I give myself permission to be all that I can be, and I deserve the very best in life.

If you eat one less candy bar or donut a day, you're doing your body some good.

I am willing to move out of my comfort zone and experience life in a new way.

I am even-tempered and emotionally well balanced

They will often tell me they can't love themselves because they are so fat, or as one girl put it, 'too round at the edges.' I explain that they are fat because they don't love themselves. When we begin to love and approve of ourselves, it's amazing how weight just disappears from our bodies.

It's important to remember that people are always doing the best they can, including you.

I am gentle with myself, knowing that I am doing the best I can with the knowledge and understanding I have