New investor Oprah reveals she's lost 15lbs on Weight Watchers... but BFF Gayle King is 'bummed' about her latest result on scale

By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com

Published: 15:41 EST, 23 October 2015 | Updated: 00:06 EST, 24 October 2015

Oprah Winfrey and her best friend Gayle King are both shedding pounds on Weight Watchers, but the 60-year-old media mogul is getting better results.

On Monday, the OWN CEO used a fraction of her $3 billion fortune to purchase $45M shares (10 percent) of the diet company.

Oprah's business move caused the stock to spike 105 percent and double her investment to $88.6M - according to the Hollywood Reporter.

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Dieting together: Oprah Winfrey and her best friend Gayle King are both shedding pounds on Weight Watchers, but the 60-year-old media mogul is getting better results (pictured Friday and October 14)
Dieting together: Oprah Winfrey and her best friend Gayle King are both shedding pounds on Weight Watchers, but the 60-year-old media mogul is getting better results (pictured Friday and October 14)

Dieting together: Oprah Winfrey and her best friend Gayle King are both shedding pounds on Weight Watchers, but the 60-year-old media mogul is getting better results (pictured Friday and October 14)

'Since August 12, I have lost 15 pounds!' the television titan proudly announced on Friday's Ellen DeGeneres Show.

'But I am excited about Weight Watchers being able to bring a healthier more holistic approach for everybody.'

Winfrey has always been a self-proclaimed 'food addict' and yo-yo dieter, but in 2009 she wrote in O Magazine: 'My goal isn't to be thin. My goal is for my body to be the weight it can hold — to be strong and healthy and fit, to be itself. My goal is to learn to embrace this body and to be grateful every day for what it has given me.'

Ka-ching! On Monday, the OWN CEO used a fraction of her $3 billion fortune to purchase $45M shares (10 percent) of the diet company, causing the stock to spike 105 percent and double her investment

Ka-ching! On Monday, the OWN CEO used a fraction of her $3 billion fortune to purchase $45M shares (10 percent) of the diet company, causing the stock to spike 105 percent and double her investment

The television titan proudly announced on Friday's Ellen: 'Since August 12, I have lost 15 pounds! But I am excited about Weight Watchers being able to bring a healthier more holistic approach for everybody'

The television titan proudly announced on Friday's Ellen: 'Since August 12, I have lost 15 pounds! But I am excited about Weight Watchers being able to bring a healthier more holistic approach for everybody'

From 1989 to 1991: Winfrey has always been a self-proclaimed 'food addict' and yo-yo dieter, but in 2009 she wrote in O Magazine, 'My goal isn't to be thin. My goal is for my body to be the weight it can hold'
From 1989 to 1991: Winfrey has always been a self-proclaimed 'food addict' and yo-yo dieter, but in 2009 she wrote in O Magazine, 'My goal isn't to be thin. My goal is for my body to be the weight it can hold'

From 1989 to 1991: Winfrey has always been a self-proclaimed 'food addict' and yo-yo dieter, but in 2009 she wrote in O Magazine, 'My goal isn't to be thin. My goal is for my body to be the weight it can hold'

'Within two days those jeans no longer fit!': In order to fit into a size 10 pair of Calvin Klein jeans for her ABC daytime talk show in 1988, the 20-time Emmy winner went on a liquid diet for four months

'Within two days those jeans no longer fit!': In order to fit into a size 10 pair of Calvin Klein jeans for her ABC daytime talk show in 1988, the 20-time Emmy winner went on a liquid diet for four months

In order to fit into a size 10 pair of Calvin Klein jeans for her ABC daytime talk show in 1988, the 20-time Emmy winner went on a liquid diet for four months.

'I had literally starved myself for four months – not a morsel of food,' Oprah - whose top weight was 237 pounds - admitted to People in 2005.

'Two hours after that show, I started eating to celebrate. Of course, within two days those jeans no longer fit!' 

Meanwhile, her 60-year-old gal pal has been on the Weight Watchers plan for about six weeks and she's only dropped seven pounds. 

Frustrated: Meanwhile, her 60-year-old gal pal has been on the Weight Watchers plan for about six weeks and she's only dropped seven pounds (pictured October 14)

Frustrated: Meanwhile, her 60-year-old gal pal has been on the Weight Watchers plan for about six weeks and she's only dropped seven pounds (pictured October 14)

King - who started at 184.5 pounds - wrote on Instagram: 'So bummed only lost HALF A POUND with NO cheating on @weightwatchers... Sticking with it tho'

King - who started at 184.5 pounds - wrote on Instagram: 'So bummed only lost HALF A POUND with NO cheating on @weightwatchers... Sticking with it tho'

Tougher after kids? The biggest difference between presenters is Gayle has mothered two children - son William and daughter Kirby - with ex-husband Bill Bumpus whom she divorced in 1993

Tougher after kids? The biggest difference between presenters is Gayle has mothered two children - son William and daughter Kirby - with ex-husband Bill Bumpus whom she divorced in 1993

'So bummed only lost HALF A POUND with NO cheating on @weightwatchers... Sticking with it tho,' King - who started at 184.5 pounds - wrote on Instagram.

The biggest difference between presenters is Gayle has mothered two children - daughter Kirby and son William - with ex-husband Bill Bumpus whom she divorced in 1993.

Their intimate friendship has endured 39 years (longer than either of their relationships with men), and Winfrey has called King 'the mother I never had' and the 'best person' she knows.

Since 2012, Gayle has served as co-anchor for CBS This Morning and she's also editor-at-large of Oprah's magazine.

BFFs: Their intimate friendship has endured 39 years (longer than either of their relationships with men), and Winfrey has called King 'the mother I never had' and the 'best person' she knows

BFFs: Their intimate friendship has endured 39 years (longer than either of their relationships with men), and Winfrey has called King 'the mother I never had' and the 'best person' she knows

In her element: Since 2012, Gayle has served as co-anchor for CBS This Morning and she's also editor-at-large of Oprah's magazine

In her element: Since 2012, Gayle has served as co-anchor for CBS This Morning and she's also editor-at-large of Oprah's magazine

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