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Pic caption: * WINFREY 'EMBARRASSED' BY WEIGHT GAIN. OPRAH WINFREY is embarrassed after packing on 40 pounds in recent months -. because she now tips the scales at 200 pounds.. The talk show queen writes in the January (09) issue of her O magazine she's. fallen off the wagon after years of struggling to maintain a healthy weight.. She says, I'm mad at myself... I'm embarrassed... I can't believe that after. all these years, all the things I know how to do, I'm still talking about my. weight. I look at my thinner self and think, 'How did I let this happen. again?'. Winfrey announced she was diagnosed with thyroid imbalance last year (07),. and remembers, I was so frustrated I started eating whatever I wanted - and. that's never good.. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Winfrey's weight. gain categorises her as obese and puts the 54-year-old at higher risk for. chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol.. (JMA/WNWCPL/CL). . Oprah Winfrey. 60th Annual Tony Awards Presented at Radio City Music Hall. New York City, USA - 11.06.06