I’ve had weight issues all my life. I’ve been on all the diets: Atkins, liquid protein, Scarsdale diet. Now I go to the gym often. I’m always on the StairMaster, and I do weights.

Kotb frames lifelong weight management as an ongoing, practical struggle rather than a single “before-and-after” transformation. By listing once-trendy diet regimes (Atkins, liquid protein, Scarsdale) alongside her current routine (StairMaster and weights), she contrasts quick-fix promises with sustained habits. The quote also functions as a demystification of celebrity wellness: even a public figure cycles through fads, experimentation, and persistence. Its tone is candid and matter-of-fact, emphasizing effort and continuity—health as maintenance work—while implicitly critiquing the cultural churn of diet culture and the pressure to continually “solve” one’s body.