There is really no room in any healthy diet for trans fat, artificial sweeteners, and artificial colors in food.
— Jillian Michaels
I supplement a lot. So I'll take a probiotic, and I mostly eat green food.
I was an overweight kid, and I went through a period where, oh my God, they were making cow sounds at me when I walked down the hallway and just humiliating me. Kids can be mean.
Transformation in real life is extraordinarily incremental, and that's all I'm going to say.
The adoption process was not an easy one. The paperwork took nine months. It's a full-time thing!
Seeing my two kids together is a magical feeling.
If you don't learn from why you're in the position you're in, you are doomed to repeat it. You need to bring meaning to every setback.
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.
It seems at times fate knocks on people's door, and they are too afraid to pursue it.
I think that anything in life is about the middle ground.
Gardening is not my thing. You're digging in the dirt, and then a couple of months later, something happens.
The results I've seen with Bodyshred have been far superior to any program that I've ever created.
Whenever I've had a rough day, I like to pour my frustration into my workouts.
When I go, I go hard.
I've wanted to be in daytime television for a long time, because that's where you can convey a message.
I looked to my mom as an example. And this is what I try to tell so many women: that my mom had a career, and she went to the gym. She took care of herself.
Fake fat, fake colours, fake flavours, fake sweeteners: this is poison.
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.
I find television to be a bit like a meat grinder. It's like, you have a cow, you put it through a meat grinder, and out comes a hot dog. It's almost unrecognizable.
I had a second-degree-blue-belt test, and I broke two boards with my right foot, and the next day I walked into school, and no one ever picked on me again. I suddenly believed in myself and respected myself. I had some inkling of my power, so the bullying stopped instantly.
The irony is that I'm actually a very empathetic person, but I don't believe in sympathy at all.
I don't believe in eating throughout the day. I eat every four hours.
You need to cultivate your passion and crystallize your vision. If you don't know where you're going, how are you going to plan a road-map for how to get there?
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.
Politics aside, you look at Barack Obama, he is ripped.
Not to say you should let your physicality define you, but there are some things that can make people feel really insecure. So, if there is something you want to fix that allows you to feel a little bit more confident, I support it.
Everybody has haters.
My partner loves gardening and beekeeping and chickens and all that stuff.
I like to train the body from as many different angles as possible to use every modality available to do it.
I train in different modalities so that each muscle is targeted twice a week, with two days of rest in between.
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.
I could open up a little gym, and I would be blissfully happy.
I'm a capri pant girl.
When you eat a piece of white bread, think of it as putting a tissue on a fire. But if you eat something that has wholegrains, whether it's a little bit of oatmeal, a little bit of protein, it's like putting a log on the fire.
If you have the means, I would highly recommend using supplementations for optimal health.
I'm part Bridget Jones, part Larry David. I'm shy; I'm prude.
There's still a tremendous amount of homophobia out there in the world, but it is what it is. I am who I am, and the people in my life are who they are, and they love us, hate us, for whatever reason. It is what it is.
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.
Life? You can't manipulate it or bend it to your will. You have no choice but to roll with it.
You have to learn how to listen to your emotions, letting your internal compass guide you. Your emotions let you know when you are on and off track.
Oh, God, food is a constant struggle for me. With exercise, I get my workout done, and I'm done until tomorrow. With food, I eat, and then an hour later I'm hungry again!
I really want to train Hillary Clinton.
I had my nose done when I was 16 years old, and I'll be honest: it did change my life.
There's a confidence and sense of self that comes with age that I didn't anticipate.
Make 80 percent of the food you eat healthy, then take 20 percent of your daily calories and make them fun.
When you feel strong and you accomplish something physical that you didn't think you were capable of, your heart and mind open up to many possibilities that previously felt out of reach in other areas of your life.
Strong, not skinny, is now sexy, and long workouts are a thing of the past.
Gay is not a choice.
I think that when moms just give themselves up, the kids know. They feel guilty; they resent their mother for making them feel guilty, and then they grow up and do the same thing. Whereas my mother showed me that it's okay to focus on yourself.
Everyone is trying to make ends meet, and even if you aren't, no one wants to get ripped off.
