Making excuses and not trying because I was scared were my go-to reactions. Nothing was going to change in my life unless I did something about it.

I know that I cannot control anyone else's actions but my own, and how I choose to react to situations.

I live in Brooklyn, New York. It is a melting pot of cultures and people. I walk down the street, and there is art on the buildings and people congregating who have been neighbors for years and events and music and freedom.

Making excuses and not trying because I was scared were my go-to reactions. Nothing was going to change in my life unless I did something about it.

Meeting Justin Bieber was interesting. We were backstage at The Voice, and he was there premiering his "Boyfriend" music video. I was in six-inch heels, so I was towering over him like a giant.

The amount of time I spent on facing my negative conscious has been most of my struggle and changing my mind-set has been the biggest change in my life not my weight.

I can be capable of anything if I allow myself to be. I really realized what an obstacle I was being in my own life.