I've earned all these years on my face. I don't want to be a liar if in five or 10 years I do get some Botox, but needles in the face scare me, so I don't really know if I am ever going to do that.

I've realized that I'm more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love myself more. Being thin is about changing the way you think about yourself. It's about saying that you deserve to be healthy.

As an emotional eater, I eat to soothe.

I started thinking: 'Okay, what's wrong with wearing a bikini? I look better than I looked in quite a few years, so why not? What am I afraid of?

People come up to me and tell me how I changed their life and I've inspired them. And they tell me their stories, and that keeps me going.

I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him?

I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress.