Dr Phil McGraw

All begins with you surrounding yourself with the right people—the good and authentic people—and “unsurrounding” yourself with the wrong people. And we both know there are plenty of wrong people in this world.

Men fall in love with their eyes. Women fall in love with their ears.

You have to name it to claim it.

I mean, I’m very, very competitive.

The truth doesn’t have versions, it just is.

Experts indicate that you should aim for consistent weight loss of about one to two pounds per week, so you should remain realistic—you aren’t going to lose 40 pounds per week (no matter what any diet product claims).

You’re FAT – and don’t try to sugarcoat it, because you’ll just eat that, too.

Obesity has overtaken cancer as the No. 1 cause of avoidable, preventable death in American society. It’s an epidemic-level problem.

Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they’ll feel confused and lost.

Get up each morning, look at yourself in the mirror, and see yourself not as someone who is overweight or out of shape, but as the someone you will become.

Now ask yourself if you’re really going to spend the rest of your life on one of those ridiculous diets. The honest answer is, no, you won’t. So, that means you might lose weight while you’re on it, but you’ll probably gain it back when you’re off it because you haven’t made any real lifestyle changes.

A year from now, you’re gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.

Experts indicate that you should aim for consistent weight loss of about one to two pounds per week, so you should remain realistic—you aren’t going to lose 40 pounds per week (no matter what any diet product claims).

Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life.

Now, my body fat runs around 18 percent, which is normal and, you know, kind of in the middle of normal, actually.

I’ve talked to so many people, men and women alike, that get overweight and their self-esteem just goes in the tank. They think they’re judged. They think they’re unattractive.

What I want people to do is what’s healthy for them.

Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower.

The time is coming when man will be able to determine the length of his lifespan by controlling his diet.

I don’t care how pumped up or psyched you are to start a new diet or a new program – that emotion will fade.