Demi Lovato Quotes

Too many young girls have eating disorders due to low self-esteem and distorted body image. I think it's so important for girls to love themselves and to treat their bodies respectfully.

I don't think there's going to be a day when I don't think about food or my body, but I'm living with it, and I wish I could tell young girls to find their safe place and stay with it.

If I like myself at this weight, then this is what I'm going to be. I don't have an eating disorder.

I want to be a positive role-model for my daughter. The last thing I want to put out there is that it's acceptable to be too thin or have an eating disorder because you're in Hollywood.

I could be like everyone else and stop eating, but that wouldn't make me happy.

I never weigh myself. That's the best advice I can give - never step on a scale. You know if you're being healthy, if you're exercising. You don't need to be undermined by some crazy number.

I just worry about the girls who look up to me. I don't want them to think I starve myself or don't eat, and that to be like me that's what they have to do.

There are so many people who have eating disorders or who body shame themselves every day or have some sort of insecurity, and I feel like I have a direct reach to some of those people.

I try not to focus too much on my appearance. As long as I'm being healthy, that's good enough for me.

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

I had spent my entire career not wanting to talk about weight, not wanting to deal with it, wanting to be an actor first.

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.

On a scale of one to 10, I'd rate my body confidence as a good seven. Everyone has their hang-ups, but I see my body as a training tool and I feel good about it.

I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy.

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 am all about health... and to me, size is not what defines your health.

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.

If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that's amazing.

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.

If you can look in the mirror every day and feel comfortable, then you're healthy.

For many years, I struggled with how I felt about myself. I hid and harbored very self-destructive eating issues, namely anorexia, which at its worst caused me to lose half of my hair and brought my weight down dramatically.

I've long struggled with my body image and have worked hard to achieve a healthy weight.

For so many years, I felt so insecure, so inferior, and I still have those moments, but I have a newfound confidence since I got in shape and changed my diet.

I think it's so important for girls to love themselves and to treat their bodies respectfully.

You don't have to have an eating disorder to be happy or successful.