I am completely in charge of the choices I make about what I am doing to lose weight and get healthy. And you know what? We all have this power. Don’t be angry with me for something good I’ve done for myself. Be angry with yourself for not having the courage to do the same in your own life.

To me, the biggest notes and the longest notes are the easiest notes.

It can be a real struggle to accept that sometimes appearance can be more important than talent or intelligence.

People get comfortable with the way you are—they have formed their opinion of you based on everything they see and know about you as a person. When you change that up by losing weight, they no longer understand you.

You have to accept the plan and realize that if you slip, and you might, you can’t use that as a reason to give up or stop.

If you’re not eating the right foods in the right amounts, all the exercise in the world won’t combat the caloric intake.

When someone wants to lose weight, they will do whatever it takes. They can’t do it for anyone else but themselves. It has to be for them alone. Without that understanding, they will fail.