We're in a Recession and Oprah is Getting Fatter

Not everybody is struggling. --An embarrassed Oprah Winfrey says she's "fallen off the wagon" of healthy living and has ballooned to 200 pounds. In January's "O" magazine, Winfrey, 54, details her recent struggles with an out-of-balance thyroid and how the condition made her develop "a fear of working out." She says she's gained 40 pounds since 2006, when she weighed 160. "I look at my thinner self and think, `How did I let this happen again?'" the talk-show queen says in the article provided early to The Associated Press by Harpo Productions. "I'm embarrassed," she says. "I'm mad at myself." Winfrey's weight and height put her body mass index at 31.8, which is obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.