In an interview with People magazine, Oprah Winfrey spoke about her recent weight loss, the use of weight-loss medication and how it helped her stop drinking.
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According to the host, after she began using a GLP-1-based medication two and a half years ago, she eliminated alcohol from her life.
According to Winfrey, before the medication she used to consume alcoholic drinks frequently, but now she no longer feels the desire and feels very good about it; “I barely recognize the woman I have become,” she said, “but she is a happy woman.”
Approaching her 72nd birthday, Winfrey revealed that she used to drink “more than everyone at the table,” but nowadays she feels no attraction to alcohol at all.
“I literally had 17 shots of alcohol in one night,” she admitted. “I haven’t been drinking for years. The fact that I don’t even feel the urge to drink anymore is incredible.”
For Winfrey, the weight-loss medication brought changes that go far beyond simply stopping drinking, and this time the weight-loss process changed her relationship with food and with her own self-esteem.
“I thought it was a matter of discipline and willpower. But I stopped blaming myself,” Winfrey explained. “I feel more alive and vibrant than ever.”
“I always had confidence in everything I did, but at the same time I felt disappointed with my overweight body,” she continued. “Was I ashamed? Yes. Did I feel disappointed in myself for continuing to fail? Yes, every time. I felt it was my fault.”
For Winfrey, the medication put an end to her constant preoccupation with food, and that made all the difference: “it gave me a quiet strength that accompanies me in everything I do. Everything feels calmer and stronger,” she concluded.
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