I mean, if you degrade someone, you isolate them, you control them, you call them names, you demean them. That's a horrible existence for people.

Common sense needs to be more common.

If you want more, you have to require more from yourself.

Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost.

Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.

You cannot be who and what you are unless you have a lifestyle, both internally and externally, that is designed to support that definition of self.

Instead of being ashamed of what you've been through, be proud of what you have overcome!