Oprah, Star Jones, Valerie Bertinelli, and Marie Osmond Losing Weight
April 1 2009 on The Oprah Winfrey Show had three well known celebrities talk publicly about their weight loss. Valerie Bertinelli, Marie Osmond and Star Jones all made individual appearances with Oprah to discuss the events that lead up to their weight gain and then their ultimate weight loss. This is a brief review of what was discussed.
The first guest on the show was Valerie Bertinelli
When Oprah asked her how she lost the weight Valerie responded with “lots of sit ups because it was an old school workout.” Then she started to talk about how “I made a decision to work out everyday, more often than not.” She told the world that exercising everyday was a battle and she struggled often, but every time she started to exercise, it felt good.
Soon the attention was turned to Marie Osmond
Marie says she tried it all. She revealed an entire litany of weight loss plans, pills and gizmos that always let her down. She said that one day she just woke up and was obese and knew something had to be done. Oprah commented that she never knew that Marie had such an ongoing struggle with her weight and then asked her why she chose NutriSystem
Marie Osmond responded to Oprah with an answer that was truthful and downright moving. That answer was that when her mother was on her deathbed she told Marie “Don’t do what I did, I am trapped in the shell of a body.” With a tear rolling down her cheek Marie said that after all of her research, NutriSystem was what she thought would work best for her. She said that NutriSystem is heart healthy and that she “..was not interested in being skinny.” She was interested in being healthy and NutriSystem was something she thought could do that for her. Marie then went on to recount when her oldest son came to her and asked her to lose weight so she would be around longer by losing weight. She recounted the story of how it affected her when her child pleaded with her to lose weight so she did not die early. That really affected her and drove her to the weight loss she has now achieved.
A really touching moment was when Marie said her son told her that “You are beautiful at any weight but you are not healthy.” She then said that to lose weight, health needs to be the reason, and that she was now was able to live a healthy life.
The next segment of the Oprah Winfrey Show was by far the most touching portion of the entire show. This was when Star Jones
The interview wandered in and out of Star’s past and how she was on the show The View and the fact that she was fired because of her weight. She then told the world that she secretly had a gastric bypass and did not admit it to the world. There were even flashback scenes to when Oprah interviewed Barbara Walters and how Star ended up getting fired. Barbara said that she lost her job because Star was telling the world her weight loss was due to “Pilates and portion control”, which was a lie. Barbara Walters said that the viewers were getting uncomfortable with the fact that Star was living a lie on their TV each and every day.
Star countered to Oprah that she never said she lost weight because of “Pilates and portion control.” Star said that phrase came from some tabloids and she never said anything like that to anyone. The show took on total honesty when Star acknowledged the fact that she had emotional issues with her weight for years and yet she just ignored them. Star went on to talk about how important it is for a person to solve the emotional issues of weight loss or the weight issue itself will never be solved. Star said that she never even knew she had emotional issues and that just acknowledging she had these issues was a major breakthrough for her recovery.
Star went on to mention that she did not have the courage to tell the world the truth about her obesity. She was always afraid of being a disappointment to others. She said she was not afraid of others knowing about her weight loss surgery, she was just afraid of being a disappointment to others.
The show ended with a story of how once Star had to get a motel when the elevator to her 10th floor apartment was out. At one time she was so overweight that she was not able to walk up the 10 flights of steps. She said that not too long ago the elevator was out again and she was able to make it all 10 flights. She told America what a personal accomplishment it had been for her.
She ended the show with the advice to others that a person needed to be emotionally strong while getting physically strong for weight loss to be a reality.
It was a pretty good Oprah Show!!!
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Pilates are the best to use when getting in shape. Oprah though is not a good example. The women can’t keep it off.
Barbara said that she lost her job because Star was telling the world her weight loss was due to “Pilates and portion control”, which was a lie.
I am 47 and am a size 0-2. I went from 160 recorded pounds to 110. I am 5’4″. I didn’t join Weight Watchers, Nutrisystem or Jenny Craig. I simply quit eating junk food and fast food and processed foods. Simply doing that and exercising an hour every day and even lifting weights for toning, the weight came off so easily. It is so simple. Our society wants to accept people overweight and obesity as the norm, but it isn’t and it isn’t healthy. The key for anyone is to move!!! Years ago, I used to eat one meal a day to keep the weight off. It was so unhealthy. I felt lucky getting to a size 6 but I was always hungry. Finally I just quit eating sugar fattening foods, alcohol, pop, fast food, chips, junk food, and ate vegetables and chicken, and fruits and the weight literally drops off. I am not rich like Marie Osmond or Valerie Bertinelli. Who can afford to have meals delivered to their home. I eat 5-6 small meals a day and so I am never hungry. I love being small now. Sadly I fall in the 2% category of people who are this small and the rest are overweight.
I think you have some good points Jillian. I’ve noticed the Nutrisystem commericials have Marie saying she’s lost 50 lbs now—If her top weight was 165 as I read somewhere then she is 115 now. That would probably put her in a size 6, or as you say, in designer clothes, a lower size. I don’t think she’s anorexic but at her height I can’t see her losing much more and not look a little sickly at her (our) age. So far so good for her with a lot of help that I could never afford including all those meals and maybe some minor cosmetic work. Nope, we commoners gotta go it alone!
WOW!!!! WHat a great comment. of the thousands we have seen and reviewed, that was the BEST we have ever received. GREAT JOB!!!!
I saw the women on Oprah and I do not feel Marie Osmond is a good role model for women. She has often said “I was a size 2-4… before I gained all of the weight..” or “I am a 2-4 again” yet she also indicated something to the effect of women are too influenced by the perfection seen in magazines,etc. I am sorry, but VERY VERY VERY FEW women over 40, in fact, few women over age 25, are a size “2-4″ EVER. I was very slim in my 20s, am about the same height as Ms. Osmondm 1/2″ shorter, and a good weight for me was between 128-132 pounds AND I was about a size 7, the odd time, a 6. ( I am now 48 and a bit overweight, perhaps 150 lbs and even so, I am a size 9-10!) So either Ms. Osmond is now what one might term a total “bone rack” or she is exaggerating her “ideal” sizes considerably. Even for a woman with a “small frame” as she claims she has, size 2-4 is…tiny, if not ridiculous. My belief is that the AVERAGE size for women (I’ve been told this in various clothing stores) is about a size 9-10, which i now wear (and I am trying to get back to a 7) so it is clear to me that any woman who can get into a size 2-4 is wearing only designer clothes (which are sometimes sized lower, ie: a 4 might be a 7 everywhere else) OR is not being truthful OR is borderline (if not) anorexic. While I applaud Marie’s weight-loss and am trying to lose some weight myself, I think she may have had additional help on her body as she cleary has had on her face. I think she look rather hard now, whereas with a bit more weight and her hair skimming her shoulders (ie: the shorter, sleeker style she wore before she had her son Matthew) she looked very soft and cute. That is now completely gone. To be honest, I am saddened by the fact that Marie appears to now be just another aging celebrity who desperately wants to appear 19 again and looks as if she is trying too hard to appear like her daughters. I think she would be fine, if not better, with another 15 pounds on her and a bit of a softer look overall.
Anyone have any more thoughts on this???? As for Ms. Bertinelli, she looks good and I have always found her to be more “real” and approachable than Ms. Osmond and that feeling has not changed. She, too, has lost much weight but she does not appear to be attempting to recapture her youth as Marie is.
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