Change happens when you understand what you want to change so deeply that there is no reason to do anything but act in your own best interest.

The truth is that it’s not about the weight. It’s never been about the weight. When a pill is discovered that allows people to eat whatever they want and not gain weight, the feelings and situations they turned to food to avoid will still be there and they will find other more inventive ways to numb themselves.

Just because we form an opinion about ourselves, or anyone else, doesn't mean it is true.

Its not so much that we believe what we see, but that we see what we believe

For every diet there's an equal and opposite binge (bulimia which is binging and purging is another way of depriving yourself).

It matters whether you see yourself as someone who is capable of effecting change or whether you see yourself as someone whose voice does not count. It matters whether you treat yourself with reverence or with carelessness. Every bit of work you do on yourself matters. Every time you choose love, it matters.

There's a basic feeling of lack that we want to distract ourselves from. We want to fix it by looking outside ourselves, as if it is going to fill us up.