I don't let negative attitudes and meanness from other people keep me from living my life.

I want us all to get healthier, but also to live life to the fullest along the way. I want people to live their lives no matter what.

I refuse to allow people to stop me from living and enjoying my life.

I am on an emotional roller coaster ride to survive and to conquer obesity, not only for myself but also for everyone that battles some kind of addiction.

I am a girl who loves life and loves people and I find that in this life there are more good people than bad and that is who I choose to surround myself with.

I have always been "Hacky Wacky" which is my lingo for HAPPY! I refuse to allow my obesity to control me.

The meal plan was hard at first because I am a snack eater, but the most challenging part is trying to change my pallet to like healthy food.

I write down everything I eat and count the calories so I don't go over a certain amount. Everyone should do this if they are dieting or not. I think we all would be shocked by it.

Perhaps by sharing my personal weight-loss journey on television, I can help others confront the truth and lies behind obesity.

There is more weight to be lost and so many more things I need to learn and conquer.

Life is a sacred spark of divinity.

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for 'Watch With Mother' on TV.

When you're hearing somebody and you're not seeing them, your brain naturally creates a version of them. Then you feel closer to them because you've created them.

Frying chicken always makes me feel a little better about life.

Luce didn't know how to pull away from Cam.

Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.

A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early.

If I were as much of a man as my woman, I'd be my wife.

We long for simplicity and ordinariness.