I have been very, very lucky because I have my health, a wonderful husband, family, and friends, and I get to do what I love.

Tell your kids they are perfect the way they are, but they shouldn't stay where they are forever because growing, testing the limits, and evolving make life better and more fulfilling.

A 'diet' is simply an individual's eating regimen: it doesn't have to mean the restrictive plan we've come to associate this word with.

I do what I do because my favorite thing is to learn.

Growing up in my family, it wasn't important that we always be the best; it was important that we were going to try to be our best and give it our all.

My dad, who is a heart surgeon, works with many adult patients who did not take good care of their bodies in their formative years. He is able to teach them how to break old eating and exercise habits and reshape their bodies, but not without a great deal of resistance.

Worrying is just a prayer for the worst possible scenario.