Out of the 360 people who attended one of the two sold-out speeches given by Oprah Winfrey’s personal trainer, 17 would be successful with long-term weight loss, Bob Greene predicted. He spoke on Saturday at the Ohio State Medical Center’s Rhodes Hall Auditorium.Greene, an exercise physiologist and a certified personal trainer, met Oprah in 1992 and has been her trainer since then. The two published the self-help book “Making the Connection” in 1996, a guide to losing weight through changing one’s lifestyle.Greene’s stop at OSU was to present a motivational speech and to promote his new book “Keep the Connection,” which is slated for release in May.He also explained the real meaning of “Keep the Connection.” It has three components, Greene said. “You understand that through your choices, you create your life, you take responsibility for those choices and finally, you understand that all of your choices are motivated by fear and love.” “When you understand those concepts, you’re on your way to making the connection,” Greene said.Besides giving motivational tips, Greene shared personal stories of training Oprah. When Oprah decided to run a half-marathon after a few months of training with Greene, he said he had never seen anyone so excited. Greene took the eager audience through three participation exercises, which included thinking of three goals to accomplish in one’s life, imagining one’s ideal life and writing out the priorities in one’s life. The speech finished with a question and answer period. Although the group was very eager, it disappointed some audience members. “He didn’t give much time for people to ask questions,” said Christina Hermsdorfer, a junior in psychology. “Also, people asked too many personal questions instead of asking something that could help everyone.” One question touched on a new dieting trend that consists of eating a high amount of protein with very little carbohydrates. That diet is very stressful on the liver, gall bladder, and kidneys, Greene said. “You know there’s a problem when someone says everybody should eat the same amount of calories,” he said. “It’s in our nature to justify an easy life,” Greene said, “It really comes down to motivation.”