Ian K. Smith

“People try to change too much at once and it becomes overwhelming, and they end up falling off the program. So gradually changing bad habits makes much more of a difference than trying to change them all at once.”

“Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.”

“People have to realize that dieting is not a sprint, it's a marathon. If you celebrate the small victories, you will eventually win the war.”

“Women want to feel wanted. Men want to feel needed.”

“I don't make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away.”

“Death just comes, not happiness. Because when you're trying to find happiness, you're trying to navigate a very, very murky minefield of distractions, of disappointments, of deceptions. That's why you have to work on happiness.”

“A lot of people who are overweight - not everyone, but a lot of people - are dealing with issues such as emotional issues, stress issues. They become stress eaters and emotional eaters.”

“Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.”

“People think that you can save calories by eating fewer meals a day, but it works just the opposite: the fewer meals you eat, the more counterproductive it becomes to you being able to lose weight.”

“The critical part with meal spacing is that you stabilize your hormones so that you do not have those spikes in insulin that occur when you eat large meals.”

“I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.”

“Intelligent, successful, attractive people can be intimidating. They force us to hold a mirror to ourselves; we can be disappointed, jealous or inspired toward personal growth.”

“The idea behind diet confusion is, you have to keep your body off-kilter. So by changing the type of foods that you eat, the frequency of the foods that you eat, you can keep your metabolism revved up.”

“Men, in fact, are excited and looking forward to settling down and having families and being true partners with women in relationships that are full of excitement, unpredictability, adventure, and loyalty.”