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Every week, Oprah is setting an intention exclusively for Oprah Daily Insiders<\/a>, with reflections on topics like letting go, forgiveness, coming into your own, and more. Happy Sunday, Insiders!<\/p>\n I\u2019ve had many life-changing aha moments over the years. But I have to admit, I never expected that one of the most profound would happen when I was nearly 70 years old.<\/p>\n It was 2023, and I was leading one of our “The Life You Want” classes<\/a> about weight for Oprah Daily. I have struggled very publicly with my weight for decades, and tried what feels like every diet and intervention under the sun. I thought I had heard and seen it all. So imagine my surprise when one of the doctors on the panel shared that as of 2013, the American Medical Association considered obesity a disease. <\/p>\n For so many years, I blamed myself for my weight issues. But it wasn\u2019t my fault. It was biological. And there were treatments for the disease of obesity, treatments I had avoided because I didn\u2019t think I was worthy of them. That conversation set me on a path towards better health and a freer, happier life. Today, I feel whole in a way I didn\u2019t for a very long time.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve heard from many of you over the years with similar struggles. That\u2019s why I contacted the incredible endocrinologist Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD\u2014whom you may remember from The Oprah Podcast<\/a> last year\u2014to see if she\u2019d work on a book with me about the science of weight. <\/p>\n That book, Enough<\/a>, is out on Tuesday, and I\u2019m excited for you all to read it. Working on it with Dr. Jastreboff has been so healing for me, and I hope reading it will heal you, too. There\u2019s much more to life than feeling bad about your weight or obsessing about food. Let\u2019s take that first step to freedom together.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s Talk About It! Join the conversation by heading over to the Oprah Insider Community. CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n Oprah Winfrey is a global media leader, producer, philanthropist, actress, and author. Over the course of her career, she has created an unparalleled connection with people and communities around the world. Oprah oversees Harpo Productions, serves as chairman and CEO of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, and is the founder of O, The Oprah Magazine and OprahDaily.com<\/a>. In 1996, Oprah\u2019s Book Club launched, serving as a catalyst for the creation of book clubs around the world and millions of books sold across genres. For 25 years, Oprah was the host and producer of the award-winning talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show.<\/p>\n Oprah is also a dedicated philanthropist and the founder of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. In 2013, she was awarded the Medal of Freedom, our nation\u2019s highest civilian honor. In 2018, Oprah became the first African American woman to be honored with the Golden Globes\u2019 Cecil B. DeMille Award, and in 2022, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read Every week, Oprah is setting an intention exclusively for Oprah Daily Insiders, with reflections on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[66694,136340,2117,156,2120,2462,111,139,69,136339,437],"class_list":["post-228779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-content-type-intention","tag-contentid-aeadf057-9a73-42c0-856a-e8b2bda2a82c","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-hasproduct-true","tag-locale-us","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-shorttitle-oprah-says-enough-to-the-stigma-around-weight","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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