When we lose twenty pounds… we may be losing the twenty best pounds we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty. – Woody Allen
A diet is the penalty we pay for exceeding the feed limit. – Author unknown
More die in the United States of too much food than of too little. – John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society
Thou shouldst eat to live, not live to eat. – Cicero, Rhetoricorum LV
Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake. – Author unknown
Diets are for those who are thick and tired of it. – Mary Tyler Moore
I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles. – Laurie Halse Anderson
In the Middle Ages, they had guillotines, stretch racks, whips and chains. Nowadays, we have a much more effective torture device called the bathroom scale. – Stephen Phillips
I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on. – Jean Kerr, “Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall,” The Snake Has All the Lines, 1958
People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas. – Author unknown
Food is fuel, not therapy. – Author unknown
When friends tell you how awesome you look, drop the “I still have more to go” crap. You worked hard and you deserve the compliment! – Jillian Michaels
The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life. – Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave
Avoid any diet that discourages the use of hot fudge. – Don Kardong
If nature had intended our skeletons to be visible it would have put them on the outside of our bodies. – Elmer Rice
I keep trying to lose weight — but it keeps finding me! – Author unknown
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond. – Mae West
Rich, fatty foods are like destiny: they too, shape our ends. – Author unknown
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends. – Author unknown
If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution. – Author unknown
