I take my hat off to Oprah, she is a marketing genius. She gains all this weight for free advertising, I mean look at all the media right now focused around this filthy rich woman who does not even want to pay for advertising. Really I could care less what Oprah does, but then again I am writing this to pat Oprah on the back...Good Job Oprah you are the Queen

She should just admit she loves eating her watermelon and fried chicken!

What a lier~ 200 pounds, I think she left a digit off that number.... Oprah if your going to lie~ from one fat girl to another~ don't lie about your weight in less it's 10-15 lbs ~~NOT 100 lbs!!! Give us a BREAK!!!

U racists make me sick.

Oprah is fat again... so what. Why is this news?

i think she looks good no matter how much she weighs. she hasnt gone under the knife and altered he body in any way..unlike everyone in Hollywood..she's a real person...and people can relate to her. people look up to her...and she is the number 1 woman in America. so for all the people hatin' on her...get over yourselves. if she takes care of herself and stuff then she'll get back down. but she has to take her age into conideration...not everyone is meant to be teeny tiny. some people are meant to b thick :) i think Oprah looks good no matter how much she weighs. and for 9:51...clearly you are upset that Oprah weighs less than you do...hopefully you'll get a treadmill for Christmas :)

What is her deal? She has no excuse!

A size 4 and 6 are perfectly attainable IFFFF that is how your body is built and you work out and you make sensible choices when you eat. I had twins a couple of years ago and worked out maybe 3 times a week or less to get back into my size 6 and yes I still manage to screw up and eat things I should here and there but I'm not starving myself or resorting to everyday unhealthy habits. If I've never been over a size 8 in my lifetime, I think its safe to say its more genetics than anything. Even still, you have to work out and be smart about what you eat. Subscribe to the theory to Eat to live not 'live to eat'. The point is... SIZE shouldn't matter. So what if I wear a size 6. So what if someone else wears a size 12. And please understand that two people who wear the same size can look TOTALLY different. Worry about your own BMI/body fat percentage! I'm sick of people making this a race issue. Skinny white and thick black this...People STOP! Care about your health AND ENERGY... And stop judging or trying to put all women in a dang box as though we should all look the same. If a woman wants to work out tremendously b/c she doesn't want a high BMI or have fat hanging in her mid section, who are you to judge? If a woman likes eating whatever the heck she wants and doesn't care about her stomach or arms, leave her alone. Stop judging. Women are beautiful in whatever package they come in. How about judging a woman on how she mentors, gives back to a community, what she does for her family and friends... the discernment of her heart... her spirit... her uncanny ability to make someone smile or laugh... MOTHERS, SISTERS, AUNTS, GRANDMOTHERS... GIVE IT A DANG REST ALREADY. Most of you are so freaking critical over the wrong stuff!

It is illegal in most states to stack manure that high. Who cares about this lying, bloated, new age, whale who is a racist.

Oprah's always going to have to work at being thin. Like many people (me included) she can see-saw back & forth between being thinnish and being big. When you've had enough and get motivated, you have all the discipline you need. You work out and you eat clean.....then you get thin. Then, you get so tired of having to think about being good, it's nice to let your hair down and do what you want. More often than not, you stop exercising consistently and you eat what you want. That doesn't mean you pig out non-stop, it just means you do what you want when you want.

Oprah's a fast oxidizer. That means she metabolizes food very quickly. If she eats any junk carbs or junk fats (prevalent in America), her body burns it up quick. She gets hungry again quickly, her blood sugar goes on a roller coaster, etc... It's how your hormones get out of whack and you put on weight. Insulin is a major player (hence not eating junk carbs and junk fats....you take insulin out of the equation).

Naturally thin people (20% of the population?) don't have to worry about this. They can eat half a poptart and their bodies slowly oxidize (metabolize or "burn up") the food. They don't need to eat again for hours.

Not all overweight people are lazy slobs, just like not all thin people are naturally thin. Oprah has to realize that she's like an alcoholic. Unlike an alcoholic though, she can't just abstain. You HAVE to eat. You have to work on your mind (there are several good books for this) and choose foods that work with you instead of against you. Of course, the stuff that tastes good isn't on this list. You just have to own up to that and realize you can't eat what you want all the time. Maybe one day per week, have the crap. Otherwise, you need to train your brain to make good food choices.

O needs to quit blaming the thyroid. That's just a copout. I knew it was b.s. when she blamed it for her weight gain a year ago or whenever. I read two separate tabloid reports on this. They're probably b.s., considering the sources, but:

1) When she first started blaming her thyroid...one of the tabs had her in South Carolina (somewhere in the south at any rate) for the weekend. The hotel at which she stayed leaked the amount of food she'd ordered from room service. The # of calories was STAGGERING.

2) She's going to get some major work done during this winter break. All of her shows are re-runs right now. She wants to take care of some of the loose/sagging skin left by years of yo-yo'ing. She's basically going to have a whole new body.

Again, grain of salt.

"She is a total hypocrite by saying "knowledge is power... once you know you have a problem, you have no excuse for not changing it, etc."

Judging by the article, apparently she is and has been for some time.... that's the whole point of the article. She's trying to change it!

6:01 PM Anonymous Hmmmmmmm... aint' no excuse for sounding stupid either.

Oprah, snap the hell out of it! Who asked you to be an example? Example of what? Success? Hell, girl, you've got that one covered! Aint' NOBODY BAD like you in that area... Now, on this weight thing... Girl please, be the best example by showing and teaching young women to love themselves the way they are. Teach them that the way they are shaped is a design that makes them unique. Teach them to love their curves not to hate them. You are right about one thing, the example you are setting now is not a good one. You are teaching women across this country to hate the body they were given and to loathe themselves when they gain weight. There is no positive message in this O. You need to snap out of it.

Skinny people, stop justifying "Why" you're skinny.... you just are. Now, Whether you stay that way is up to time.... Frankly, there is nothing more unattractive than an old, wrinkly, saggy, skinny woman... and for the racist person... baby you can put any color you want to on this, skinny old wrinkly

Oprah, remember girl... don't nuthin but a dog wants a bone...and when he's through gnawing on it... He burries it!

Where's Bob?