I have to say I am amazed at the media coverage of your recent admission of weight gain, especially now, 5 months after you came out about your higher weight. But just yesterday I ran across another article about it, and I just felt that I had to say something.

First off, with all that’s going on in the world, I can’t believe anyone’s weight is really front page news. But apparently it is. Just shows how weight-obsessed our society is.

And as someone who has gone through what you are going through, I feel your pain, I really do. I know what it’s like to shed and then regain the weight with only a handful of people watching me; I can only imagine how awful it must be for you, with millions scrutinizing your every ounce.

I also know that you came out about your weight in an effort to help others, but now, a few months down the road, the opposite effect seems to be happening. Every day I hear someone say something along the lines of “If Oprah can’t do it (keep the weight off) with all her cooks, trainers, etc, how the hell will I, a mere mortal, ever be able to do it? I might as well just give up now.”

I am a mortal who did it. So it can be done, I’m living proof.

Oprah, this is true for you just as it is for every single one of us: If you don’t deal with what’s on the inside, you will never permanently deal with what’s on the outside. Basically it comes down to this: lose the baggage, lose the weight. Even you, the richest woman in the world, and certainly one of the most powerful and influential, can’t escape what’s going on on the inside.

And while you have a bevy of people advising you, I have to ask…have any of them actually done what you are trying to do, or are they theorists? I suspect theorists, because even with all the advice you’ve received, you haven’t been able to keep the weight off. There’s a piece of the puzzle you are still missing.

Oprah, figure out what’s eating you, so you can stop eating. It’s that simple and that complicated. I know, because I did it. I figured it out for me and shed 135 lbs which have stayed off for years now. My issues aren’t your issues, but you have issues you must deal with.

I wish you well on your journey! Remember, lose the baggage, lose the weight. If I can help you at all, please get in touch! (I’d be happy to be “your baggage handler”!) And don’t worry, my people will take your call!

Hope to hear from you soon!
Stacey