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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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Daphne Oz
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: February 17
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Philadelphia
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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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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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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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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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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 proactive and looking to change my own behavior rather than others' - which is generally much more successful!
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I have been very, very lucky because I have my health, a wonderful husband, family, and friends, and I get to do what I love.
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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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We can try to reform healthcare, but the fact is if we don't have a healthy food source, we are only treating the symptoms and not the problems.
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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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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 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 gluten-free diet still allows you access to almost every fruit and vegetable, a variety of grains and legumes, your pick of dairy products, fresh meats and fish and a whole slew of special gluten-free delights to satisfy your pretzel-bagel-muffin-doughnut craving.
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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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This moment is precious and full of great potential: all we have to do is figure out the little changes that will make a huge impact on how wonderful life can be in this moment.
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While fad diets might seem like the quick-fix solution to lose weight, they won't help you get healthy in the long run.
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I love to look at my life and look at what I can do better, how I can contribute more and where I can push myself.
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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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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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You can tell your kids they are perfect and don't need to change - which could cause insecurity when they recognize their own shortcomings - or tell them they are terrible, which would undermine their sense of self-worth and confidence. There's a happy middle ground.
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