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Whoopi Goldberg has been a mainstay of the American entertainment industry for decades.
Slim-Fast had forgotten to take her trademark dirty humor into account.
It turned out she had a problem millions across America could no doubt relate to: poor portion control.
While she said she had “minimal interest in food,” sometimes she just couldn’t stop eating.
“I learned that my body thought it was starving, so it would hold on to fat.”
None other than fellow star Meredith Vieira had put her onto it.
Goldberg explained the plan, saying, “I do three shakes a day.
And I have my crab, sushi or whatever, including chips.
I just don’t need eight bags.
And I check that I’m pooping, because that, apparently, is a huge deal.
I was never a pooper, either.”
Flatulence, however, was never a problem for the star.
As Goldberg told Couric, “I worked in a theater in San Diego with the smallest dressing rooms.
I was trying to change clothes, and you don’t have time to be polite.
People would say, ‘You’re like a whoopee cushion!’
And soshe changed her name from Caryn to Whoopi.
In 2014, she decided to go on a brand new diet.
She ended up losing 35 pounds in all.
She said, ‘I’ve been doing Rocco DiSpirito’s one pound a day diet.’
I said, ‘yo, I want to do it too.'”
The diet involved drinking a lot of water and eating smaller meals that are rich in protein.
It was designed to help the dieter lose a lot of weight quickly.
Goldberg certainly seemed to like it at the time.
During this time, she also made a substantial lifestyle change: She quit smoking.
According to a2024 studypublished by the Society for the Study of Addiction, smoking may actually increase abdominal fat.
You were this close to dying,'" Goldberg toldPeople.
As thethe serious health scare nearly cost Goldberg her life, she issued a warning to readers.
“I never thought of pneumonia as something that serious.
In my mind I wasn’t that sick.
I hope that this is a cautionary tale for people.
You have to take the time to take care of yourself,” she said.
The pneumonia and sepsis ended up reducing Goldberg’s mobility, which can contribute to weight gain.
“Nobody wants to feel like they can’t do something, but your body says no sometimes.”
Once again, her mobility was reduced, and she had to start using a walker to get around.
At the time, losing weight was likely not a priority for her adjusting to her new circumstances was.
It was, she said, “my new best friend.”
Luckily, there are treatments for sciatica.The Mayo Clinicrecommends physical therapy once the pain is under control.
Additionally, steroids are also commonly used to treat sepsis.
Goldberg played Emmett’s grandmother, Alma.
However, the film’s critical acclaim was briefly sidelined in the wake of a body-shaming controversy.
… That was steroids."
Although Goldberg accepted that the reviewer wasn’t trying to be unkind, she was still hurt.
She kept on going, even if she did it in a slightly unusual way.
She explained all during a November 2023 episode of “The View.”
The women were laughing about then-presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr, exercising in his jeans.
Listen, sometimes you don’t have time to stop when everybody else is in their shorts and everything.
And you go and you get some exercise in when it’s possible for you to."
She admitted it was a “freaky thing to some people.”
Even improper exercise in jeans is better than no exercise at all!
In March 2024, she revealed on an episode of “The View” that she used Mounjaro.
The injectable medication was designed to treat key in 2 diabetes but is also used off-label to treat obesity.
Goldberg credits the medication for helping her slim down after she gained weight from the steroids she was prescribed.
“I was 300 pounds,” Goldberg told the audience, referencing her time filming “Till.”
“One of the things that’s helped me drop the weight was … Mounjaro.
That’s what I used,” she explained.
That is a healthy way of looking at it.
They were so used to covering it for so long.
This is all about body image."
… My doctor chased me for, like, two years.
and I was like, ‘No, I’m afraid of it.’
I already have thyroid problems.
… Everyone thinks it’s Ozempic but it’s not.
But it’s something that aids in breaking down the sugar."
“A lot of people are taking the shot because they need it,” Goldberg pointedly said.
“Some people need bodies jumpstarted, some have diabetes, there’s lots of reasons.
