Oprah Winfrey, 70, tears up as she reveals the moment that completely changed her weight loss journey The TV show host revealed the moment her perspective on weight loss changed She shared that she uses the weight loss medication as a 'tool' and maintenance READ MORE: Oprah opens up about about food obsession during obesity battle By Emily Lefroy For Dailymail.Com Published: 22:09, 25 June 2024 | Updated: 22:10, 25 June 2024 e-mail View comments Oprah Winfrey has opened about her emotional weight loss journey and the one moment that completely changed her perspective - wiping away a tear as she admitted she's used medication to maintain a trimmer figure. The talk show host, 70, appeared on Jamie Kern Lima's podcast, where she tearfully detailed the battle she's been having with her body for most of her life, and the moment she realized it was beyond her control.
'I was like whoa it's not even my fault - all these years, all those diets, all those times I tried, I came back and I tried again and I lost it. I'm climbing up the mountain I'm suffering, I'm starving,' she described, wiping away a tear. 'I'm not my fault,' Oprah, who has previously admitted to using weight loss drugs , simply said.
'That was the moment and that was 2023.' Oprah has never shied away from sharing her weight loss journey publicly, recalling the moment her perspective completely changed when a doctor told her obesity was a disease - and her struggle to lose weight wasn't her fault or lack of willpower..