All of a sudden, I'm thinking that if I keep eating the way I'm eating, I'm not going to live long and I'm going to die. Having those thoughts as a young person can be very haunting.

My father offered me a dollar for every pound I would lose as a kid. It didn't work. And it doesn't really work in the long run.

I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day.

I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh.

I really created my career out of my own compulsion. Because I knew if I owned an exercise studio and I had to teach my classes there, I wasn't going to gain my weight back.

I never sold any of those "lose 10 pounds every week" scams. I've not changed my tune in all these years. I've seen everything pass by me, and I've been offered millions of dollars to put my name on products that were just lies. And I never did it.

I'm like a stuffed toy. You've never met me, but if you did, you'd just want to take me home and put me in your child's room.