Quotes from Jillian Michaels

I only eat healthy food, and I only want healthy love!

Let's just say I believe in healthy love.

I love yoga, but the namaste thing only takes you so far.

People believe practice makes perfect, but it doesn't. If you're making a tremendous amount of mistakes, all you're doing is deeply ingraining the same mistakes.

There's still a tremendous amount of homophobia out there in the world, but it is what it is. I am who I am, and the people in my life are who they are, and they love us, hate us, for whatever reason. It is what it is.

There is a huge misconception that if you do something like hot yoga, you'll burn more calories, and the opposite is true. You want to heat your body from the inside out, not the outside in.

Think of it this way: If you got a flat tire, what would you do? Change the tire? Or get out of the car and slash the other three tires? No! Get back on the road. Don't dwell on it; don't beat yourself up. That gets you nowhere.

I want you to feel like you're going to die.

There is no authentic goal you can set for yourself that can't be reached, no dream that can't be realized. It's just a matter of learning HOW to achieve what you want.

I was picked on as a kid. I had a nose the size of a softball plus braces and acne. It was rough.

Not to say you should let your physicality define you, but there are some things that can make people feel really insecure. So, if there is something you want to fix that allows you to feel a little bit more confident, I support it.

You can dramatically affect the expression of your metabolism and your biochemistry by the way you eat and the way you live.

People tend to think that metabolism is genetically predetermined. That you're either cursed or you're blessed. And that's not true.

I think that anything in life is about the middle ground.

Stop turning to fad diets and use common sense.

When you think of 'Biggest Loser,' you think of it as a TV show. But people are coming to lose weight. I take that very seriously.

I train in different modalities so that each muscle is targeted twice a week, with two days of rest in between.

You've got to listen to the universe, to life, to God, whatever you want to call it. Because its going to speak to you.

Gardening is not my thing. You're digging in the dirt, and then a couple of months later, something happens.

I'm unbelievably superstitious.

Obesity in children is growing out of control. A big part of this is economic. Fake foods are more affordable. It's enticing people to eat more because they think they're saving money when they're really just buying heart disease.

I looked to my mom as an example. And this is what I try to tell so many women: that my mom had a career, and she went to the gym. She took care of herself.

We all have to work for happiness. And you cannot listen to other people. That is the worst mistake you can make.

My mom gave me enough self-worth to carry me through difficult experiences. She was very loving and accepting. She was like, 'Whelp, you're gay? OK, cool.'