“Cheating men change physically. Their love handles disappear, their posture changes and their muscle tone/definition returns. It's the body's primal means of preparing for courtship — he's readying himself to attract a mate.”— Charles J. Orlando, yourtango.com
“Wanna lose 1200 calories a month? Drink a liter of ice water a day. You burn the energy just raising the water to body temp.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.com
“It’s imperative that the guy who’s going to be penetrating me is trustworthy and gentle, and not an asshole. Assholes don’t mix with my asshole. I’m going to be getting in sexual positions where my body will look fleshy and revolting. It will seem like I’ve magically gained 20 pounds somewhere for n…”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon.”— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com
“When we lose twenty pounds, we may be losing the best twenty pounds we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty.”— Woody Allen, books.google.com
“I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.”— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com
“If someone called me chubby, it would no longer be something that kept me up late at night. Being called fat is not like being called stupid or unfunny, which is the worst thing you could ever say to me. Do I envy Jennifer Hudson for being able to lose all that weight and look smokin’ hot? Of course…”— Mindy Kaling, amazon.com
“I would only lose weight if it affected my health or sex life, which it doesn't.”— Adele, books.google.com
“My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped.”— Drew Barrymore, books.google.com
“Look in the mirror with curiosity rather than fear. So I may look at my reflection and think, ‘That’s interesting. I wonder why my body seems bigger today than it did yesterday. Maybe it’s water weight. Maybe it’s my outfit. Or maybe my eyes are just playing tricks on me.’ I know it’s not possible f…”— Jenni Schaefer, amazon.com
“Let me ask you something, in all the years that you have undressed in front of a gentleman has he ever asked you to leave? Has he ever walked out and left? No? It's because he doesn't care! He's in a room with a naked girl, he just won the lottery.”— Elizabeth Gilbert, books.google.com
“Say bye-bye to feeling bad about your looks. Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others. This is a call to arms. A call to be gentle, to be forgiving, t…”— Oprah Winfrey, books.google.com
“I don't get it. I just don't get it. If Art is supposed to imitate Life, why do they want all the actors to be thin? There are fat people in the world. Shouldn't there be a few of us actors to represent them?”— Camryn Manheim, amazon.com
“Ginika told her that ‘fat’ in America was a bad word, heaving with moral judgement like ‘stupid’ or ‘bastard,’ and not a mere description liked ‘short’ or ‘tall.’ So, she had banished the word ‘fat’ from her vocabulary…She said the word ‘fat’ slowly, funneling it back and forward, and thought about…”— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, amazon.com
“It's too bad we're not all teddy bears. More stuffing would only make us cuter and cuddlier.”— Richelle E. Goodrich, amazon.com
“I scroll through iPhone photos and see that if I delete pictures of myself with a double chin, I will erase all proof of my glorious life.”— Helen Ellis, amazon.com
“'Fat’ is usually the first insult a girl throws at another girl when she wants to hurt her. I mean, is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me.”— J.K. Rowling, books.google.com
“I’ve been chained to my bathroom scale for two decades now. I’ve used the number on my scale to tell me if I’m valuable or not. I’ve let the number on my scale destroy many beautiful opportunities in my life such as scheduling family photos, having fun at the beach, or giving myself 100% in intimacy…”— Dan Pearce, amazon.com