“I've had weight issues all my life. I've been on all the diets: Atkins, liquid protein, Scarsdale diet. Now I go to the gym often. I'm always on the StairMaster, and I do weights.”
Diet culture promises transformation but often delivers guilt. These quotes take a broader view — covering nutrition, health, willpower, and the complicated relationship most of us have with food and the bodies we live in.
“You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You don't want to make a steady diet of fried chicken.”
“I've had weight issues all my life. I've been on all the diets: Atkins, liquid protein, Scarsdale diet. Now I go to the gym often. I'm always on the StairMaster, and I do weights.”
“I've never been a huge sweets eater, and I've always loved a Mediterranean diet. We eat a lot of dark leafy greens, and a couple meals each week are meat-free. We enjoy eating a balanced diet.”
“In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.”
“It's never been an issue for me - I don't want to go on a diet, I don't want to eat a Caesar salad with no dressing, why would I do that? I ain't got time for this, just be happy and don't be stupid. If I've got a boyfriend and he loves my body then I'm not worried.”
“I don't believe in dieting.”
“There were years when I was a beer and tequila guy, then I got real fat. And then I found that you could actually go on a diet and drink scotch. Then I got hooked on scotch, and if you get hooked on scotch, then everything else just tastes wrong.”
“The only way you get that fat off is to eat less and exercise more.”
“If you can eat 70 percent raw or introduce raw into your diet, it will help your health.”
“Our pets rely on us entirely for their nutrition. So if you're making your own judgments, that could lead to a mistake. At the same time, we have more control over our pet's diet than we do with our children or with ourselves, so your vet can tell you what is appropriate for your dog and you can assign them that.”
“Right now I'd love to be sitting on a Greek island somewhere because of being Greek American, eating great octopus salad and some fantastic lamb. Or sipping a little ouzo. I think the Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest... Lots of nuts, vegetables, fruits, fresh fish, lean meats, yogurt.”
“We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food and other companies to address diet and physical activity factors in order to prevent chronic diseases.”
“I pay attention to my diet to be a healthier gymnast, but I'm not obsessive over it.”
“Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard.”
“Lifestyle change and changes in diet work faster, better and more cheaply than any medication and are as effective or more effective than gastric bypass without any side effects or long-term complications.”
“French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.”