John Joseph Adams Quotes

I had started losing weight. I mean he didn't know anything about the journey that I was on at that point obviously but from my highest weight of just over 300 pounds I lost about 45 pounds.

I didn't have to work out before 35 but now I have to.

After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.

I didn't know what I was getting into when I went vegan, but so many things changed. I shed 30 pounds. I felt better. I was doing better mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I was healing myself from the inside out.

When I stopped playing, I gave up exercising and put on some weight.

I can't see. I used to wear glasses off stage. Now I'm thinking of getting a pair of contract lenses.

But I'll tell you this: When I lose my athleticism, it's time to go.

I initially became a trainer in 2002 to help people shape their bodies, to help them look the way they wanted to look. This would reflect the way I was living. I was focusing on the exterior. Then in 2003/4, I had a paradigm shift. I started a business for bariatric patients, pre- and post-gastric bypass.

I'm a 50 year-old guy and I'm not in shape like I was when I was 30.

The only time I did not know how to be, physically, was when I lost a lot of weight. That was the only time I didn't understand my body.

I went from 220 pounds that I cut down for 'Moneyball' to almost 270-280 pounds for 'Ten Year.'

I have very poor eyesight, and I can't imagine a world without my glasses or contacts.

I get skinnier if I'm very busy.

I think that people's weight fluctuates. It happens. It happens to everybody.

I've had laser eye surgery and I don't wear glasses any more, so people just go, 'You're not Damien Hirst.' I don't get recognized on the street.

I learned how to eat right and learned portion control and how to exercise. Staying persistent over the years, I have been able to change the way I'm perceived on the outside.

The bad part about growing older is I'm going bald. The good part is my nose seems to be getting shorter.

I went in for a checkup, and when my doctor had me stand on the scale, even he was surprised. Seeing that number (which I'll take to the grave) was a turning point. I knew I needed to make a change. I cut out white flour and starches and worked with my doctor and a nutritionist to develop a plan.

One day I may be meeting you and hearing how you've changed your life by saying, 'Farewell to Fat'.

Oh my God, I used to get heartburn and all sorts of indigestion and stuff because I didn't feel well. And you know, I sit a lot because I write, and I gained a whole bunch of weight. My vanity just got to me, and I was like, 'I've got to do something!'

I recently lost 50 pounds. I'm hovering on the cusp of a size eight, which seems unbelievable.

I run every day now. I never ran before.

Eighteen months ago I weighed 95kg and had a 40-inch waist. Now the waist is down to 34 inches and I weigh nearly 98kg.

Before I was working out, if somebody told me that I would actually choose fruit over french fries, I would never believe them.

I never really knew what to do with my hair to begin with. When I was fat, I had incredibly long, unkempt hair. And there was kind of a poetic justice to losing something I was hiding behind.