Dr Phil McGraw

First, you’re going to have to stop using food for anything other than nutrition. You cannot continue to use food to celebrate, or as a companion, or for entertainment, or comfort. You cannot medicate yourself, your mood, or pain with food.

Loving smart means believing in you, your worth and your value.

The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There’s just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent’s voice to resonate in the children’s ears.

There are some sick people in this world.

I just am not good at math.

It is just good practice to do a situational scan and have situational awareness when you are out in the world.

Now ask yourself if you’re really going to spend the rest of your life on one of those ridiculous diets. The honest answer is, no, you won’t. So, that means you might lose weight while you’re on it, but you’ll probably gain it back when you’re off it because you haven’t made any real lifestyle changes.

Experts indicate that you should aim for consistent weight loss of about one to two pounds per week, so you should remain realistic—you aren’t going to lose 40 pounds per week (no matter what any diet product claims).

Now, my body fat runs around 18 percent, which is normal and, you know, kind of in the middle of normal, actually.

Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they’ll feel confused and lost.

What I want people to do is what’s healthy for them.

I’ve talked to so many people, men and women alike, that get overweight and their self-esteem just goes in the tank. They think they’re judged. They think they’re unattractive.

The time is coming when man will be able to determine the length of his lifespan by controlling his diet.

You’re FAT – and don’t try to sugarcoat it, because you’ll just eat that, too.

Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower.

Obesity has overtaken cancer as the No. 1 cause of avoidable, preventable death in American society. It’s an epidemic-level problem.

I don’t care how pumped up or psyched you are to start a new diet or a new program – that emotion will fade.

Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life.

A year from now, you’re gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.

First, you’re going to have to stop using food for anything other than nutrition. You cannot continue to use food to celebrate, or as a companion, or for entertainment, or comfort. You cannot medicate yourself, your mood, or pain with food.