We always want to change the channel in our minds because we don't like what's going on. It's uncomfortable.

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

When you believe in yourself more than you believe in food, you will stop using food as if it were your only chance at not falling apart. When the shape of your body no longer matches the shape of your beliefs, the weight disappears. And yes, it really is that simple.

To discover what you really believe, pay attention to the way you act -- and to what you do when things don't go the way you think they should. Pay attention to what you value. Pay attention to how and on what you spend your time. Your money. And pay attention to the way you eat.

You don't need a scale to tell you whether you're allowed to like yourself today. You are. You belong here. No matter what you weigh, you deserve joy and happiness.

Most of us spend our lives protecting ourselves from losses that have already happened.

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