Taste everything, eat nothing.

You cannot show people only the petals and not the thorns. It's not fair to them.

I have failed so much, but I have learned so much more in life from my failures than my successes.

No matter where you are right now, no matter far along you are on your own path, don't wait to "have it all" to celebrate. You're never going to figure it all out. Make being happy your business, all along the way. Life can't be one long, tough haul, with a little party at the end. What good is that? Life should be punctuated with celebrations and you have to build them into your time because being happy isn't easy.

My recipes aren't geared towards women; my books are marketed towards women because women are the biggest market for weight loss, weight management and weight maintenance and for cooking.

If you're happy on your own you are going to be okay.

Never eat while doing something else, because you won't get the satisfaction from your food and you'll be more likely to overeat.