Gene Weingarten Quotes

I never weigh myself.

Be careful about what you eat because otherwise you get fat! Do you like to be fat? Eat very, very, very little things. Almost starve, but I don't starve, because I eat very much.

Eating smart is all about having an awareness of your body. The most obvious way to do that is by seeing it. So when you're trying to lose weight, spend more time wearing less. I don't think I could eat a plate of nachos naked - could you?

I never starved myself.

I didn't have any eating disorder or food addiction, but I struggle like every single person with my weight every day. Honestly, a day does not go by where I am not thinking about what I am eating.

I never get on a scale now. I really don't know what I weigh. I don't care.

I was really obsessed with dieting.

I don't weigh myself. I don't have a scale in the house.

Weight is just not a hot button. In fact, during my life, it probably should have been on my radar screen a bit more. I look back at work photos and am shocked. Was I eating the people I was interviewing?! Good Lord, I was big.

Young girls look to me as a role model and think I crash diet to keep slim. That's not true, I always eat properly.

The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder.

Many of us are tethered to bodies that sabotage us in our struggle to keep from getting fat, or to slim down when we do.

If I have to get into a bikini, then I eat carrot sticks for three days.

When it comes to boys and her weight, I think Ellenor is much more conservative than I am, and she has not had the dialogue I have had about my weight.

You might think the thinner version of yourself is going to be the most positive or confident, but that's not how it is for me. When I'm over 200 pounds, that's when I'm the most confident version of myself.

It took a lot of time to develop a healthier relationship with food and with my weight.

At my heaviest, I was 5'8" and 175 pounds. I ate well, but in too large quantities, and I rarely made a concerted effort to burn off the extra calories. I'd beat myself up about being overweight, even though I had the tools to be in shape. Then I'd resort to an unhealthy diet to lose the weight that was making me self-conscious.

I am self-conscious, and I'm aware of my body. But I struggle with America's limited idea of what perfection is.

I was a bit overweight as a teenager, which may be why I'm more comfortable playing with clothes than showing my body.

I'm terrible at sticking to any sort of diet. The more I think I can't eat something, the more I want to eat it. And I know this is the most annoying thing for a girl to say, but I'm just really lucky; I can eat pretty much what I want.

I'll immediately gain, like, 5 pounds even just by thinking about cutting out dessert. It's a nightmare. I decided, for me, the healthiest thing was to eat what I want and just exercise. Some women can watch what they eat, but I just can't do that.

I feel like I am always battling to keep my weight down.

I don't mind being slightly fat-ish, I just don't want to be fat.

Even in normal life, I'm not the skinniest model.

I'm greedy, but I've always watched what I eat because I want to look good. I gave up butter, cream and sugar years ago.