'Happy Birthday to me!': Oprah Winfrey celebrates turning 62 by hiking with her friends while her 'fur children' send greetings with flowers

She has just revealed she has conquered her addiction to potato chips.

And now it seems Oprah Winfrey is conquering other challenges as well.

The star, who celebrated her 62nd birthday on Friday, went on a hill hike with a rather large group of friends but that wasn't all as her five canine pals each sent her a bouquet of flowers with a little help from her longtime partner Stedman Graham, 64.

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Happy birthday to me! Oprah Winfrey went in for some exercise to herald her 62nd year on Friday

She posted three shots of her exercise efforts - one with her pals - all looking rather triumphant after their exertions.

The other picture was of the stunning view she got to take in at the break of day.

A third photo was of Oprah herself, dressed in a grey T-shirt and hooded top. 

Brought her OWN crowd: She posted three shots of her exercise efforts - one with her pals - all looking rather triumphant after their exertions

How sweet: Oprah shared a picture of the flower bouquets given her by her five dogs - with a little help from longtime partner Stedman Graham

She had completed her hiking ensemble with a pair of pale grey trousers.

Oprah captioned the shot: 'What a great way to celebrate. Grateful for the sunrise hike from #ownpack!'

The former chat show host was surrounded by colleagues who worked at her company, who were all wearing T-shirts with the slogan. 

Oprah also shared a cute picture of her five dogs each with a pretty flower bouquet in front of them.

'Every year Stedman sends birthday flowers from our fur-children,' Oprah wrote in the caption. 'This year they presented themselves.' 

Impressive: The other picture was of the stunning view she got to take in at the break of day

It is no surprise Oprah should choose to embrace her birthday in this way - she is currently on a Weight Watchers plan and has so far lost 26lbs on the eating regime. 

She has also been joined in her efforts by her close friend Gayle King.

Unfortunately it appeared her gal pal had not made it to the morning walk. 

Not there: Gayle King revealed she got snowed in while staying in New York 

Staying on track: Also a Weight Watchers devotee alongside Oprah, she revealed her changes in eating while flying

Gayle then posted a shot of the menu available saying: 'Flying cross country BEFORE @weightwatchers beef quesadilla & roll 14 points now quinoa 6 points!'

She was returning to LA from a trip to New York, and posted pictures from First Class of her efforts to stay true to the eating plan while in flight.

She uploaded one shot of a dish of nuts and talked about how she was trying to save calories.

Gayle then posted a shot of the menu available saying: 'Flying cross country BEFORE @weightwatchers beef quesadilla & roll 14 points now quinoa 6 points!'

'Going out to dinner in LA saving points for THAT!'

Meanwhile Oprah revealed on Wednesday in a private Q&A with Weight Watchers company members she was at her 'wits end' as she tried and triumphed in conquering her love of potato chips.

According to People, she described how she has been 'controlled' by potatoes for much of her life.

In it together: The pair have been following the eating regime for a while - Oprah has lost 26lbs on the plan - they are seen here in June 2012 at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas, Texas

Still going: Oprah brought her longtime beau, businessman Stedman Graham, as her date to The Oscars on February 22, 2015

Oprah, who owns just under 6.4m shares of the company, added:  'I had tried everything.' 

'I have been controlled by potatoes for 40 years,' she said, according to the website. 'Any kind of fried potato, baked potato, scalloped potato – oh my god.' 

But in spite of her Achilles heel, Oprah was through the moon to admit she was recently able to limit herself to just 10 potato chips. 

Achilles' heel: The 62-year-old, photographed in Melbourne in December 2015, admitted to a nearly lifelong weakness for potatoes in a chat with company directors this week 

'I actually was traveling the other day and opened a 5 oz. bag of crinkle cut, black pepper potato chips and I counted out 10 chips...And I ate the 10 and I savored every one. And I put the bag away.'

She also took the opportunity to explain the shame she felt being unable to fit into older articles of clothing as she addressed the concern.

 'None of those people had stood in their closets with three different sizes to try on on the floor, where the waistline didn't fit and the arms didn't fit, and the hips didn't fit, and you can't get it zipped, and felt that shame and that humiliation of "Wow, I can't believe I'm in this position again,"' she said.

Oprah posted the ad online Tuesday to her nearly 31million Twitter followers and shares of New York-based Weight Watchers International Inc rose 21 per cent from $11.49 to $13.44 between 1pm and 3pm during afternoon trading. 

Major accomplishment: The talk show star, in New York in October 2015, owns just under $6.4million in shares in Weight Watchers

Unforgettable: Proud of her weight loss, Oprah wheeled out a wagon loaded with fat on her eponymous talk show in 1988, which represented all the weight she had lost