Oprah's Epiphany (my hero)

"Obsession is a way we break our own hearts over and over again before they can be broken by someone else"

Here's where Oprah's epiphany comes in: Your relationship with food and your relationship with whatever is going on in your life; the goodness that you feel and the alignment that you feel (when things are working out well for yourself) is in direct proportion to how close you are to what Roth calls god. Your disconnection from the center of yourself is the reason for all of your problems, including the problem with food.

Oprah continued to read an excerpt from "Women Food and God," the book that changed her life: "We turn to food when we are not hungry because we are hungry for something we cannot name. A connection to what is beyond the concerns of daily life, something sacred. But replacing the hunger for a divine connection with Double Stuff Oreos is like giving a glass of sand to a person who's dying of thirst."

The more you recognize your inner problems, anxiety or discomfort, the better your relationship will be not only with food but of course with your soul. You'll be happier, and the weight will fall off more naturally.