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.

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

I kept buying bigger and bigger jeans, and once the size 14s got too tight, I thought: 'That's it. I'm not buying the next size'.

I think a lot of people think because I was getting the divorce, that was really the catalyst for gaining so much weight.

Leap...and the net will follow

If you say you're fat, all of a sudden people like you!

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?