It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

I look at all the things life has allowed me to do, and I feel like the luckiest person in the world.

I'm just grateful that my body is healthy. I want to be on this planet for a long time, so I try to eat things that make me feel good and make me strong. But I also love food and I love life: Some days having that extra bowl of pasta and a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup means more to me than being thin.

No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.

Being thin is not more important than enjoying life

Having a child changes everything. All of a sudden you have so much to lose, so much to live for.

But trust can take you a long way. And my faith takes me a long way. And I think that our pains, our vulnerabilities, and our insecurities can fuel us to be better. To try harder. To dig deeper.