If we make wholesome, healthy food accessible and affordable for everyone, we make the choice to be healthy an easy one.

A wholesome family is one where there is a lot of love. It's living by example. It's acceptance of people at their core, but it's also pushing each other to be our best selves and try things we might not be good at.

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.

I am proactive and looking to change my own behavior rather than others' - which is generally much more successful!

The only reason I write at all is because I am going through, and growing through, something in my life I want to share with others through my personal experiences.

I tried every diet under the sun and none of them worked but, more importantly, they were robbing me of my love of food.

When I was young and growing up overweight, I believed the "eaten" was more powerful than the "eater," meaning the food was more powerful than I was.