I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.
I don't know about you, but every time some joker points me out as I walk through an airport wearing extra-small Dolfin shorts, a tank top and leg warmers, I get a little upset.
When you gather up all the balls of life that you try to juggle, it is a very difficult thing to try to focus in on taking good care of yourself. But that's why God invented me - so I can come and teach and preach and make people laugh and give them some education so they can start liking themselves better.
Take a moment every day to find peace. Pull over to the side of the road, turn off the radio, and find peace.
We're all in trouble, and we all need to sort of pick up the pieces and start to exercise more and really be careful with the food.
One day I may be meeting you and hearing how you've changed your life by saying, 'Farewell to Fat'.
You shouldn't make fun of people who have issues.
I could be hit by a Sara Lee truck tomorrow. Which is not a bad way of going: 'Richard Simmons Found in a Freeway in Pound Cake and Fudge, With a Smile on His Face.' Let's face it. We don't know anything.
How do you get motivated? By knowing your worth. Americans do not know how worthy they are. You deserve to be healthy, but a lot of times, people have, as childs been told - as a children been told that they're no good, that they're never going to be anything else.
I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.
I'm not into any show that makes people compete when they lose weight.
Everyone has a story that makes me stronger. I know that the work I do is important and I enjoy it, but it is nice to hear the feedback of what we do to inspire others.
In high school, I could get beaten up all the time, or I could be something better. I became the court jester.
Well mine is not gimmicky - it is the 6 food groups that God made, and exercising every day. Trying to think positively.
I have loved deeply. I have lost intensely. I will never love again. I get that love by people who care for me.
My way is the sensitive, emotional way, because that's who I am. I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh. At the same time, you have people in the hospital who have had gastric bypass or lap-band surgery, and they still have to work out. If you don't work out and eat healthy, you'll look like a melted candle.
Sometimes it's just 'Oh my God, I love the taste of fried oysters on French bread with mayonnaise and an order of French fries.' I'm not going to lie to you - I deal with that temptation every single day, many times.
I've been going to shopping malls since I was on General Hospital.
I don't have to teach anymore, I don't have to work anymore, God has been really good to me.
I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day.
