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Dieting

A diet is a plan, generally hopeless, for reducing your weight, which tests your will power but does little for your waistline. – Herbert B. Prochnow

Dieters live life in the fasting lane. – Author unknown

As for food, half of my friends have dug their graves with their teeth. – Chauncey M. Depew

To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing. – Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1876

The commonest form of malnutrition in the western world is obesity. – Mervyn Deitel

Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled over how much weight you have gained. – Author unknown

I thought “clean eating” was devouring cupcakes while mopping the floor. – Internet meme

When you lose food as a friend, you may miss it at first but soon you will see all the things it was taking away from you. – Laura Houssain

I am not a glutton — I am an explorer of food. – Erma Bombeck

Obesity is a condition which proves that the Lord does not help those who help themselves and help themselves and help themselves. – Author unknown

History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today. – Harold MacMillan

A waist is a terrible thing to mind. – Tom Wilson

The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates. – Dave Barry

Gluttony is not a secret vice. – Orson Welles

If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: french-fried potatoes are out. – Jean Kerr

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. – Orson Welles

The only way to lose weight is to check it as airline baggage. – Peggy Ryan

Never eat more than you can lift. – Miss Piggy

If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner. – H.S. Leigh

Obesity is a mental state, a disease brought on by boredom and disappointment. – Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave