Quotes from Phillip C. McGraw

First, you're going to have to stop using food for anything other than nutrition. You cannot continue to use food to celebrate, or as a companion, or for entertainment, or comfort. You cannot medicate yourself, your mood, or pain with food.

Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it. —Maya Angelou

Experts indicate that you should aim for consistent weight loss of about one to two pounds per week, so you should remain realistic—you aren't going to lose 40 pounds per week (no matter what any diet product claims).

I've never eaten a taco, and I don't plan to.

I didn't just come in on a load of turnips!

Life is not a success-only journey. You are going to get beat up along the way. And you've got to have the strength of character to get up and get back in the game.

They just won't listen," and

true—eating the right foods, the ones we've

In the meantime, let's agree that what makes a problem big is simply that it's yours.

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you." —Dale Carnegie

HUMMUS AND CRUNCHY CARROTS In a blender or food processor, purée 1/2 cup chickpeas, 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Serve hummus with 1 cup raw baby carrots and 2 rye crisps.

Isn't it amazing how easily you can cheat yourself out of the right choices by convincing yourself that you "deserve" the wrong ones? It's highly illogical when you think about it. You deserve a better life, you deserve better health, and you deserve to lose weight.

You must learn that you do not have to be angry just because you have the right to be.

Life experiences, mental illness, drugs, greed, environment, and poor role-modeling can all forge damaged people and can generate a darkness, an exploitiveness, in the way they approach life. Whatever their genesis, there are people in your life (and mine) who will hurt you if you let them.

I ask you to go back and read them over again, and this time answer them keeping in mind that you are writing your children's future with your answers.

Foods with Potential Thermogenic Properties Coconut oil Olive oil Green tea Walnuts Mustard (yellow or Dijon)   Foods That Stick to Your Ribs Almonds Raisins Apples Yogurt (nonfat) Chickpeas Eggs Dried plums (prunes) Cod Greens (any kind of leafy greens) Rye Lentils Tofu Peanut butter (natural) Whey protein Pistachios (roasted, unsalted, in the shell)

Hungry people are eventually going to eat, and eat with a vengeance!

Here they are: Power Proteins Super Starches Chicken breast Oats Tuna (chunk light, canned in water) Brown rice Black beans Corn Prime Produce—Veggies Fit Fats Carrots Avocado Tomatoes Sunflower seeds Mushrooms Cashews Prime Produce-Fruits   Blueberries   Oranges   Grapes

Self-acceptance was the foundation of the happiest time in your life and it was the engine that powered the train.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit

These are our neighbours, our co-workers, friends' children... the problem is closer than you think, but so is the solution.

Now ask yourself if you're really going to spend the rest of your life on one of those ridiculous diets. The honest answer is, no, you won't. So, that means you might lose weight while you're on it, but you'll probably gain it back when you're off it because you haven't made any real lifestyle changes.