Tag — Oprah

What a relief to finally see a major magazine like Newsweek do a feature article on Oprah and her antics on weight loss, longevity and healthy living.  For decades we watch her on roller coaster diets and we still listen to her advice as she brings in experts on exercise, food portion control and food content.  The ‘Oprah Effect’ encompasses everything from fad diets, books, positive thinking, autism and even interior decorating, and her disciples always follow her every word and go out and spend their money on whatever she deems to be good.

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In May, Oprah Winfrey announced on her show that her website was going to offer a downloadable coupon for two pieces of grilled chicken, two sides and a biscuit from KFC.  After all of the shows where she has guest nutritionists, doctors, trainers and chefs all educating her audience on leading a healthy lifestyle it’s a shame that she decided to promote a greasy fast food chain like KFC.

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Kirstie Alley has put back on all of that weight she dropped a few years ago.  We saw her commercials for Jenny Craig and her bikini baring days on the Oprah show back in 2007 when she looked like the Kirstie we remember from Cheers and Look Who’s Talking.  Now, she has blossomed again and had another chat with Oprah saying she’s ready to lose the weight once again.  A little confusing isn’t it?  Here’s what she told Oprah about her weight loss woes:

“I think the biggest thing for me was that I had all of these people that I inspired and then I let them down…My whole life I battled with 15 to 20 pounds, I either weighed 125 or 145, oh!… 125 or 145, you know, like wow.  Then, when I gained weight the last time I honest to god thought, ‘This is it, this is the last time I’ll ever do this.’”

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