Sobering Quotes by Carre Otis

You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can't take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying.

— Carre Otis

I've learned to surround myself with women who lift me up and leave me feeling nurtured rather than drained.

— Carre Otis

I didn't know what to do with calories.

— Carre Otis

Just because you're a different size doesn't mean you're sitting on the couch eating bonbons all day long watching TV.

— Carre Otis

I bicycle 12,000-foot mountain passes, run, cross train, skate-ski, hike and mountain bike.

— Carre Otis

I believe that as women, we must commit ourselves to sustaining the progress made by our foremothers who fought so hard for women's equality…

— Carre Otis

Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of…

— Carre Otis

I delight in my family obligations, but they leave little time for breaks let alone quick trips across the country.

— Carre Otis

It not unusual for women with anorexia to suffer heart attacks.

— Carre Otis

My weight fluctuated when I was 30, and I did the unthinkable - I stepped out as a plus-sized model.

— Carre Otis

But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are…

— Carre Otis

From the time I started school, it was clear to everyone that I wasn't learning at the same pace as other kids.

— Carre Otis

I was essentially paid to perpetuate the myth that we are all, or should at least try to be, 17 and a size 2 forever.

— Carre Otis

I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn't have family to fall back on if I didn't work. I…

— Carre Otis

Motherhood has brought me many joys and insights, but the new perspective it granted me on the role I had inadvertently played in young…

— Carre Otis