Dr Phil McGraw

You don’t need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.

You must demand nothing less than the best of yourself and for yourself. You must tell yourself that it is not wrong to want it all.

If you believe you deserve better, you will create better for yourself.

When you have the right script for your life, you will always be the star of the show.

The truth doesn’t have versions, it just is.

Change can come in either of two important ways: Start behaving positively or stop behaving negatively.

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.

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.

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.

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

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).

Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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