Jillian Michaels

“I was 175 pounds at 13 years old and 5 feet tall.”

“Lazy doesn't exist. Lazy is a symptom of something else. The person who can't get up off their butt is just a person who's depressed. It's usually a pervasive lack of self-worth, or a feeling of helplessness.”

“I used to tell moms that for the sake of their well-being they had to put themselves first. But I know now that's not always possible.”

“I don't believe in eating throughout the day. I eat every four hours.”

“Part of abandoning the all-or-nothing mentality is allowing yourself room for setbacks. We are bound to have lapses on the road to health and wellness, but it is critical that we learn how to handle small failures positively so that we can minimize their long-term destructive effects. One setback is one setback—it is not the end of the world, nor is it the end of your journey toward a better you.”

“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.”

“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'm a capri pant girl.”

“When it comes to the chocolate, I allow it every single day, but I only get 200 calories worth. So I work it into my daily calories. It's a candy bar. But I usually only need it after dinner.”

“By the time I'm 40, the hope is that I'll be solidly in daytime television and producing the various other experts we've brought along the way.”

“If you have the means, I would highly recommend using supplementations for optimal health.”

“Whenever you have a failure or setback, you need to take a step back and find out what you can learn from the scenario. What did you do to contribute to that failure? This way, you can make sure you don't repeat that pattern.”

“People that know me know I'm very good about doing my own thing and minding my own business.”

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

“Sometimes you've got to make your work and workouts co-exist.”

“Seeing my two kids together is a magical feeling.”

“I'm trying to get into the best shape of my life for 40.”

“I was a gay kid who didn't know I was a gay kid, which was really challenging because you think there is something wrong with you until you understand what it is.”

“Look several months ahead, see where the obstacles lie, and figure out ways to overcome them.”

“Life has a way of working out the way it's meant to.”