In the past, I often found that when I reached out for a fast cure it led me down a slippery slope of more medications, hopeful dependence on the next prescription and ultimately a much longer drawn-out illness.

Just because you're a different size doesn't mean you're sitting on the couch eating bonbons all day long watching TV.

There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.

I bicycle 12,000-foot mountain passes, run, cross train, skate-ski, hike and mountain bike.

My weight fluctuated when I was 30, and I did the unthinkable - I stepped out as a plus-sized model.

Motherhood has brought me many joys and insights, but the new perspective it granted me on the role I had inadvertently played in young women's lives for the 2 decades I spent in the modeling industry was downright sobering.

Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of control for me. It's like being an alcoholic and going and being a bartender.