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

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

You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can't take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying.

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

I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn't have family to fall back on if I didn't work. I didn't have a lot of other options of making money other than modeling.

There is nothing more attractive that a woman who is sure of herself.

I had been on this insane diet for almost 17 years to maintain the weight that was demanded of me when I was modeling. My diet was really starvation. I am not naturally that thin.