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All Quotes by author - Jillian Michaels

" For years, I always thought it was hilarious that I was this fitness guru, because fitness was just a tool I utilized to help people improve their confidence. For me, it's never been about fitness. It's always been about helping to empower people. "

" Gardening is not my thing. You're digging in the dirt, and then a couple of months later, something happens. "

" I change the workout every month, so you never adapt and never plateau. "

" I completely appreciate the importance of fathers but millions of children are without loving homes. I think a child is lucky with one parent who truly loves her. "

" If I'm looking at a client, I can say, 'Oh, wow, this is where you're weak; this is what you need to work on.' I can correct her in a matter of seconds, and then she's practicing specifically on the thing she needs to work on instead of repeating the same mistakes. Having that feedback is essential for beginners. "

" If there's something I hate the most, it's feeling helpless, powerless. "

" I like to train the body from as many different angles as possible to use every modality available to do it. "

" I love yoga, but the namaste thing only takes you so far. "

" I only eat healthy food, and I only want healthy love! "

" I've always believed fitness is an entry point to help you build that happier, healthier life. When your health is strong, you're capable of taking risks. You'll feel more confident to ask for the promotion. You'll have more energy to be a better mom. You'll feel more deserving of love. "

" I was an overweight kid, and my father struggled with his weight, too. We would go for a ride on his motorcycle on Sunday morning to get doughnuts, to make pizza together, or go get ice cream. I quickly learned that food equalled love and attention. "

" I was picked on as a kid. I had a nose the size of a softball plus braces and acne. It was rough. "

" Lazy doesn't exist. Lazy is a symptom of something else. The person who can't get up off their butt is just a person who's depressed. It's usually a pervasive lack of self-worth, or a feeling of helplessness. "

" My agenda is trying to help people live a better life. "

" Obesity in children is growing out of control. A big part of this is economic. Fake foods are more affordable. It's enticing people to eat more because they think they're saving money when they're really just buying heart disease. "

" People believe practice makes perfect, but it doesn't. If you're making a tremendous amount of mistakes, all you're doing is deeply ingraining the same mistakes. "

" People tend to think that metabolism is genetically predetermined. That you're either cursed or you're blessed. And that's not true. "

" There is really no room in any healthy diet for trans fat, artificial sweeteners, and artificial colors in food. "

" Think of it this way: If you got a flat tire, what would you do? Change the tire? Or get out of the car and slash the other three tires? No! Get back on the road. Don't dwell on it; don't beat yourself up. That gets you nowhere. "

" Transformation in real life is extraordinarily incremental, and that's all I'm going to say. "

" Whenever I've had a rough day, I like to pour my frustration into my workouts. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You can dramatically affect the expression of your metabolism and your biochemistry by the way you eat and the way you live. "

" You can look for external sources of motivation and that can catalyze a change, but it won't sustain one. It has to be from an internal desire. "

" 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. "

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