After I talk to so many people who are so unhappy about their weight and so depressed that they don't see any rainbows in their life, after I talk to about 30 of those, then I try to walk away and pet my dog, just do something that makes me happy.

This is my theater. This is where I can sing and act out a play and do sit-ups at the same time

Singing is good for the soul. It's the first thing I do every morning, after my blessings and my grace. I put music on and I sing.

I began reading cook books when I was six, cause my father had hundreds of cook books in the kitchen. I was obsessed with cooking and tasting different recipes. I got lost in being a compulsive eater. It brought me much happiness. Sadness too, sure. But I have to say, and compulsive eaters will agree with me, for that few seconds that you're eating, food tastes just great.

No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will.

If I have to die, I want to combust in the middle of one of my classes.

I took desperate measures to lose weight and did terrible things to myself. I went from diet pills to thirty laxatives a day to throwing up.