• Oprah Winfrey has struggled with her weight over the years.
• Eventually, she gave up trying to shed the weight until she received a life-changing call.
• Winfrey’s physical features have since drastically transformed, and she has shared her secret. AI-generated images depict what she would have looked like had she not gone this route to lose weight at age 70.

Oprah Winfrey has struggled with her weight for most of her life. However, the media mogul stunned many with her drastic change of appearance in 2023.

Winfrey has endured a significant transformation over the years with regard to her weight. She has even been critiqued for her appearance.

One prime example was when she appeared on “The Tonight Show” in 1985. During the pre-interview, Joan Rivers said she should not have “let” weight gain happen to her, telling her she was beautiful and single.

Winfrey said that she had tried almost everything to deal with her weight, from the banana-hot-dog-egg diet to the pickles-and-peanut-butter diet.

That was until she learned about Optifast, a liquid diet, in 1988. Winfrey weighed 212 pounds then, and she started the diet that same year in July. She spent four months not eating solid food, and by fall, she weighed 145 pounds.

The world-famous talk show host had shed 67 pounds in her weight-loss journey. She showed it off by pulling a wagon full of fat onto the stage on her syndicated show.

However, she later picked up 10 pounds.. Winfrey declared in 1991 that she would never diet again. By 2002, the public figure said she had made peace with her body.

Fast forward to July 2015, a weight-loss company called Weight Watchers called Winfrey to do a talk show circuit, and People Covers for one year to promote it. At the time, she had gained 17 pounds.

The company had reached out to her before, but she had declined. However, this time, she took them up on their offer, and in her first commercial for the brand, Winfrey said:

“Inside, every overweight woman is a woman she knows she can be.”

The author explained she had buried herself in her weight to a point where she barely recognized herself. This statement created a controversy online as people questioned whether Winfrey meant that women were worthless if they were not thin. They asked if she was “disempowering women.”

When she received a call from Weight Watchers, she admitted being “desperate” to make it work. She wanted a remedy that would be consistent since she had gone through many diets that did not stick.

In terms of self-acceptance, Winfrey admitted she struggled to accept herself while weighing over 200 pounds, which was not good for her heart. It caused high blood pressure for her and made her wary of her health, seeing that some of her family members have diabetes.

Winfrey revealed in 2019 that she was diagnosed with pre-diabetics before joining Weight Watchers. She had alarming blood sugar and blood pressure numbers, but by then, they had stabilized.

By then, the philanthropist had lost 42 pounds in the four years she had joined the program. Weight Watchers has done a lot more for Winfrey. She revealed:

“Beyond the weight, WW has helped me make healthier choices and understand the real numbers that matter most.”

Winfrey is now 70 years old and looks better than ever, thanks to regular exercise and weight-loss medication. It helps her maintain a healthy weight long-term, and she now rocks a slim figure. Although the producer did not specifically mention the drug she used, she maintains that it was a holistic approach to achieving her desired physical appearance.

In December 2023, Winfrey showed off her apparent physique while on the purple carpet at the movie premiere of “The Color Purple,” which stars Taraji P. Henson, Fantasia Barrino, Ciara, Danielle Brooks, Corey Hawkins, and Colman Domingo.

When asked what she did to achieve the results, the TV personality addressed her physical transformation at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. She divulged, “It’s not one thing, it’s everything.”

That same month, Winfrey revealed that she begins and ends each day with gratitude, something she recommends to everyone. According to her, practicing gratitude will not make one feel they lack something.

The actress reflected on her past life, which was full of struggle, and said the odds of surviving those experiences were slim. She added that had she not left Milwaukee beyond her teenage years, she would not have survived. “I would have been trapped inside my own body, my own weight, my own pain,” she said.

Now that the icon has shed weight with the help of some medication, AI-generated images have depicted what she would have looked like in her 70s had she not taken weight-loss medication.

The Hollywood star would have a medium-sized body with curves. She would still have a fuller face and apparent wrinkles in her face, lines on her neck, and curly silver hair.

Notably, these AI-generated images are only a depiction of Winfrey in her seventies and do not necessarily portray her realistic appearance today.