Adam Richman Quotes

Cutting back on calories is not the answer to successful weight loss and successful health... you have to increase the quality of what you eat, not just reduce the quantity.

I need my food to keep my energy up, so I can't really diet.

It's smarter to look at portions than to count calories.

I stopped dieting on plain, boring, unsatisfying food and started eating rich, delicious meals full of flavor and, yes... fat. I got skinny on fat and realized I would never have to diet again.

Dieting isn't complicated: if you eat 2,000 calories, you have to burn it off; simple as that.

'Freedom dieters' often do well with programs that incorporate pretty basic rules, like intermittent fasting - simply don't eat for X period of time, then eat healthy foods. Very simple.

I can drink 15 pieces of fruit in a day. Nobody is going to sit down and eat that. I drink about 48 ounces a day. That constitutes about 50 percent of what I eat. And then I have one meal a day, some protein. I restrict calories.

I used to think that in order to be lean, I had to under-eat.

If you eat every two hours, your body doesn't really hold much fat, and it actually speeds up your metabolism.

I used to skip breakfast, but eating gets my metabolism going, so I burn more calories all day.

I hate dieting. Let's just say that.

Just eat less and exercise more.

People think that you can save calories by eating fewer meals a day, but it works just the opposite: the fewer meals you eat, the more counterproductive it becomes to you being able to lose weight.

I've been dieting my whole life because I have a tremendous appetite.

A mistake a lot of girls make is that they work out but don't eat enough. If you're not eating enough, all the work outs are doing, it's not going to show.

I've changed my diet a few times. Now I'm trying to eat more protein. I eat little meals throughout the day. I love food, so I still give myself great meals. Also, when I'm busy, it's easy to lose weight.

After my experiences with the 5:2 diet, I wasn't interested in a short-term fix that would fail later. I wanted a way of eating that made me lose weight without feeling deprived.

You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.

The first thing I would do for anyone who's trying to lose body fat, for instance, would be to remove foods from the house that he or she would consume during lapses of self-control.

Pasta doesn't make you fat. How much pasta you eat makes you fat.

Despite what many nutritionists have preached for years, rapid weight-loss diets can be healthy if done correctly and can work wonders on reducing pounds and inches in just days.

Here's the secret to weight loss: It's all about crowding out, not cutting out.

The weight comes off, you know? If you stop with the bread and the pie, it really does. It really works.

If you're going to lose weight, you have to do it by changing your way of thinking about food. It cannot be the highlight of your life.

I was thin in high school and then I gained weight. I went to a nutritionist. I learned for the first time about what things are healthy to eat, basically.