Kris Carr Quotes

Because I dieted so much in the past, I just can't diet again. It's something I don't want to do and I don't even know if I am capable of. I think it's a much healthier and happier way to live.

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.

When I hit my thirties, that's when I calmed down and I wasn't so tough on myself. I wasn't doing the yo-yo dieting any more. I gave myself a break. I think that, if you're more accepting of yourself, you're more free and open and can just allow more people in.

My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.

I have a history of eating disorders but, as a mother, you think of being an example to your child. I'm so much more balanced than I was.

When I was a kid, I was fat, and I was teased mercilessly. But once I grew up and got out of my unhealthy relationship with food, for the most part I've had a very healthy view. If I ever find myself getting worried about how I'll look on the red carpet, I'll take a step back and look at what's really going on inside.

I've had a lot of girls reach out to me about struggling with body image. I've only been able to write back to a few of them, but I've been able to write and have correspondence with a few of them and really talk about what I think they should do or if I think they should ask for help.

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

I've felt depressed many times in my life, so I can draw on those times in my life when I need to.

I'm much more accepting of myself. A lot of my body issues have naturally settled down.

I think it is really important to indulge on the holidays, I think that we all deserve that; I think that the more you worry, the more it's a problem. I think everyone's relationship with food is all about giving your body what it wants and what it needs. I think indulging is good and working out, too, for sure!

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.

Just take care of yourself and eat right.

I'm not going to starve just to be thin... I want to enjoy life and I can't if I'm not eating and miserable.

I try to keep away exterior events that are going to make me do something negative internally to myself.

I'm a human being and every human being has problems.

I've never seen an obese person who has said, 'I am well in my mind.' Happiness stops food being a compensation.

There definitely was a time when I was pretty obsessed with my weight, but I'm better off not stressing about my body all the time.

I fill my life with a lot of 'busyness' in between jobs. Then I work very hard. Some of it is quite unhealthy. It's compulsive. I don't know what to do about it. I'm a little old to change.

I'm trying to stop focusing on my flaws and appreciate what I love about my body.

You have to come to terms with loving your body.

I don't feel my best right now, but at the same time, I'm not trying to find any excuses or anything.

New mothers should enjoy every phase of motherhood without caring about the world. Weight can be checked and controlled. Don't lose your head and mind over it.

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.

I worked through cancer twice. I probably worked through it too much the last time. This time, I found myself saying, 'Well, I don't feel well. I think I'll take the day off.' I think I did that even a little bit more than I needed to.