Quotes for All
MYOB – mind your own body. It’s important because I don’t happen to have the kind of body that we usually see on television and in films. I am plus-size. I have dark skin. And I am 100 percent beautiful. But I get a lot of flak – oh, you should lose weight. And now … Read more
What matters most with any regimen, whether it’s to lose weight or stop drinking or smoking, is your willingness to seek help and your desire to say ‘no more. Ewan McGregor
I try to run every time I’m in a new city or country – you just put your shoes on and go. It’s very therapeutic, and it also works for me when I want to lose weight. Eva Longoria
A few years ago, I thought, I’ll never make it. I started to go to the doctor to help me lose weight. Etta James
In two decades I’ve lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet. Erma Bombeck
In a way women are fleshier because of estrogen. It’s hard for us to lose weight because when we get super skinny we don’t ovulate. Women in camps during the Holocaust didn’t menstruate and didn’t ovulate. They were starving; they were terrified. Why emulate that condition? It’s nonsensical to me. Erica Jong
I’m not classically pretty; I’ve always been too heavy; I’ve had thyroid disease and it’s very hard for me to lose weight – but I’ve always had men pursue me. I’ve always had that ‘it’ thing. God knows why. Maybe it’s pheromones, I don’t know. Erica Jong
Do not feed your ego and your problems with your attention. …Slowly, surely, the ego will lose weight, until one fine day it will be nothing but a thin ghost of its former self. You will be able to see right through it, to the divine presence that shines in each of us. Eknath Easwaran
There was something stubborn in me that didn’t want to lose weight to attract a man. If the right man came along, he’d be able to see my virtues magically. Once he kissed me, the frog would turn into a prince. I had become a trick question, a heavy disguise, but behind the disobliging exterior … Read more
I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did. Fran Drescher