Sick to Fit: Three simple techniques that got me from 420 pounds to the cover of Runner’s World, Good Morning America, and the Today Show

We don’t want to live in a world where the only things that are valued are the ones that can be measured. What about happiness, passion, curiosity, wonder, and love?

we delay taking action until it suddenly “hurts enough.” That’s when we feel the urgency of solving the problem. And then we want to solve it immediately, and completely, and forever.

Initial success is absolutely no guarantee of sustainable success.

Community gives us three valuable things: accountability, support, and role models.

pain will find us.

it’s the beginner, not the expert, who displays courage

If you never feel cold, thanks to indoor heating, then the thought of being caught outdoors in the snow can be terrifying.

if you resist eating a chocolate chip cookie in the morning, you’re more likely to cheat on your spouse in the afternoon.

laying on the couch in a swirling stupor of tryptophan, queasiness, and regret while the Lions and the Bears battle it out on TV.