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.
Geneen RothYou are not your past, not your habits, not your compulsions. When you get to know who you are, anything becomes possible.
Geneen RothChange 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.
Geneen RothDiets are based on the unspoken fear that you are a madwoman, a food terrorist, a lunaticโฆThe promise of a diet is not only that you will have a different body; it is that in having a different body, you will have a different life. If you hate yourself enough, you will love yourself. If you torture yourself enough, you will become a peaceful, relaxed human being.
Geneen Roth