Quotes About Self-care

I feel very happy when people ask me about my fitness mantra.

Fitness really was my crutch.

Fitness is also about being well-rested, eating well, etc.

I consider fitness, diet, and beauty to be essential to a balanced self.

I am concentrating on my fitness levels so that I don't look old.

Being able to take control of my life again, take control of what I'm eating and my fitness is enlightening and empowering.

I don't want to lose my fitness. I'm 45. I have two babies. I've got a long way to go and I want to keep in tiptop shape. There's no magic bullet.

I think that fitness really kind of saved me and made me the person that I am today, through losing my dad and everything that I've had to deal with.

I don't diet. That's my fitness mantra.

A good set of lashes can fix anything... even a mugshot.

I can't change the world. I have to fix me.

After my experiences with the 5:2 diet, I wasn't interested in a short-term fix that would fail later. I wanted a way of eating that made me lose weight without feeling deprived.

My skin's rather difficult to fix, and I'm incredibly sensitive.

No one ever told me I should eat egg whites or drink a gallon of water each day.

Coconut oil mixed with olive oil is what I put on my body every day; I put rose hip oil on my face. If my hair feels dry, instead of going and buying something filled with chemicals, I put egg whites or avocados or mayonnaise in my hair. I leave it on there for an hour or two and I wash it out.

I always have breakfast, say, scrambled egg whites, a vegetable smoothie, or whole-grain cereal with low-fat milk. For lunch and dinner, I eat a lot of fish and vegetables. And throughout the day, I try to stay hydrated.

Everybody who cares about me wants me to do therapy, but I just can't do therapy.

There's nobody who cares more about you than you, and there's nobody better equipped to take care of you than you.

I don't have the luxury of sitting around any more. I must have had bags of spare time before I had children, but I don't know what I did with it and I didn't appreciate it. But it's such a terrific trade-off. I don't have time to get a pedicure, but I sure am happy. Who cares if your feet look bad?

While most people turn 21 and decide to go out and party, I turned 21 and decided that I was going to become somebody that I never thought I could be: somebody who cares about herself and her body, her future, and her health.

But when you have a baby inside you, you're like 'Whoa!' Anything can happen here, I've got to give this baby all the nutrients it needs and really take care of myself, so this is definitely the healthiest I've ever been in my life.

We only have a certain amount of energy for each day. If we use it for the wrong purpose, if we focus on the negative or dwell on whoever hurt us, then we're not going to have the energy we need for the right purposes.

If you think that starving yourself all day is going to make you happy, you're a fool, because not only are you physically drained, you're mentally drained, with nothing left to give to your work or your lover or whoever it is you so want to be beautiful for.

Do whatever rejuvenates you. It might be a cooking class, cocktails with the girls, or just private time with the hubby. We all have our moments where we run out of steam because we've given everything we've got to everyone else. Whoever decided that was a good thing? It's not. Everyone needs to refuel.