Joe Thomas Quotes

It takes about four days of virtuous living to create a little weight loss. That also happens to be the time required to get used to eating less. In other words, if you can get past day three of a fitness regimen, things improve.

The first thing I did on my diet was take the batteries out of the remote control and make myself get up and change the channel. That's probably the hardest exercise I did.

I was completely unhealthy, obese, so I committed to running three miles every morning for six months and following a strict diet, and 100 pounds came off.

A lot of people are doing something about their weight, but by their own reckoning, it isn't enough to get the results they want.

I work out every day, and I eat 1,200 calories. Here's the truth - like I've said to everybody, 'Every diet works if you follow the diet.'

I had to want to lose weight myself.

I have too busy a schedule to stick to an exercise plan, so I decided to diet.

It was challenging getting myself into the mindset to lose the weight. Once I got there, the weight dropped off quickly.

I always knew I was going to lose weight.

The big difference for me is that, as I get older, I find it's a lot easier to stay in shape than it is to get back in shape.

Whenever you're looking at new ways to get in shape, first you have to decide what you want. Do you want a more muscular look, or do you want to slim down and appear more toned and ripped? I adapt my training and diet with each role I do, depending on the image I want to convey.

It wasn't until I began to work out in earnest that I became aware of what I was eating. When I became more mindful about exercise, I became more mindful about eating.

I am blessed with a good metabolism, and as long as I work out, carbs don't add to my weight. If I need a leaner, meaner look for a film, I go off carbs for a bit.

I'm just not one of these guys who, like, you know, woke up with a six-pack. I need Skittles. I have to eat very particularly and I have to work out like a madman. And then it looks like... okay.

I have this view that losing weight is easy, keeping it off is hard because keeping it off is the discipline.

I just got tired of being overweight and unfit, so I changed my diet from hamburgers to yogurt and muesli, and it seems to work.

I got on the scale and I weighed around 203. I'm only 5'7. I was about to turn 30, and I wasn't active anymore. So I started working with a nutritionist and a trainer. I played basketball twice a week. And soon it all just became a habit for me. I became addicted to something good for a change.

I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. It worked. I lost 30 days!

Once you start losing weight and seeing results, you're like, 'I want to see more!'

I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else.

I have been on a diet since 1962.

My reason and inspiration to lose weight and stay fit is my youngest son, Anant, who is fighting obesity. I would like to be an example for him.

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

Exercise is the main thing that helped me lose weight.

I cut out bread, I don't eat after 6 P.M., and I go on walks, and it's had a great effect.