Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes

I hate diets. Restriction makes me feel rebellious. I find that I look my best when I feel my best, whatever that takes. For me, above all else, it means being around the people I want to be with.

I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully.

If we chew every morsel of our food, in that way we become grateful, and when you are grateful, you are happy.

Throughout my life, I have tried to share my philosophy that getting and staying healthy doesn't have to feel like work. I don't diet or slave away in a gym - what I do is make excellent food choices.

I don't believe in depriving myself of any food or being imprisoned by a diet.

Enjoy your food, enjoy your life.

I'm not going to starve just to be thin... I want to enjoy life and I can't if I'm not eating and miserable.

I think I'm generally an upbeat person. Obviously I can get moody, but my whole philosophy is to try and have a good time.

Size 8 is great! That is my new motto. I was a 14 and 6 and 12. I think it's healthy. I like to eat, drink and be merry!

It's never been an issue for me - I don't want to go on a diet, I don't want to eat a Caesar salad with no dressing, why would I do that? I ain't got time for this, just be happy and don't be stupid. If I've got a boyfriend and he loves my body then I'm not worried.

My whole mentality is that I eat what I want within moderation, and I have a little bit of everything. If you deprive yourself, you get moody and unhappy, and you have to enjoy life.

My 93-year-old grandma is a beautiful example of healthy living. She laughs a lot and always says, 'Just be yourself!' She also eats dessert every single day.

The chocolate and crisps come in at times. You have to allow the little things that make you happy. I'm not extreme about what I eat.

Few men in their 70s looked as good as my father did. What was his secret? Genes, maybe, since he didn't exercise or diet, and he kept a candy drawer, drank a pot of black coffee every day, and read in the middle of the night. Still, he took such joy in being a dad - and in life in general - and his happiness showed.

You have to be a mindful eater. There has to be intention in what you do in your life if you're going to be happy and authentic. Food isn't supposed to be entertainment in the way that your kids, your work, and your relationship are.

If you eat good, you feel good. I would encourage every body else to do the same.

If in any case I did find error in that which I have collected from my natural understanding, I should count it good fortune, since I enjoy life, and endeavour to pass it not in weeping and sighing, but in peace, joy, and cheerfulness, and from time to time climb thereby a step higher.

Eating good food is, to me, one of life's greatest joys, and I will never punish myself for it.

My philosophy is to eat as healthy as I can whenever I can, but not to beat myself up when I don't.

I believe it's good to eat what makes you happy every once in a while. That's my key to staying healthy.

I tried every diet, from living on cabbage soup to fasting to Weight Watchers, and then came the frozen meals and the shakes. I realized that the more I took care of my body, eating what was good for me, then I felt happy and whole.

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.

If the soul be happily disposed, every thing becomes capable of affording entertainment, and distress will almost want a name.

All you have to do is think one happy thought, and you'll fly like me.

I'm a really big believer in self care. One of the ways I nourish my soul is I eat the way I live my life - joyfully.