WITH A SLICE OF LIME? –
Dec. 30, 2025 – Becoming sober was also a big deal for her. “I could outdrink everyone at the table,” she told the magazine. Now, she feels indifferent to alcohol. “I was a big fan of tequila. I literally had 17 shots one night,” she said. “I haven’t had a drink in years. The fact that I no longer even have a desire for it is pretty amazing.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Winfrey revealed her workout regimen, which involves moving her body six days a week for about two hours, hiking, doing cardio, or resistance training. “I don’t recognize the person who feels sluggish when she doesn’t work out,” she said,
Ultimately, Winfrey said she feels free from the burden of constantly thinking about her weight. “I’m not constantly punishing myself,” she says. “I hardly recognize the woman I’ve become. But she’s a happy woman.”
Winfrey—who is approaching her 72nd birthday on Jan. 29—is also gearing up for the release of her new book with obesity expert Dr. Ania M. Jastreboff, Enough: Your Health, Your Weight and What It’s Like to Be Free, on Jan. 13.
“I thought [weight loss] was about discipline and willpower. But I stopped blaming myself,” she added. “I feel more alive and more vibrant than I’ve ever been.”
Apr. 10, 2024 – The tide comes in, the tide goes out, and when you are older, around the time when you stop feeling like you’ve crawled into somebody else’s shell, old friends begin to die with appalling regularity. If life made sense, they would all be older when they went. How did they get old enough to die?
