Oprah has certainly learned a lot over the years, about herself and about others… And now she describes how she intends to lose weight permanently.

Let’s have a look at that and see if she has chances to succeed and what to learn from that.

First of all, she announces her intention to lose weight permanently openly. That’s a smart move: It puts her in a situation where she has to succeed- otherwise her credibility will suffer. If you really want to lose weight, you need to make that outcome inevitable. And one of the methods to make it inevitable is declaring your intentions. Of course, there will always be someone telling you: “You don’t need it”. Or: “I love you as you are”. That’s all nice and fine, but you need to stick to your personal journey.

Second, Oprah had a break and used it to sleep more and restore her body. Sleeping is one of the underrated elements of successful, healthy weight loss. You have a hard time losing weight when you are stressed out.

Third, she started gradually to work out. Way too many start an exercise program and jump on it with too much intensity, making it unsustainable. It’s much better to start slowly, and while your fitness increases, increase the exercise intensity.

Forth, Oprah targeted her food addiction with commonsense measures: eating less sugar, cutting down the refined carbs and have more fresh whole foods. This is very wise: There is no “super food”, but there is healthy nutrition. And being on a diet does not help either.

Fifth, she is aware of what she is eating and puts her attention on the eating. This is very helpful. Too many are munching away in front of their TVs, or while driving, or doing anything “more important” than nurturing their bodies. It’s actually very strange that a TV show is more important than what you put in our body, isn’t it? Research has shown that being mindful while eating reduces the amount of food intake. So, that’s another clever move.

Sixth, she will put herself first and her work second. After all, permanent weight loss can only be achieved if you value yourself more than your “obligations”. I understand that in the current economical situation people are forced to put a lot of attention on their work, but if you can’t live healthy, you won’t be able to work either.

Generally: Thumbs up for Oprah! She has good chances to lose weight permanently.

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