“Each new effort brings you closer to the one that might really work. The key is to stick with it until you achieve your weight and health goals—that's my definition of a true success story.”

“I haven’t yet met anyone who successfully made their body over without finding that their lives changed in ways—wonderful ways—that they had never imagined.”

“When you eat right and exercise, you are...treating yourself with respect and acknowledging that you deserve to be healthy and happy.”

“The best reason in the world to move—perhaps the most difficult exercise of all—is to learn how to push away the emotional obstacles that have been holding you back from accomplishing your personal goals.”