Daphne Oz Quotes

Oh, I am such a little piggy. Everyone is always mad at me because I eat so much. They're like, 'How are you so skinny?' I eat more than my husband!

Toffee Crisp was my downfall. I once ate five at a sitting. Do you really need that third helping, Harry? My parents didn't overfeed me, nor did they make an issue of it. That's when things go wrong. It doesn't have to be a problem for children to be fat, but it does affect you: you aren't as happy in that skin.

Being fat worked, and I think that was what was confusing for me for a long time in my career.

I never let anyone know I was insecure about it - it was my own little thing - but I did have a problem being overweight. I always felt people were looking at me in a certain way as opposed to who I really was.

If I were thin, I'd never say 'I am powerless over fudge.' a) I can't believe I actually ever said that. b) Which, of course, isn't to say that I do have any power over fudge. Particularly if it has nuts.

It sucks being fat, you know.

Inside me there's a thin person struggling to get out, but I can usually sedate him with four or five cupcakes.

We ourselves hold the instrument that makes us fat. I just shake my head when I see someone eating cake and saying, 'Oh, I wish I wasn't heavy.' But they keep eating the cake!

I realized I was an anorexic, a bulimic, and a compulsive overeater.

A lot of people who are overweight - not everyone, but a lot of people - are dealing with issues such as emotional issues, stress issues. They become stress eaters and emotional eaters.

I'm fat! There's nothing else to call it.

I'm, like, a compulsive eater. I'm going to be so fat when I'm older, it's ridiculous.

Because you're fat, you feel that everybody's watching every bite you take. So, you closet-eat, and you think because nobody sees you eating, then you're not eating. You know, if you're eating a Big Mac in a closed car, can anybody hear you nosh? If I ate only what people saw me eat, I would've probably been about 170 pounds.

Who would have thought that the girl who was forced to go to the hospital because she's so skinny would one day be called too fat?

I struggle because I love food and sometimes I can't stop eating.

The interesting thing about overeating or being obese is there's this physical manifestation of it.

I read that book 'Fat is a Feminist Issue', got a bit desperate halfway through and ate it.

I've never seen an obese person who has said, 'I am well in my mind.' Happiness stops food being a compensation.

I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am.

I never starved myself.

Your humble critic confesses that he has been wrestling with 'weight issues' since leaving college lo these, uh, several years ago, so it's hard to be receptive to the moralistic scolding and patronizing encouragement offered endlessly by the allegedly well-meaning.

Most people think I'm from New York or something. I was, like, 70 pounds heavier than what I am, and I didn't get no girls... I was definitely more on the deep fried crab than I was on the baked chicken side.

I genuinely have no eating problem. I eat so much food. I think there's a lot of girls who are similar to me.

Red flag of the eating disorder: the muffin. Keep your eye on the ladies with the muffins... and sometimes I'll just eat the muffin top.

For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 lbs. I say by choice because you see I have never accidentally eaten anything.