You have to be strong. You have to know how you are, and you have to know who your partner is and you have to know who your friends, who your real friends are.

I've learned to be more accepting of myself. I'm 37, not 18, and I've got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all at once.

You can be a mother and still be completely sexy.

Working out is really the top thing in my life that I do for my own self-esteem and self-worth.

I'm not going to lie: There are times I play mind tricks on myself, like that the french fries are poison. With desserts, I'll let myself have just one bite, but I'll look like a freak when I'm eating it, like when I did Duncan Hines commercials as a kid, just savoring every morsel.

Men scream and go crazy in the gym. I'm a silent workout partner, but when my adrenaline gets up, I talk trash.

I'm very close with my higher power. I have a very strong connection with it.