Camila Mendes Quotes

I've never been on a diet and never will.

Be careful about what you eat because otherwise you get fat! Do you like to be fat? Eat very, very, very little things. Almost starve, but I don't starve, because I eat very much.

Once you have to start counting calories, it takes away from the joy of eating.

I dieted all the time in the Sixties, but we had no idea what dieting meant - we thought it meant not eating anything.

I feel like I am always battling to keep my weight down.

I'm greedy, but I've always watched what I eat because I want to look good. I gave up butter, cream and sugar years ago.

I've never been on a fad diet.

I love eating. Unfortunately, I have to be really determined and control my foodie temptations. That is the only thing I don't like about being an actress; the constant need to check my weight. Otherwise, I love my job!

For many years, I was obsessed about what I was eating, how many calories it had, and how much exercise I'd have to do.

Ultimately, for me, weight is something I have to deal with every year, but I do it with food because I love food. But it's a struggle; it's something that I think about.

I've spent my whole life feeling I should watch what I eat but actually don't.

I don't want to encourage eating disorders.

I've always been conscious of my weight.

If I have to get into a bikini, then I eat carrot sticks for three days.

Sometimes I've had to put myself on a diet.

If you're an actress, you're always on one diet or another - it's a way of life.

Diets are a fool's errand.

If you want to have more options as an actor, you just need to watch your weight, and I've ignored that fact for several years quite happily. Now the chicks have come home to roost.

I've never had body issues, I've never had an eating disorder. I've never had to go on a diet and that's because of Weight Watchers.

I really don't like talking about diets.

I'll immediately gain, like, 5 pounds even just by thinking about cutting out dessert. It's a nightmare. I decided, for me, the healthiest thing was to eat what I want and just exercise. Some women can watch what they eat, but I just can't do that.

Everyone would talk about their diets and working out and what it made me do was go to craft services where all the food for the cast and crew was and I would eat.

Eating smart is all about having an awareness of your body. The most obvious way to do that is by seeing it. So when you're trying to lose weight, spend more time wearing less. I don't think I could eat a plate of nachos naked - could you?

I used to be a workout fiend and I was so unhappy because I wanted to eat what I wanted to eat. So now if I know I have to be in a bikini, I'll obviously watch what I eat for a week.

I never starved myself.