Martina McBride Quotes

I just try to keep healthy more so than trying to be thin.

I've never felt a push to be stick thin. I work out and eat healthy, so mostly it's about being in shape and having energy.

Really, what I try to instill in my fans is to be healthy and happy. I have no desire to be super-skinny.

I eat right and stay healthy as much as possible.

I've been 35 lbs. heavier than I am now and 25 lbs. thinner than I am now, and both of those times were probably the most miserable times of my life. I'm happier now, because it is about being healthy, not weighing yourself.

I don't want my daughter to think she has to deprive herself to be pretty...It's all about balance and I can teach that best by living it.

Don't workout because you think you 'need' to, do it because your body deserves love, respect and healthy attention.

Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.

Young girls look to me as a role model and think I crash diet to keep slim. That's not true, I always eat properly.

Yes, I'm having a baby. I think it's so hard as a woman to give yourself a break. It's great to be healthy but you have to set a good example for your kids and know that it's not about a number on a scale but how you feel.

I've realized that I'm more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love myself more. Being thin is about changing the way you think about yourself. It's about saying that you deserve to be healthy.

I think there's so much emphasis on body image and results and outcome, but really what you should be after is to be healthy and to feel good about yourself.

I've always practiced this: Love yourself. Move your body. Watch your portions.

I feel like I'm held more accountable to stay healthy now because now I'm a role model to young girls to not have eating issues and to not say, 'Hey, it's OK to starve yourself' or 'It's OK to throw up after your meals' - that's not OK.

I'm eating healthy, I just have a crazy lifestyle.

I battled with my weight as a teenager, partly because there wasn't the information or conversation about how to live a healthy lifestyle.

I want to teach my daughter the importance of exercising and eating healthy as she grows up.

It's cool to be healthy.

Eating well is a lifelong priority.

I'm not nearly as big as I was, but I attribute that to eating healthy. I'm just not a skinny girl, and I just want to give more opportunities to people like me.

My happy weight changes. Sometimes I eat more; sometimes I play more. I'll be different sizes all the time.

It costs less to eat and live more healthfully. Walking, loving, meditating, and quitting smoking are free and require no special equipment.

Eating right is part of my lifestyle now.

I want to show people that if you walk, if you eat the right things, if you don't have stuff done to your face - that's okay.

If I can be an advocate for people to get healthy, that's good, and it's not about just needing to go to the gym.