Let’s see, where shall we start? Oprah has had so many different diets that it’s hard to keep track! It seems that in the past Oprah hasn’t had the discipline to diet and exercise; and without discipline success is hopeless.

Back in 1988, Oprah went on her now deeply-regretted liquid diet where she lost 67 pounds. She consumed nothing but liquid protein shakes and basically starved herself thin for four months, “to get into that pair of size 10 Calvin Klein jeans.” She now says that it was her “biggest, fattest” mistake. Of course when she reached her goal, she started eating again to celebrate, and before you knew it she was bursting the button right off those pants!

In 1994, Oprah stated that she had finally gained victory over her lifelong weight problem, all thanks to her personal chef Rosie Daley. Soon after came the publication of the book In the Kitchen with Rosie, which sold millions of copies. However, you can now find these same copies buried in the piles at the second-hand shop. Why so? Well because not long after her dramatic weight loss, Oprah packed the weight back on and said farewell to Rosie.

In this recount of her history, we can’t forget Oprah’s panel of weight loss gurus - in particular Jorge Cruise, creator of the 3-Hour Diet. Cruise has become famous in the dieting scene only because he is associated with Oprah’s so-called weight loss experts. But it seems Cruise’s 8 Minutes in the Morning Workout Routine definitely didn’t work for Oprah, so why would it work for anyone else?

Lately she’s been hooking up with fitness and nutrition specialist Bob Greene. Greene has authored dozens of exercise and diet books, and has created not just another diet (because he doesn’t believe in diets) but an entire lifestyle change that he calls a Total Body Makeover. He claims it holds the key to achieving lasting results - but even he can’t seem to keep Oprah’s weight under control, as she’s gaining again. Since joining with Greene, she has packed nearly 60 pounds back on - not one for the resume, Mr. Greene. In fact, Oprah seems to be becoming the diet-expert demolisher. Exactly how many careers does she have to ruin before she can get control of her problem?

Apparently, Oprah has stated that she will always have weight issues until she is able to find the underlying problem - maybe she should keep this information in mind when she’s signing up for the next fad diet! If she’s going to continue to portray herself as fitness expert, she’ll have to find a way of achieving some long term results - right now she’s just opening the door for criticism.