Candace Cameron Bure Quotes

As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any weight gain.

When I started out as a model, I took things for granted. Because I bagged work thanks to my looks, I didn't give my body any importance. I was a couch potato who'd eat anything. Then, in 2005, a tabloid ran a story calling me fat. I thought, 'I'm famous. How can I be fat?' It was a slap. I decided to get fit.

I'm like every other girl. I have to try really hard my whole life to try to be fit. And I'm super-vain.

People need to understand that I came this far being chubby and all that. Imagine how far I could go actually being in good shape and looking good.

I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.

I can easily fill out at 135 pounds and feel good.

I don't think I got thin. I think I got healthy.

The truth is, I like my body more when it's thinner. I have a range of jeans, and I'm happier in the smaller ones. But I don't have the same drive to get into those jeans. I'm not going to change my day to get there, whereas I used to.

I was a bit overweight as a teenager, which may be why I'm more comfortable playing with clothes than showing my body.

As soon as I made it about being healthy and shifted my focus away from the scale, the weight started to come off. I keep track of my body by how my jeans fit - and how I feel.

I've always been a thin girl. I'm not going to be fat, ever. Let's get that straight. Whitney is not going to be fat, ever. Okay?

I don't like talking about which bits I like or don't like about my body. Everybody has something they're not happy with, and my only advice would be, 'Do something about it - exercise or eat less, but don't do nothing!' Find ways to enhance the good bits and camouflage the bad bits.

When I'm in really good shape, I like my butt. It's juicy - that's what my fiance says.

At 150 pounds, I feel like I'm at my healthiest and my strongest and my most beautiful.

I go to the gym in the morning without any makeup on. Sorry, guys, if you think I'm ugly, but I don't know anybody who goes to the gym with makeup on.

When I'm panicked about my love handles, I go to the YMCA and get obsessed with Kid Rock videos as I'm on the running machine.

I love my body when I'm in the best shape I can be in.

I'm constantly on the go and have found rushing round after a new born baby is the best form of exercise! I always remind myself that men appreciate a womanly shape and some curves!

I'm still spending my working life trying to mine people's souls and now they're complimenting me in reviews on the amount of time I spend in the gym. On the definition of my triceps.

I used to be very into fitness and would happily pose for photos in my bikini. Now I look at those and think, 'Where did that body go?' But that was before children.

In the past, I used to work out but not eat much. That would store extra fat in my body. Once I started eating healthy, the results came in faster. That gave me the confidence to don a bikini on screen.

I like that I'm in shape but still look like a woman. I don't feel like I've had to give up my femininity to be an athlete. I feel good about my body because I work hard every day, and I still look and carry myself as a woman - a strong woman.

People think that models don't eat. We do eat. Or at least I do. I just work really hard to stay in shape.

The moment I lose weight, it shows on my face, and given how sharp my cheek bones are, it doesn't look good.

I just want to lose weight and get back to being my usual self. There's too much flesh.