The key thing is figuring out what your issues are, and it's really never about the food. You have to be real and honest with yourself. I had to stop and look and ask myself, ‘Why do I want this? What is the real reason?’ At times it was comfort food like chocolate. I love chocolate and I realized it relaxes me, so when you acknowledge what the issue is, you can control it better.

Loving yourself means caring enough to make the hard decisions in your life.

Extreme exercise doesn’t save you from poor food choices. It can be difficult to exercise and erase away that chocolate cake or pizza pie. It doesn’t work that way.

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.

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

My biggest thing is banana pudding, but it's the devil! So no one is allowed to bring it into my house. Because I can't control myself. So why put it in my domain?

I love being outside and feeling free, so I jog or ride my bike. Some days I play basketball or tennis.