Oprah versus Fat: How She Can Win
by Elixxir
"Oprah: I´m out of control! She balloons to 257 lbs" The headline screams, with two unflattering pictures as evidence. Okay, okay! I admit I got this news from a thoroughly impeachable and reliably disreputable source: The National Enquirer. But let´s assume for a moment its small army of lawyers are smart enough to keep its client from straying into the no-no zone of actionable libel. Let´s assume there might be some truth to this story.

That Oprah is once more losing her lifelong see-saw battle against weight and fat. If so, what went wrong, Oprah? And what can you do about it?

Oprah, your prior recorded "high" was in 1992. At a whopping 237 pounds. A dubious "milestone" which made you dread what should have been your hour of
glory - accepting a coveted Emmy. 257 pounds is only 20 more pounds than your prior "high" - or is it low? So it´s not implausible.

Oprah, you thought you had gotten it. After all, with Bob Greene as your personal trainer, you had managed to slim down from 237 pounds to 148. No mean
feat. In fact, you were so convinced this was it you co-authored a book with Greene, made him a constant guest on your show, and turned him into a bestselling
guru.

What went wrong? Guru Greene decreed that Oprah must "(e)xercise aerobically, five to seven days each week." You were required to exercise in the zone (at
a level seven or eight). Translation: grueling gym-torture stuff. In addition, your daily workout must be at least one hour! And on top of all this, you Oprah must abstain from any alcohol (even though moderate drinking is scientifically proven to be an excellent tonic for your cardiovascular health). What went wrong? Guru
Greene?s program was unsustainable.

Oprah, look at Guru Greene´s 10-step program. First, nothing in it gives you a new lifestyle. This despite the fact that you, Oprah, understands that for a diet
to work, it must be a lifestyle. Second, Guru Greene´s program does not equip you with a new worldview. One which reprograms your mind to support (not sabotage) your goals of losing weight, becoming healthier and slimmer, and, yes, looking better.

Oprah, you were a house divided! While your body was sweating to become slimmer, healthier, more attractive, while it knew fat was bad for your heart
and a real-and-present danger to your life, your Mortalist mind was telling you to not be so vain, to not be so frivolous, and to "accept" your body and
weight as "God-given."

Since you´re a nice person, Oprah, you´ll probably protest that it´s not Guru Greene?s failure, but rather your own weakness, your own lack of discipline,
your own sloth in not working an admittedly difficult program.

But Oprah, you have had the self-discipline to tape a daily talk show for 13 years! You´ve had the drive to keep it at the top of the ratings game all this time!
Aside from your talk show, you´ve had the energy to make movies and launch probably the most successful new magazine ever. You have repeatedly shown the
ability to postpone instant gratification to achieve your longterm career goals.

Are you telling me, Oprah, that you´re less disciplined, less driven, less strong than the followers of Farrakhan´s Nation of Islam? How is it they´re able to get on and stay on their "impossible" regimen. To abstain from pork, cigarettes, drugs, and even alcohol! How when not a few of them suffered from a terminal case of "lack of impulse control?" When not a few of them were self-confessed drunks, junkies, drugdealers, pimps and hustlers? Certainly, they are not more special or stronger than you, Oprah!

So how did they pull off their "miracle?" Their new religion gave them a new lifestyle and worldview. Which imparted the support, the strength they need to
adhere to their "impossible" regimen. And pronto, they acquired the power, the discipline, and the perseverance to do what they couldn´t even imagine before. And this is true for people on the Kosher diet. Or on the strict vegetarianism of Hinduism or Buddhism. Billions of very ordinary people. Thriving on diets which seems "impossible" to us.

This is what distinguishes The Elixxir Program, and what makes it work. It comes with a new lifestyle and a new worldview. Something lacking in Guru Greene´s
well-intentioned 10-step program.

And a big bonus, Oprah, you lose weight on The Elixxir Program by staying young! Youthful bodies are generally slimmer; older bodies are generally fatter. Then why are increasing number of chronologically-young Americans fat? The same reason
why more and more of the "young" are becoming diabetic. They are aging at an accelerated rate. Diabetes and obesity are diseases which speed up our
biological aging. They are normally diseases of the old. The best way to shed your fat pounds is to slow down your aging process.

If you do more of the same, you´ll get more of the same. Why not try a program which Dr. Atkins, The Zone´s Barry Sears, and The New York Times all agree
is the only scientific anti-aging life-extension program known to modern science. And why not find out from Elixxir how to turn this scientific eating program into la dolce vita? And while you´re slashing your risk for a heart attack or stroke, and fending off old age with The Elixxir Program, your excess weight will drop like Enron stocks.