Marion Nestle Quotes

After a lifetime of losing and gaining weight, I get it. No matter how you slice it, weight loss comes down to the simple formula of calories in, calories out.

I didn't know what to do with calories.

Biology sets the context, and that is critical, but obesity still boils down to whether a person eats too much or exercises enough.

At my heaviest, I was 5'8" and 175 pounds. I ate well, but in too large quantities, and I rarely made a concerted effort to burn off the extra calories. I'd beat myself up about being overweight, even though I had the tools to be in shape. Then I'd resort to an unhealthy diet to lose the weight that was making me self-conscious.

I am a big man, but I've allowed my condition to deteriorate by being overweight.

You can't eat cake and lose weight.

I could stand to lose some weight.

The thinnest people on the planet are those who eat the most carbohydrates.

Howie's doctor told him to lose ten pounds, and since Howie's been on a diet he's gained three.

We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity, salt imbalance, and allergies.

I mean, yeah, I want to lose some weight! I'm doing the best I can.

I would love to speak with First Lady Michelle Obama about the addictive component of obesity.

The problem with the standard American diet, a primary cause of our current obesity epidemic, is the fact that the majority of foods consumed are high in calories and low in micronutrients.

Obesity affects every aspect of a people's lives, from health to relationships.

While eating gluten-free may help you lose weight initially because it eliminates baked goods, one has to be smart when choosing replacement options because the gluten-free versions often have the same number of calories.

I feel like I am always battling to keep my weight down.

In America, we are engaged in constant battle with food.

Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight.

If you stop exercising - which I did - and if you stop watching your caloric intake - which I did - you're gonna get fat.

We can all put weight on or lose weight.

After working with many nutritionists, reading books, and practicing trial and error on my own body, I have finally found a way to control my weight without deprivation. I call my program 'Somersizing,' and Somersizing is not a diet. Diet is a nasty four-letter word that conjures up negative thoughts of sacrifice and obsession and guilt.

I would love to tell you I've found the secret to eternal youth. I go to the gym and avoid too many chips. I love to eat, hate to work out, but if you can't count all your ribs from a distance you're considered obese.

I've done every diet there is.

You can't exercise your way out of a bad diet.

You know as far as diet goes, for a while I was really obsessed with counting fat grams along with the rest of the world.