Diets are for those who are thick and tired of it.

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.

I'm an experienced woman; I've been around. ... Well, all right, I might not've been around, but I've been ... nearby.

I'm sort of doing a lot of the things now that I never thought I would and that I wished I had done a year or so ago.

We have 11 horses up at our country home, six of which are rescue animals ... Two of them are 'cop horses' from the mounted police, ages 4 and 5, who turned out to have physical problems that weren't suitable for the kind of work they have to do. Now, with us, they are just out to pasture and have nothing but a good time, eating their heads off, romping and frolicking, and just doing all good horsey things.

Both children and adults like me who live with type 1 diabetes need to be mathematicians, physicians, personal trainers, and dietitians all rolled into one.

Adolescence has such a negative connotation and it shouldn't. It's experimentation, it's being unsure, no preconceived notions.