Carnie Wilson quotes:

My husband and I are best of friends first and foremost. We fight like cats and dogs, but never stay mad for long. I was lucky to find him, he is in every way, my soulmate.

The surgery will always be a huge part of my life. I'm going to need to help people with weight problems for the rest of my life so that I can maintain my weight.

Certain foods no longer agree with me. If I eat French fries, I might feel sick to my stomach.

There are days where I've lost weight and I feel bigger or fatter or uglier and I want to just hibernate. I'll find every excuse not to exercise. I hate it.

It's not just being overweight that's dangerous. Stress is dangerous.

The most important thing I think we need to remember is that we're a work in progress. Do not be ashamed or afraid to ask for help. That's what I did. I asked for help.

It's normal to gain weight during pregnancy. It's something that has to happen to your body.

When someone has a weight problem when they're pregnant, they will struggle before, during and after to lose weight.

Becoming famous is a strange thing in your own right.

When you love food as much as I do, staying healthy is not easy. I mean, moderation, not deprivation. That's my new way of living. I always want more and that's just my life.

I'm a working mother... You try to pay the bills, you try to keep your life going and there's pressure.

I did have reconstructive plastic surgery and a tummy tuck. And from hip to hip, there's a very big scar. It looks better than it did... So I say, if you don't like that skin, have it removed. This is my advice: if you're gonna do it - just go for it.

I can be a lady - surprise!

I used food as a coping mechanism for many, many years, and it was my best friend for a long time.

I'm definitely up in weight. I'm looking forward to getting an exercise routine again. It's like a daily decision.

I'm trying to teach my daughter about healthy eating.

My fat cells have a memory like Einstein! I'm proof that surgery is not a magic potion. There are many ways to sabotage it.

I mean, moderation, not deprivation. That's my new way of living.

Medication can help us live a happier life.

There's a huge emotional component to weight loss.

It's such a rush doing a concert and seeing people actually mouthing the lyrics.

We all come from dysfunctional families and these days I guess that's pretty normal.

When my work gets crazy, I make sure to always have vitamins, water and proper food with me. That has helped me to lose 33 pounds.

Going from 300 pounds to 150 pounds was the biggest change of my whole life.

I understand that I'm a role model.

I don't want to hide anything - there is nothing to hide.

I have a child to feed and a spirit that can't be crushed, so I'm able to move ahead.

I started to put on weight when I was about four and a half and it got really bad when I was around nine. I ballooned. I was about 110 pounds.

The evening is really hard for me. I have to force myself not to eat.

We need to eat and enjoy it but control it. That's what I do now.

I have willpower and determination. I am very resilient, like rock.

I want to get into voice-overs.

You know, after all these years, it's just like we are who we are and it's a struggle for me and sometimes I'm heavier and sometimes I'm thinner.

I have a real issue with radio these days. I just am not into the current music.

Was I a perfect gastric-bypass patient? Yes. Was I a perfect gastric-bypass pregnant woman? No. I made a decision to enjoy my pregnancy... So sue me!

Life presents itself in constantly changing ways, but you're able to accept the challenges, rather than recoil, throw up your hands, and go on a binge.

All I can do is listen to what my body needs and feels.

I don't want to become a diabetic.

If you walk down the street, within five minutes you will see someone who is morbidly obese or obese.

I realized that I have to slow down. I work so hard, I'm so busy.

I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.

I always think I am one of the millions and millions of people that struggles with an addiction to food. I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.

If someone puts too much pressure on me, I will automatically rebel.

I decided that it's either, you know, if I want to have children, have a family and - and live a long life, I've got to make some real, real serious changes.

I have to be a teacher to my daughters.

When you film a reality show, it's so jumbled. They shoot episodes in all orders!

Sometimes reality T.V. can be stressful.

I had a lot of excess skin - I just needed to have it firmed

If I'm known as the girl that lost weight and it's been six years later and I've still kept off the 110 pounds, God bless. Because I never kept off 100 pounds before in my life.

Like everyone else, I have challenges.

I wish I had more time to read. I do love books.

I started doing yoga.

It doesn't feel good when you have to struggle to get your pants on.

I am stuck in the 70's. I can't seem to get away from that era.

I am always cautious.

I always want more, and that's just my life.

Food decisions - do I eat this or not? - are always going to be there.

Do I wish I could retire? Sure, but that's not life.

Liposuction isn't an option, because I don't have any fat under my skin. The solution? ReFirme, which is painless

I've had so much stress in the last year so it's really a struggle. I never hide, when I walk down the street, someone's going to take my picture, that's what I look like.