Four years ago, when Oprah managed to get down to a trim and fit pounds, she thought she'd hit on a foolproof formula for permanent weight loss. Then life—in the form of a thyroid problem and a killer schedule—intervened. Last year she was back up to the pound mark and knew something had to change.
After a desperately needed time-out to reflect and recharge, here's what she's learned, what she's doing differently, and what's next. After many trips to various doctors, I received a diagnosis. I had hyperthyroidism an overactive thyroid that can speed up metabolism and cause weight loss—but of course didn't make me lose a single pound and then gradually started moving into hypothyroidism a sluggish metabolism that can cause fatigue and weight gain.
My doctor prescribed medication and warned me that I must "learn to embrace hunger" or I would immediately gain weight. Believe me, no part of me was prepared to embrace hunger. It seemed as if the struggle I'd had with weight my entire adult life was now officially over. I felt completely defeated.
I thought, "I give up. I give up. Fat wins. Now I had an official, documented excuse. The thyroid diagnosis felt like some kind of prison sentence. I was so frustrated that I started eating whatever I wanted—and that's never good.
My drug of choice is food. I use food for the same reasons an addict uses drugs: to comfort, to soothe, to ease stress. I switched doctors and still gained weight. At one point I was on three medications: one for heart palpitations, another for high blood pressure, another to moderate my thyroid. Who knew this tiny butterfly gland at the base of the throat had so much power?
When it's off, your whole body feels the effects. I took the prescribed medication religiously at the same time each day. Being medicated, though necessary, made me feel as if I were viewing life through a veil. I felt like an invalid. Everything was duller. I felt like the volume on life got turned down. I realized this to some extent, but I wasn't fully aware of the effect of the medication until I had a conversation with my friend Bob Greene.
He'd given up lecturing me about working out and eating well, but we were walking together one day and he said, "I think something's wrong. Winfrey famously wheeled a wagon loaded with fat onto the set of her talk show in to represent a pound kilogram weight loss while wearing a pair of size 10 Calvin Klein jeans.
She had lost the weight with a liquid protein diet. I let the wagon fall on me," the chairwoman of Harpo Inc. In , Winfrey said she starved herself for four months to lose weight.
Ever since, her weight has yo-yoed. She weighed as much as pounds kilograms and by late acknowledged she had regained most of the 67 pounds, saying "I'll never diet again.
By she said her roller-coaster weight saga was over. Here's a brief rundown of Davidson's romantic ties over the past few years. Davidson and the pop megastar revealed they were in a relationship at the end of May and quickly got engaged. The pair called off their engagement and broke up in October after just five months together. The two were caught kissing at a New York Rangers game in January , but the pair broke up that April because Davidson had to go to rehab and Beckinsale was busy making movies.
Davidson and the "Once Upon a Time Her mother, Andie McDowell, called their flirtation "nice. Four months later, the couple broke up while Davidson was dealing with addiction and mental health issues. Davidson and the "Bridgerton" star saw each other for about six weeks, but things eventually soured because Dynevor was geographically undesirable. Davidson and Kardashian were spotted holding hands while riding a Halloween roller coaster together, leading some to believe they were romantically involved.
However, Page Six sources say they're "just friends. Obviously women find him very attractive. Guys are like, 'Wow. What's that guy got? He's lovely. His fingernail polish is awesome. He looks good! It's hard to find them. Beckinsale recently affirmed a similar statement about Davidson by liking an Instagram post that read:. If you're in a relationship with someone, you're just supposed to make that person feel as special as possible.
The fact that women everywhere are in love with Davidson actually says something pretty awesome. It goes to show that even in the glamorous world of Hollywood there's something irresistible about someone who's funny, attentive, vulnerable, charming, down-to-earth and loves his mother.
Imagine how different the world would be if cis-gendered men had the ability to give birth? Would the state of Texas attempt to ban abortions after six weeks or would they be available on-demand? Would we live in a country without mandatory paid maternity leave? How much more affordable would childcare be? Would there be a tax on period products? How would we treat people experiencing period pain?
A few brave men decided to see what life was like for people who have periods in a funny but enlightening video that's gone viral on TikTok. In a video posted by Benz Trap House that has over 1. Period simulators are essentially the same as labor simulators. They're called transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation TENS machines that are designed to relieve pain.
But when turned up a notch can create intense, debilitating discomfort. The group took a semi-scientific approach to the experiment with a woman acting as a control subject. At the beginning of the video, she attaches the simulator to an area near her ovaries and turns it up to ten, the highest setting.
In the clip, the group looks impressed as she endures the extreme setting without showing any discomfort. The boys tried a period simulator fyp foryou foryoupage funny periodcramps periodsimulator viral. When the first guy attempted to wear the period simulator he was shocked by the discomfort. At one point in the video, the period simulator is attached to a woman and a man at the same time.
When the device is turned on, the guy is in extreme pain while the woman stands still, claiming the feelings created by the machine are "not even as bad as a cramp. A lot of people who menstruate felt validated after seeing the guys experience their first period.
One of the most popular comments was from Candyce, who said: "I'm convinced if men could get pregnant they'd have abortion clinics on every corner and paid maternity leave the whole pregnancy. Another commenter, S DeMarco, pointed out that women have to go through an entire day in pain without a break. Shellz took reality up a notch. And period poops. And bloating. And the feeling of blood leaving you. And the nausea," she wrote. It's cool that the lighthearted video has gone viral because it'll give some people newfound respect for the pain that people who have periods go through.
Some who watched the video thought that period simulators should be mandatory in sex ed classes. Imagine how different the world would be if everyone experienced menstrual pain just once in their life? About Us. Contact Us. Newsletter Sign Up. Enter Email. Editorial Masthead. All Rights Reserved.
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