Paula Broadwell Quotes

Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer.

I was completely unhealthy, obese, so I committed to running three miles every morning for six months and following a strict diet, and 100 pounds came off.

I always enjoyed sport. I was a bit of a wild child, to be honest, and just loved running around.

I eat things I shouldn't eat all the time. I have to work out so I can enjoy myself! I like to run, and I'll do body weight stuff: push-ups, squats, lunges, pull-ups.

Whenever I have time, I do my fitness. I go running on my own on Sundays or on Eid. I'd rather gym every day than go watch movies.

I don't have any plans to ever diet again, but exercising does help with life. Endorphins are real, and it's annoying because I don't like to exercise. I hate running, but I started weightlifting, like, 150 pounds, and it's fun, and it makes me feel accomplished.

You can work out until you're blue in the face and run a thousand miles a week, but none of it will matter if you aren't eating well.

I am a fitness freak, and I do not celebrate any festivity in a grand way during the months of December and January because I am busy preparing for my marathon.

I actually did not like to run. It was probably my least favorite thing that I had to do, and then in 1999, I was diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic. It was really strange. One good thing to do for diabetes is to exercise. I don't really like gyms anymore, and I travel quite a bit, so I realized that you can just take shoes and shorts and run anywhere.

I didn't get into fitness until my late twenties. I had put on a lot of weight; I was quite chubby and feeling really depressed. But exercise helped everything - the body and the mind.

When I'm home, I like to plan out all of my workout routines and all of my eating for the whole week.

The gratification you feel from making tangible progress while running is just about unparalleled, so I understand why people love it. But it's also hard, grueling work. Those feel-good benefits have to be earned four to five times a week.

I'm not one of those people who can eat whatever I want and never go to the gym. I have to work hard for any results I see.

I was quite chubby, so when I started dancing professionally I had to work hard to stay slim.

If you don't have time, just run on a treadmill. It makes you want to eat better.

Sport is a great way to keep fit. It's a stress reliever.

I would be lying if I said I wanted to wake up and work out every day.

You can change your body shape by permitting yourself to exercise and eat a healthy diet and so on - and we've heard miraculous stories of people who have lost hundreds of pounds, and they look like a completely different person - but that's not the norm for the average person, and a lot of times, people don't get that way in a healthy way.

I don't take rest days.

You got to attack every workout.

My body works best when I'm playing all the time, so when I work more and I play more, I feel better.

I have to eat healthy, and I recover. I run, and I lift weights.

I don't like tan lines, and I work out a lot.

It's just so fun to wake up in the morning and have new muscles on your body. It does make you feel like a bigger, better version of yourself.

When my jeans feel too tight, I know I need to cut back on desserts and step up my workouts.