“What many people believe to be an issue of willpower, is instead a biological drive. The power and intensity of the biological eating drive should not be understimated.”— Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch, amazon.com
“The body does not know that there is a McDonald's on every corner as you embark on a diet. As far as the body is concerned it is living in a famine state and adapts.”— Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch, amazon.com
“A novel study of over 2,000 sets of twins from Finland, aged 16 to 25 years old showed that dieting itself, independent of genetics, is significantly associated with accelerated weight gain and increased risk of becoming overweight.”— Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch, amazon.com
“If all we needed to be normal weight was knowledge about food and nutrition, most Americans wouldn't have weight problems. The information is readily available.”— Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch, amazon.com
“What makes the issue so slippery is the idea that by defining foods as 'clean' and 'unclean,' righteousness is introduced into the equation, and along with it, the weaponization of 'shameful' habits.”— Deena Drewis, girlboss.com
“It didn't take very long for me to reach the conclusion that there is nothing positive about shame. In any form, in any context and through any delivery system, shame is destructive. The idea that there are two types, healthy shame and toxic shame, did not bear out in any of my research.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“Courage could mean to slay the dragon. But could it also mean to tame our fears?”— Jane Spahr, amazon.com
“Even with all our awareness about media manipulation and eating disorders, the issue just does not seem to be getting better. Body image and weight emerged as a shame issue in approximately 90 percent of the women I interviewed.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“He couldn't stand me being sick. Nobody can. They only want to hear that you're healing, you're in recovery, taking it one day at a time. If you're locked into sick, you should stop wasting their time and just get dead.”— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com
“Eating what I wanted was not allowed. Wanting what I wanted was not allowed. I needed to sacrifice, atone, make up for being myself. For being fat.”— Geneen Roth, amazon.com
“In an April 2007 UCLA study of the effectiveness of dieting, researchers found that one of the best predictors of weight gain was having lost weight on a diet at some point during the years before the study started.”— Geneen Roth, amazon.com
“The great thing about being Sisyphus is that you have your work cut out for you.”— Geneen Roth, amazon.com
“Food is good and comfort is good. Except that when you are not hungry and want comfort, food is only a temporary palliative; why not address the discomfort directly?”— Geneen Roth, amazon.com
“If a woman can find the support she needs in order to experience, accept, and express her feelings, she need not worry that her obsessions with food and eating will worsen.”— Anita A. Johnston, amazon.com
“For example, women who crave warm foods such as soups and stews are often longing for emotional warmth in their lives. Those who crave sweets may either be missing sweetness in their lives or be trying to make themselves "sweeter." A craving for spicy foods may indicate a need for intellectual or em…”— Anita A. Johnston, amazon.com