John Schneider Quotes

Yes, some people say to me you're too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.

I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could not refrain from telling such people so.

Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale.

I love the way my weight fluctuates in the newspapers. It was 18 stone and then people look at a bad picture of me and add a few more stone on. I think the highest was 22 stone.

My weight is something that people seem to talk about a lot.

I'm not in a position to tell heavy people anything.

Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in.

Sure, I'm sensitive about my weight. I don't do fat jokes.

I'm not thin. I don't starve myself.

I was never one of those fat-victim people. I always have to address how much weight I lost, and people always realize then how fat I was.

I absolutely didn't think, 'I am really fat, I must get thinner.'

On the Housewives I was real chunky. In person I don't look that fat.

No one comments if they think a man has lost weight or if they think he needs to eat more.

I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.

I'm no stranger to weight issues. I've had cellulite since I was about nine years old. I have enjoyed the uber support of Spanx many times.

In New York, if you weigh under 200 pounds and decline so much as a cookie at a co-worker's party, women will flock to your side, assuring you of your appealing physique. This is how skittish we are about the dangers of anorexia and the pressures of body image.

When I was larger, people said I was fat. Now that I've lost weight, they say I died.

I love fat people. Every fat person says it's not their fault, that they have gland trouble. You know which gland? The saliva gland.

I don't think it's good to constantly talk about your own weight and the fact that you look fat in jeans.

It's not good to put in a magazine what I weigh because it's too little. People freak out when they hear what I weigh. They think, 'Oh, you're too skinny.'

I was raised to be self-conscious about weight. Then as I got older and started doing television, it became a career issue, like, 'You have to lose weight or you'll lose that job.'

When I gain a pound it's in the headlines.

The pressure was if I didn't get into that dress size someone else would - someone else would get the job.

The pressure on women to be thin is like a plague. I have gone through my life, like a lot of women, rating my experiences on the basis of, 'Was I thin at that time or fat?' And it doesn't seem to let up.

As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, that a thin person was expected and awaited, and impatiently so.