It's a good time to be an Oprah fan, particularly if you are a chronic dieter or someone who frets about your weight. Over the years, we've been along for the ride on Oprah's roller coaster of food and weight issues. We were there when Oprah showed us her "skinny jeans" and shadired her new cure-all dieting regimes. It was addicting, in part, because it was so easy for many women to identify with her weight worries. Oprah, you've come a long way. New network. New home. New attitude about your relationship with food.

In the Barbara Walter's interview with Oprah, we saw an Oprah who appeared to have evolved and worked threw some of her eating issues. She recognized that my "self is more than my thighs" and that she did a "disservice" to herself focusing so much on her outer appearance. Also, she spoke about the way she used food to soothe herself and that it is now about finding balance and eating mindfully. It was the way she said it that was striking. It was as if she had known this intellectually all along. But, it sounded like she finally "got" it.

Basically, she seems to be a woman who has moved one step closer toward self-acceptance. No matter who you are, this is one of the main tasks we face as human beings--being okay with who you are.  Self-acceptance doesn't mean you give up.  Instead, you continue to be grow into being the best version of yourself rather than trying to be someone different.