Oprah Winfrey has spoken about what motivates her to keep control of her weight.
The TV mogul, whose yo-yo weight is as famous as her business acumen and media prowess, explained to the NY Times Magazine that it's all about maintaining her health.
'For your heart to pump, pump, pump, pump, it needs the least amount of weight possible to do that,' the 63-year-old said. 'I can’t accept myself if I’m over 200 pounds, because it’s too much work on my heart.'
Oprah says she no longer 'diets'; rather, she focuses on 'mindful eating.'
And the reason she cannot accept herself when she is too heavy is because she can't allow herself to put her health in jeopardy.
Being overweight 'causes high blood pressure for me. It puts me at risk for diabetes, because I have diabetes in my family,' The Color Purple Oscar nominee said.
She makes a distinction between accepting yourself - which she says people 'should, 100 percent' - and accepting an unhealthy way of life.
Oprah spoke to the NY Times Magazine as part of an article about obesity and Weight Watchers, a company Oprah purchased a ten percent stake in back in 2015.
She also is the pitch woman for the dieting program appearing in commercials and promotions.
She says she follows the company's weight-loss plan, that assigns points to different foods. And in January she revealed she has shed 42 pounds since joining the program.
'It’s a mechanism to keep myself on track that brings a level of consciousness and awareness to my eating. It actually is, for me, mindful eating, because the points are so ingrained now,' she revealed.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4755740/Oprah-reveals-health-concerns-focus-weight-loss.html