Oprah Winfrey reveals she uses weight-loss drugs, calls it a ‘gift’
WEIGHT-LOSS STRUGGLES, BUT SHE'' S SHIFTED HER SIGHT ON WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS, CALLING THEM A PRESENT AND ALLEVIATION. >> > > Reporter: THIS MORNING, OPRAH LOOKING FIT AND FABULOUS ON THE COVER OF “” PEOPLE,”” ADMITTING SHE USES A WEIGHT-LOSS DRUG, INFORMING INDIVIDUALS, “” I CURRENTLY REALLY FEEL AS THOUGH I REQUIRED IT TO HANDLE NOT YO-YO-ING.” >>” > > SHE SPOKE ABOUT HER TRIP THAT'' S REALLY COVERED DECADES AND HOW SHE HAS BEEN CRITICIZED AND REPROACHED CONCERNING HER WEIGHT. >> > > Reporter: OPRAH PHRASE THE TRUTH THERE'' S A CLINICALLY AUTHORIZED PRESCRIPTION FOR TAKING CARE OF WEIGHT AND REMAINING HEALTHIER IN MY LIFE TIME SEEMS LIKE RELIEF, REDEM, A GIFT. I'' M ABSOLUTELY PERFORMED WITH SHAMING FROM OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND PARTICULARLY MYSELF. WHILE NOT IDENTIFYING THE SPECIFIC MEDICATION SHE TAKES, OPRAH OPENING UP ABOUT THE DISCOMFORT SHE'' S ENDURED IN HER WEIGHT-LOSS STRUGGLES. “” IT WAS PUBLIC SPORTING ACTIVITY TO MAKE FUN OF ME FOR 25 YEARS.”” SHE STATES HER CHANGE OF MIND CAME THIS SUMMER WHEN SHE HELD A SPECIAL CONCERNING SLENDERING DOWN AND MADE THESE COMMENTS. >> > > WHEN I FIRST STARTED HEARING CONCERNING THE WEIGHT-LOSS MEDICATIONS, I REALLY FELT, I'' VE GOT TO CARRY THIS OUT ON MY OWN, BECAUSE IF I TAKE THE MEDICINE, THAT'' S THE SIMPLE METHOD
>> OUT. > > Press reporter: THE CELEBRITY NOW INFORMING “INDIVIDUALS,” “” “I HAD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AHA– I REALIZED I'' VE BEEN BLAMING MYSELF ALL THESE YEARS FOR BEING OBESE, AND I HAVE A TENDENCY THAT NO AMOUNT OF WILL POWER IS GOING TO CONTROL. EXCESSIVE WEIGHT IS An ILLNESS.”” PUBLIC RESPONSE TO HER CHANGE IN MINDSET ABOUT WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS HAS BEEN MIXED. >> >'> I ' M SATISFIED TO SEE THAT OPRAH WINFREY HAS JOINED THE BANDWAGON. >> > > THE VERY EASY ESCAPE AT AN EARLY STAGE, MAKING OTHER INDIVIDUAL INQUIRY. >> > >'IT ' S COUNTING POINTS. > > Reporter: FOR SEVERAL YEARS, OPRAH HAS BEEN THE FACE OF WEIGHT WATCHER, AND IS A PART-OWNER OF THE COMPANY. SHE SAYS PROGRAM UTILIZING A WEIGHT-LOSS MEDICATION IS ONLY ONE PART OF HER REGIMEN THAT CONSISTS OF COUNTING FACTORS, ROUTINE WORKOUT, EATING HER LAST DISH AT 4:00, AND CONSUMING A GALLON OF WATER A DAY, HEALTH TOP OF MIND FOR THE MEDIA MOGUL AHEAD OF HER 70th Birthday Celebration NEXT MONTH. SIMPLY THE OTHER DAY, OPRAH RECEIVED A BIG HONOR WHEN A BRAND-NEW PAINT OF HER WAS INVEILED AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL PICTURE GAL RAY.SHE SAYS
SHE ' LL CONTINUE TO LEAD A LIFE DRIVEN BY APPRECIATION AND STARTS AND ENDS EVERY DAY WITH THANK-YOUS. THE NEWISH SHOO IS OUT TOMORROW. >> > > THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> > > > AN PARTNER PROFESSOR OF MEDICATION SIGNS UP WITH US. