Quotes tagged ‘weight loss’

“I used to be a fat pig. Well, I still am, but basically I only turned professional five fights ago, because before that I was out drinking, out with women of the night to all hours, then I’d come in the next day and fight 12 rounds or knock someone out.”

— Tyson Fury, youtube.com

“Grandpa: What the... what the hell is this? John: That's lite beer. Grandpa: Gee, I weigh ninety goddamn pounds, and you bring me this sloppin' foam? John: Ariel's got me on a diet because the doc said my cholesterol's a little too high. Grandpa: Well let me tell you something now, Johnny. Last Thur…”

— Mark Steven Johnson, Grandpa Gustafson, Burgess Meredith, imdb.com

“Yeah. I lost thirty pounds, and I stopped Valium and heroin in the same thirty days.”

— Courtney Love, amazon.com

“Undress in front of a mirror, take a good look at yourself. There you will see the scars of war.”

— Marianne Williamson, insider.com

“I don’t want to drown in motherhood. I don’t want my daughter to gasp under this weight.”

— Laura Sievers, humanparts.medium.com

“Food will never be just a quick, cheap pleasure for me.”

— Tommy Tomlinson, medium.com

“There’s no doubt: If I wrote down everything that would be better if I lose weight, the list would be as long as the Old Testament. If I wrote down everything that might get worse, it wouldn’t fill up an index card. But this is why people buy insurance—to hedge against unlikely disasters.”

— Tommy Tomlinson, theatlantic.com

“It costs exactly zero dollars to be kind to new people at your gym who might already be uncomfortable just being there.”

— Maya Kosoff, allure.com

“I stopped fighting. And I started allowing myself to just be.”

— Your Fat Friend, buzzfeed.com

“I’ve officially lost over 45 pounds. I’ve started to implement a bit of exercise and I’m seeing immediate results.”

— Jenna Jameson, inquisitr.com

“Rhoda Morgenstern: How can you gorge yourself and stay so skinny? I'm so hungry I can't stand it. Mary Richards: Why don't you eat something? Rhoda Morgenstern: I can't. I've got to lose 10 pounds by 8:30.”

— Treva Silverman, Rhoda Morgenstern, Valerie Harper, imdb.com

“When you know you can truly eat whatever food or meals you want -- without guilt, why would you choose to feel physically uncomfortable?”

— Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch, amazon.com

“When I broke up with my girlfriend from college — SO sad. I lost 30 pounds, and I couldn’t move or talk or get my dick hard. BUT, it also made me go, ‘Hey. Who am I and what do I want?’ And then I was like BOOM. I know who I am. I wanted to switch majors, and buy a circular saw, and I promised mysel…”

— Dan Sterling, Lena Dunham, Adam Sackler, Adam Driver, imdb.com

“I can't lose weight, Butters, because I'm not fat, I'm big-boned. You can't slim down bones, stupid!”

— Glasgow Phillips, Eric Cartman, Trey Parker, imdb.com

“Our experience has shown us that if you're meant to get to your natural ideal weight, you need to loosen up on yourself, put weight loss on the back burner, and treat your body with respect.”

— Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch, amazon.com

“Is a daily weight fluctuation normal? If you weigh yourself every morning, you probably notice that the number on the scale can change significantly from one day to the next.”

— Malia Frey, verywellfit.com

“You have to eat protein. You can't have hash browns, or burgers, or anything fried. You can't have carbs. You have to work out five times a week.”

— Chris Pratt, esquire.com

“You have to prove that you deserve to have yourself cut open.”

— Roxane Gay, medium.com

“A man from Washington, D.C., emailed me and told me, just in case I didn’t know, that walking three times a week is healthy and contributes to weight loss as if such a thing had never occurred to me.”

— Roxane Gay, medium.com

“I don’t even want to, like, lose weight to live long or be healthy. I don’t. I just want to be able to make fun of fat people again.”

— Tom Segura, scrapsfromtheloft.com