The most important thing I want to get across is that maintaining weight loss is just hard. It takes a dedication to exercise and eating right most of the time. I'm not saying I don't enjoy the days that I'm not eating chocolate cake. But I do particularly like those days when I am eating chocolate cake.

My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.

I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it.

I don't need to be 19 years old or starve myself for some weight or turn men's heads down that road. And thank God I finally know that.

'm the inspiration for picking it up off the floor after it fell off the stool and figuring out a way to make it still work.

Music is my No. 1 passion. If you made me choose between music and food, it's definitely music.

People who truly love to sing have to do it all the time.