Oprah Winfrey

Okay.

Over the years, I think I've gained and lost and gained and lost probably, you know, hundreds of pounds.

Everybody has seen me pull out the wagon of fat and I thought that was the end of it.

And then I ran a marathon and then I've done Weight Watchers.

I've done hundreds of diets, just like many of you have done hundreds of diets.

And I know so many of you feel, as I felt, like your body is fighting against you.

Yes.

And in the book, Enough, you talk about

us all having an internal thermostat.

And mine, I think, is set at 211 pounds.

And I say that because my body is always, when I first went on, did the fast back in 1988 and pulled out the wagon of fat, I started out at 211 pounds.

After I ran the marathon, put the weight back on, I went back to 211 pounds.

211 seems to be the set point for me between 211 and 218.

My body is fighting to get to 211.

Why is that?

She's a tough old girl who wants to be 211.

Yes.

Okay, so this is the most important thing to know for everybody who they saying and doesn't really get it yet.

Your body is always fighting to get back to a certain internal thermostat.

And for all of us, that thermostat is different.