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Standards are what you hold for yourself, too. If I don't hold those standards with friends, colleagues, and lovers, I can't hold them to their relationships.

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Daphne Oz
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: February 17
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Journalist
Television Presenter
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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More than anything, having adventures with my siblings and spending time with my family and my husband make me happy.
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I didn't grow up eating meat - I was a vegetarian until I was 18.
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Fun for me is to take what I learn and teach others in a way that is accessible and applicable in their own lives.
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Exercise is important, but exercise in a gym is not important. Go and take a walk outside. Skip the umpteenth coffee date and go for a hike instead. Take the stairs. Walk your errands.
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I get to help people create lives that make them happier and healthier than they were yesterday. I knock on wood that my family is healthy and happy and love each other.
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A 'diet' is simply an individual's eating regimen: it doesn't have to mean the restrictive plan we've come to associate this word with.
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We need to demand that our food is labeled, especially genetically modified foods, and learn how it is produced, processed, and grown.
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Make sure you eat whole foods that are good for your entire body. This doesn't mean that you can't enjoy your food or make room for plenty of indulgences. But your conscious goal has to be to eat for long term health and what you do most of the time is what really counts.
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My dad, who is a heart surgeon, works with many adult patients who did not take good care of their bodies in their formative years. He is able to teach them how to break old eating and exercise habits and reshape their bodies, but not without a great deal of resistance.
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Don't make a different meal for every person, but make buildable meals. And, I do this with my kids, try to expand their palates gently.
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I am proactive and looking to change my own behavior rather than others' - which is generally much more successful!
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I have two pairs of stretchy maternity leggings and jeans, which I will never give up, because once you experience an elastic band for a waist, you will never go back.
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I am inspired by working moms. Mothers who somehow balance the demands of their many lives - professional, familial, personal, and interior - and still manage to make time to have fun and invest in themselves! This is a huge challenge that I look forward to taking on.
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When I was young and growing up overweight, I believed the eaten was more powerful than the eater, meaning the food was more powerful than I was.
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I was a good 30 pounds overweight throughout high school, and it wasn't until I was going away to college that I really wanted to make sure I was doing everything possible to feel as confident as I could.
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If you have expectations, you try to put your standards on someone else's behavior. The fact is you can't control anyone but yourself, so creating standards, as opposed to expectations, keeps the ball in your court.
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Having been to culinary school, the single greatest asset I learned there was how to cut and chop properly. It's an investment of money that will save you hours of time down the road, and hopefully some cut fingers.
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Tell your kids they are perfect the way they are, but they shouldn't stay where they are forever because growing, testing the limits, and evolving make life better and more fulfilling.
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A wholesome family is one where there is a lot of love. It's living by example. It's acceptance of people at their core, but it's also pushing each other to be our best selves and try things we might not be good at.
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I tried every diet under the sun and none of them worked but, more importantly, they were robbing me of my love of food.
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