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHAT OPRAH STATED AND HOW SHE'' S UTILIZING SHE ' S DRUGS? > > I BELIEVE'IT ' S FANTASTIC SHE ' S ADMITTED THIS. WE ' VE WATCHED OPRAH DEAL WITH WEIGHT FOR YEARS, RIGHT. IT'' S BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PUBLIC EYE. SHE'' S STATED SHE ' S REALLY FELT A GREAT DEAL OF EMBARASSMENT LINKED WITH THIS. WHAT SHE ' S SAYING CURRENTLY, WHICH IS WONDERFUL, SHE HAS REALIZED OBESITY IS A BIOLOGICAL PROBLEM, AND IMPLIES IN SOME CASES IT DOES NEED MEDICATION TO REALLY MANAGE IT. SHE CLAIMED SHE IDEA IT WAS An ISSUE OF PERSEVERANCE. WE THINK ABOUT WHAT SHE'' S ACCOMPLISHED IN HER LIFE. SHE'' S NOT LACKING IN PERSEVERANCE OR LACKING IN RESOURCES WITH NUTRITIONAL EXPERTS AND TRAINERS. SOMETIMES INDIVIDUALS DEMAND THAT BONUS HELP. THERE ARE SO SEVERAL RESEARCH STUDIES WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH EXCESSIVE WEIGHT, THEIR BRAINS, THEY HOLD ON TO CALORIES MORE.THERE ARE PEOPLE
EVEN MORE PREDISPOSED TO COME TO BE OVERWEIGHT, AND THERE ARE LOTS VARIOUS OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS LINKED WITH THAT. I ASSUME THAT ' S TERRIFIC SHE ' S TRAINING THE PITY OFF OF THIS MEDICAL CONDITION. YOU UNDERSTAND, TAKING THE DRUGS OUT OF IT, THE REALITY SHE'' S PHRASE THIS IS A CONDITION THAT YOU MUST OBTAIN TREATED AND NOT FEEL GUILTY ABOUT. >> > > SHE WAS LOOKING REALLY GOOD PRIOR TO SHE STARTED TAKING THOSE MEDICINES. I MEAN, SHE WAS LOOKING SLIMMER. BUT THESE DRUGS COME– THERE ARE THINGS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT.IF YOU STOP TAKING THE MEDICATION, DOES THE WEIGHT IMMEDIATELY COME BACK ON? >> > > IT DOES, ABSOLUTELY. AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE RESEARCHES COMING OUT ALL THE TIME SHOWING THAT'' S THE INSTANCE, THAT THESE ARE REALLY UPKEEP DRUGS. THE OTHER THING OPRAH MADE CLEAR IS THIS IS A PART OF A HOLISTIC TECHNIQUE TO HEALTHY AND BALANCED LIVING. SHE'' S EXERCISING CONSISTENTLY, DEDICATED TO HEALTHY AND BALANCED CONSUMING, AS WELL.THE STUDIES THAT ARE DONE THAT PROGRAM PROMISING OUTCOMES FROM THESE MEDICINES ARE DONE IN INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EATING HEALTHILY AND WORKING OUT ALSO. >> > > SHE JUST ALTERED HER MIND, LIKE, SO WHAT? INDIVIDUALS ARE LIKE, OH, YOU INFORMED US YESTERDAY– TO ME, IT'' S, LIKE, I THOUGHT REGARDING IT>. > > PHYSICIAN, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS PRESCRIBED THESE DRUGS AND SUGGESTS THESE MEDICATIONS, THERE ARE A NUMBER ON THE MARKET NOW, THERE'' S BEEN SOME STUDY CARRIED OUT THAT IT SUPPRESSES THE CRAVING FOR DRINK INGDRINKING, CAN ASSISTANCE YOU SUPPRESS GAMBLING. TO A GREAT DEAL OF PEOPLE, THESE MEDICATIONS SOUND NEARLY ALSO GOOD TO BE TRUE.ARE YOU AT
ALL CONCERNED THAT 15 YEARS FROM NOW WE'' LL REFLECT ON THIS AND THINK, WOW, WE WERE WRONG? >> > > WELL, YOU UNDERSTAND, WITH ANY FAIRLY BRAND-NEW DRUG THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT WHAT ARE THE LONG, LONG-LASTING EFFECTS. MUCH OF THESE DRUGS HAVE BEEN USED IN DIABETIC ISSUES, SO WE HAVE SOME DATA, WHICH IS GOOD. BUT, YEAH, YOU'' RE ALWAYS WITH ANY MEDICINE WEIGHING THE DANGERS AND THE BENEFITS. BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE SO LOTS OF MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS OF OBESITY, WE DO NEED TO ENSURE WE'' RE PROVIDING SOME TYPE OF TREATMENT, AND EVEN IF THERE ARE SOME PROSPECTIVE UNKNOWNS, IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES IT'' S WORTH IT, BUT IT'' S A REALLY SPECIFIC CASE. I WEAR'' T WANT INDIVIDUALS TO BASE THEIR MEDICAL DECISIONS ON WHAT OPRAH OR ANY CELEBRITY IS DOING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
