I wasn’t a woman who stayed tiny like I thought I would. I definitely gave myself the freedom to eat what I wanted.

Garner reflects on changing expectations about her body and appetite, contrasting an earlier belief that she would remain “tiny” with a later, more accepting stance. The emphasis on “freedom” frames eating not as a moral failing or loss of discipline but as a reclaimed autonomy—permission to nourish herself and enjoy food without constant self-surveillance. The quote also gestures toward the pressures placed on women (especially public figures) to maintain a narrow physical ideal, and it subtly resists that ideal by normalizing bodily change over time. Its significance lies in shifting the narrative from control and restriction to self-compassion and realistic embodiment.