I'm the clown you take out of the box and wind up when you need a good laugh. And then, when you're done with me, I go back in my box.

If I don't take care of myself, if I don't feel good about myself, how can I help others?

Some people like to look at pictures of themselves before they lost weight. I don't particularly care for that. Whenever I was overweight, it was a very sad time in my life.

Truthfully, everyone knows how to eat right. They know the difference between oatmeal and a jelly cream doughnut. They know how to walk. Everyone has this in their brain. When I started, we didn't have all this knowledge.

I'm 64, but I act like I'm still 12. I go to schools. At colleges, they come out in droves, they almost scare me. I think it's just to see if I'm still alive. After I work them out - and it's not easy - I sit them down and we have a serious talk. Are they eating? Working on their body? I can say things parents won't say. No matter where I go, I talk to each one individually after I teach. They tell me things like, 'I'm starving, guys like girls thinner.' I give them concrete advice about self-image and self-worth.

I just want people to get off the back burner of their life and start to take better care of themselves and their children.

Well mine is not gimmicky - it is the 6 food groups that God made, and exercising every day. Trying to think positively.