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

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

I think that anything in life is about the middle ground.

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.

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.

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.