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"In the January&amp;apos;s O magazine, Oprah Winfrey confesses that she now weighs 200 pounds and has &amp;quot;fallen off the wagon.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m mad at myself,&amp;quot; writes Winfrey, 54. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m embarrassed. I can&amp;apos;t believe that after all these years, all the things I know how to do, I&amp;apos;m still talking about my weight. I look at my thinner self and think, &amp;apos;How did I let this happen again?&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn the article (obtained by The Associated Press), Winfrey, 54, says she has struggled with an out-of-balance thyroid and the condition made her develop &amp;quot;a fear of working out.&amp;quot;  She confessed that she&amp;apos;s packed on 40 pounds since she weighed 160 pounds in 2006.\r\n&amp;quot;Yes, you&amp;apos;re adding correctly; that means the dreaded 2-0-0,&amp;quot; Winfrey says. &amp;quot;I was so frustrated I started eating whatever I wanted - and that&amp;apos;s never good.&amp;quot;  \r\n\r\nShe says she hit rock bottom earlier this year when she wanted to skip an April 26 taping with Cher and Tina Turner in Las Vegas because she felt like &amp;quot;a fat cow.\r\n&amp;quot;I wanted to disappear,&amp;quot; says Winfrey, who has famously yo-yoed over the years (she once weighed as many as 237 pounds).\r\nShe goes on to say that her goal now isn&amp;apos;t to be thin; she just wants to be healthy.\r\n\r\nSo she is launching the &amp;quot;Best Life Week,&amp;quot; beginning Jan. 5 on her talk show.  Winfrey&amp;apos;s weight and height put her body mass index at 31.8, which is obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The AP reports.\r\n&amp;quot;I definitely wasn&amp;apos;t setting an example,&amp;quot; Winfrey writes in her article. &amp;quot;I was talking the talk, but I wasn&amp;apos;t walking the walk. And that was very disappointing to me.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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