I didn't grow up eating meat - I was a vegetarian until I was 18.

If you live your life all out today, not only is it fun, but you are preventing a midlife crisis.

I have so many girlfriends in their twenties who live in a white box apartment, having mediocre meals with mediocre friends, waiting for the life they want to hit them in their forties or fifties. They are settling in the now - what's the point?

If you have expectations, you try to put your standards on someone else's behavior. The fact is you can't control anyone but yourself, so creating standards, as opposed to expectations, keeps the ball in your court.

If I don't get to go to the gym, walking is the answer.

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

I have two pairs of stretchy maternity leggings and jeans, which I will never give up, because once you experience an elastic band for a waist, you will never go back.