DeAndre Yedlin Quotes

As an athlete, you're brought up with that mentality that you finish everything you start. If you're going to start a meal, you're going to finish it until the plate is clean. I had to change that mentality to one of where, 'I eat until I'm full and leave the rest.'

Scientifically, it has been proven that after three bites, your palate has been satisfied. It doesn't matter what you eat. So if you eat one boule of ice cream, that's all you need. You don't have to eat pint after pint after pint.

Leave the table while you still feel you could eat a little more.

Eating a high-nutrient diet actually makes you more satisfied with less food, and actually gives the ability to enjoy food more without overeating.

There are days when I literally have to eat 17 plates of food - it's intense. It's about moderation. You just need a few bites to get the gist of a dish.

I don't diet. I just don't eat as much as I'd like to.

From abundance springs satiety.

I'm not good at eating small meals. Some people can sit down and be very disciplined. When I sit down at a meal, I sort of eat everything I can reach. I know medical people say that's exactly the wrong formula, but I've made it this far.

Many live to eat, instead of the other way around.

Don't eat till you're full, eat till you're tired.

Stop eating before you're full.

There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony.

I used to look at a pint of Haagen-Dazs and call it a serving size.

Never eat while doing something else, because you won't get the satisfaction from your food and you'll be more likely to overeat.

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.

Do not skip meals. Eat three meals a day and eat until you feel satisfied and comfortably full.

When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less.

Honestly, I'm blessed with good genes and a good sense of discipline - I eat whatever I want, but I eat very controlled portions and stop when I'm full.

Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.

The fact is, I diet every day of my life. I have to work at it. But I diet so I can pig out.

I love to eat everything and you pretty much can - a little piece of something fattening is not going to kill you. It's when you eat the whole box that it's going to kill you.

I've never believed in dieting, but there are people out there who have problems. My advice would be don't ever stop yourself to a point where you start craving something, because you end up bingeing. I think the key word is moderation.

Never order food in excess of your body weight.

We need to eat and enjoy it but control it. That's what I do now.