oprah Winfrey is embarking on a worldwide weight-loss campaign in a bid to scale down her 90kg figure and get healthy.
The bold move follows the talk show queen’s stunning admission that in the past two years her weight has spiralled out of control.
Determined not to let her problem balloon any further, Oprah has enlisted celebrity personal trainer Bob Greene to help get her — and her viewers around the globe — back in shape.
It all begins this week, when Oprah kicks off her Best Life Week with a series of specials on The Oprah Winfrey Show, airing in tandem in the US and here in Australia on Channel Ten. The shows are followed by a week of webcasts on www.oprah.com, from January 12.
“My goal isn’t to be thin. My goal is to be the weight that my body can hold and be healthy and strong and fit,” Oprah explains. “2009 is the year of hopefulness and I feel hopeful.”
Having slimmed down to a toned 72kgs in 2004, Oprah, 54, says her weight ballooned after she was diagnosed with a thyroid condition in 2007.
“From the moment I learnt I had a thyroid problem, I thought, ‘I don’t know how to fight this’,” she admits.
Feeling defeated by the knowledge that her metabolism was out of balance, she admits she simply gave up exercise and watching what she ate.
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