Day 20 Conditions of Deliverance: Free Law Of Attraction Coaching by Jane Herron

As many of you know, Oprah has been personally tested with her own form of ADDICTION... hers is to FOOD. Because I am in the same boat, I wanted to re-post what she had to say about her food addiction and WHY it happened for her. I think many of us can relate and will find this post useful.

"When my engine runs down, my drug of choice is food. My drug of choice used to be potato chips. Now, this year, it was organic multigrain blue chips…but a bag of them. So you eat a bag of those a day, and see what happens if you're not working out."

When Oprah gains weight, she says it means her life is out of balance.

"It's not about the food. It's about using food—abusing food," she says.

"Too much work. Not enough play. Not enough time to come down. Not enough time to really relax."

Over time, she discovered what she was really hungry for. "I am hungry for balance," she says. "I'm hungry to do something other than work."

Oprah's trainer and confidant Bob Greene, creator of The Best Life Diet, says every time Oprah falls off the weight loss wagon, it's harder for her to get back on.

"One of the problems is her own success," he says. "She doesn't realize that the rules change. You know, age is a bear. You can't go back and work the same [as] when you were 30 or 40 when you're in your 50s."

Oprah's thyroid issue also made the process more difficult.

"Does she use that as an excuse or did she? Absolutely," he says.

No matter who you are, Bob says a food addict can't conquer his or her addiction completely.

"This is a problem in your life that's probably going to be a problem in your life for the duration of your life," he says. "Your results are simply about how you manage that problem."

Though he's never discussed it with Oprah, Bob shares a theory about his friend.

"She didn't really learn how to be happy. I think she learned more survival tools and not how to be HAPPY," he says.

"That's where Oprah has a lot of work to do."

Bob has confronted Oprah about other issues.

One day while taking a walk through her front yard, Bob told Oprah he thought she was suffering from low-grade depression.

Oprah remembers the moment very clearly. "I said, 'What? Me? Depressed? I can't be depressed. I know what depression is. I'm not depressed,'" she says.

"He said, 'I don't know. Something's off. Your movements are slower. Your responses are slower. There's a dullness about you. If I were you, I'd look into what that is. I think there's something going on.'"

When Bob looked into Oprah's eyes, he says she wasn't really there. "She was somewhere else. She was very vacant and distracted, and it was alarming to me," he says. "I think I felt she was losing her zest for life, and that was one of the saddest moments."

Though Oprah doesn't think she was depressed, she does know she was exhausted. (I can most certainly relate to this since I lost 4 family members and friends in the course of 100 days in the last half of 2008--jh)

Oprah said: "I let the well run dry. That's what happened when I started to get unbalanced, when I started to not take time for myself, when I started to go unconscious."

If you don't feel fulfilled and you're not taking of care of yourself, Bob says food becomes much more attractive. "It's a way to comfort yourself in hard times," he says.

As the new year gets off to a fresh start, Oprah is making the commitment to have more joy and balance in 2009.

"This is the year of hopefulness," she says. She's also coming out of hiding.

The January 2009 cover of O, The Oprah Magazine features a full-body shot of Oprah juxtaposed next to her 160-pound self from 2005.

Oprah's says her new goal isn't to be thin.

"My goal is to be the weight that my body can hold and be healthy and strong and fit and be itself," she says. "

One of the things I had to learn to do is to embrace this body that I have and be grateful for what this body has given me. … God blessed me and this body. I mean, I could weep right now thinking about the love and appreciation I have for this body. For that, I am truly grateful."

When times are tough, Oprah remembers a lesson she learned from author Marianne Williamson. "She was saying that your overweight self does not stand before you craving food. It's craving love," Oprah says.

"It's about extending yourself in so many different directions that you literally become unconscious. You're just trying to get through it all and not giving back to yourself. When you love yourself enough, you take care of yourself."

Oprah wants everyone who's struggling with weight to make themselves a priority this year.

"Look at falling off the wagon as I am—not as a weight issue, but a love issue," she says.

"Like all of you, I'm really good at giving love to other people and my happiness … really comes from giving to other people. But we all need to make 2009 the year we give ourselves as much love and support as we give to others."

One of the very first things Oprah decided to do to make herself a priority this year is put herself back on her to-do list—literally!

Watch Oprah walk through her new plan.
http://www.oprah.com/media/20081030_tows_newplan

Novona, one of Oprah's personal assistants, explains how a typical day looked last year.

"The day usually starts at 6 a.m. This day we had three tapings, so back-to-back tapings—second show and a third show. And then pre-production meetings with the teams who have upcoming shows. And then you probably got lunch and dinner, I hope, in that day," she says. "And then you go home and it's been a 14-hour day."Where did that leave Oprah?

"If there was enough time in the week left over from everybody else's appointments with me, then I would take it for myself," Oprah says. "As it turned out, there was never any time left over."

Now, Novona says, Oprah's schedule specifically sets aside time for personal things like workouts, manicures and meditation. "SHE is back on the list," Novona says.

The key to getting back on the wagon, Oprah says, is getting organized.

"You have to plan for your life," she says. "You really have to plan for your meals."

Instead of eating a big meal at night or unconsciously snacking throughout the day, Oprah's weekly meal plan emphasizes small, healthy, satisfying meals.

"I have scheduled meals that I plan out every week and generally just repeat them," Oprah says.

SUNDAY
Meal 1
Oatmeal
Egg whites
Green Drink
Meal 2
Salmon with green veggies
Half a plain sweet potato
Meal 3
Grilled chicken breast with green veggies
Meal 4
Grilled chicken breast with romaine lettuce and fat-free dressing
Meal 5
Salmon with green veggies

Oprah's Weekly Meal Plan continues
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday


Oprah's Green Drink
Recipe courtesy of Oprah

When Oprah wants to start her morning with a boost of vitamins, she blends this healthy breakfast beverage.

Ingredients: Makes 2 to 2 1/2 glasses
3 stalks celery
2 cucumbers
1 apple
1 chunk fresh ginger
1 cup fresh spinach
Combine all ingredients in a juicer and blend until smooth.

All of you who have not made yourself a priority, let's get make ourselves a priority once again!


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