“Some observers see an even darker underbelly to our reliance on the BMI, though: there’s a lot of money to be made off of it, and it sure isn’t going towards helping caregivers find better solutions.”— Danielle Cohen, gq.com
“I'm done with you weighing me down.”— Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, Sam Pitman, Adam Cole-Kelly, Mia Carter, Tiffany Haddish, imdb.com
“My word is everything. What is yours worth?”— Chris Butler, Sir Lionel Frost (voice), Hugh Jackman, imdb.com
“Oh, now Shy, you never ask a girl 'How old are you?' or 'How much do you weigh?' or 'Do you love your ex-husband?'”— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Miriam “Midge” Maisel, Rachel Brosnahan, imdb.com
“I won’t exactly look like the Hulk — maybe more like Superman after having a few Chipotle burritos — but it’s possible that I’ll require alterations nonetheless. And as per my contract, if I do, I’ll bear full financial responsibility for them.”— E.J. Dickson, nytimes.com
“A couple of weeks ago, I was hanging out with a group of friends, and we were exchanging horror stories about exes. In response to a particularly terrible story, one of the women said that she hoped the ex in question was fat now. Is fat the worst thing we can wish upon a person?”— Mandy Cowley, huffpost.com
“I don’t want to drown in motherhood. I don’t want my daughter to gasp under this weight.”— Laura Sievers, humanparts.medium.com
“There’s no doubt: If I wrote down everything that would be better if I lose weight, the list would be as long as the Old Testament. If I wrote down everything that might get worse, it wouldn’t fill up an index card. But this is why people buy insurance—to hedge against unlikely disasters.”— Tommy Tomlinson, theatlantic.com
“The idea that we have to look a certain way to achieve any form of status in life is one of the hardest belief systems to change.”— Tanessa Holt, scarymommy.com
“It costs exactly zero dollars to be kind to new people at your gym who might already be uncomfortable just being there.”— Maya Kosoff, allure.com
“You did not fail to keep the weight off because you are lazy, weak, or undisciplined. It's not because you didn't want it badly enough. You regained that weight because the contributors to your body weight, such as what, when, and how much you eat, as well as how you expend energy (including your in…”— Linda Bacon, amazon.com
“External rules, such as belief systems about good foods, bad foods, or appropriate amounts or time to eat, drown out our innate ability to respond to setpoint cues.”— Linda Bacon, amazon.com
“It really isn't your fault that you can't keep lost weight off; your body is simply doing its best to protect and support you.”— Linda Bacon, amazon.com
“Crying helps me slow down and obsessive over the weight of life’s problems.”— Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Sadness (voice), Phyllis Smith, imdb.com
“Oh, I'm sorry, did my pin get in the way of your ass? Do me a favor and lose five pounds immediately or get out of my building like now!”— Ben Stiller, Drake Sather, Jacobim Mugatu, Will Ferrell, imdb.com