Sarah Baker Quotes

Yes and, you know, I can't use the nice words anymore because I used to chicken out by using them. I used to call myself plus size, used to call myself chubby. I used to call myself overweight.

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.

I've always been an overweight girl, and I've never had an issue with that. I'm very comfortable with my body.

Our weights fluctuate: Some people gain or lose, even friends who are average size. If I would say 'I'm fat,' my friends would say, 'Don't say that!' And I'd think, 'Are you offended, you can't handle the word? Or do you think I am embarrassed?'

When I walk through an airport and people go, 'You're not fat!' I'm like, 'Thanks. That's great. Good to know I'm not fat today! Thank you!'

I figured being fat was my destiny.

I don't mind that I'm fat. You still get the same money.

I make a point to never, ever point out my physical flaws... this is advice I give to women as often as I can. People don't notice the things we see in ourselves that we hate, so why direct them to it?

I sympathize far more with heavier people than I ever will with thin. I'll never be thin. Let's be honest.

Don't get hung up on the size. If you feel bad about yourself because a 12 is what fits, take a Sharpie, and write '6' on the label.

I don't weigh myself - it's all about how I feel in my clothes.

I've never been supercritical about my body.

When you look at yourself in a mirror, do you like what you see, or do you judge your body and use the word to tell yourself lies? If you believe that you are not attractive enough, then you believe a lie, and you are using the word against yourself, against the truth.

When I was married, or a few years ago, I never thought I was fat. I never thought I was huge. I was like, 'I still look good. I'm just made to have curves or be a little bigger.'

If you say you're fat, all of a sudden people like you!

If someone calls you fat and you are fat, then it will be hurtful only if you feel you should not be fat.

Obviously I probably have internalized fatphobia about myself and what the world has ingrained in us.

When I describe myself as fat to people, whether it's a driver, anywhere around the world, or a friend, and I'm like, 'Oh, it's just because I'm fat,' people are like, 'Don't say that about yourself.'

I've been called fat my whole life. I am fat, so it's kind of silly to get mad about it.

I'm not fat. I'm fluffy!

I suffer from an amazing amount of insecurities, and I'm grateful that my body image, it's normally not something I pay attention to.

If I like myself at this weight, then this is what I'm going to be. I don't have an eating disorder.

On a scale of one to 10, I'd rate my body confidence as a good seven. Everyone has their hang-ups, but I see my body as a training tool and I feel good about it.

It's easy to be critical of ourselves and other women around us. We stand in front of the mirror and only focus on the things we hate about our body and our appearance. But I encourage you to change that attitude the next time you are in front of the mirror.

We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at us from the mirror. That's the repository of that lovely identity that you keep chasing all your life.