Gena Lee Nolin Quotes

I had some real health complications with my HRT - hormone replacement therapy.

It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.

The interesting thing about overeating or being obese is there's this physical manifestation of it.

If you walk down the street, within five minutes you will see someone who is morbidly obese or obese.

There are less than 1 per cent of anorexic girls, but there more than 30 per cent of girls in France - I don't know about England - that are much, much overweight. And it is much more dangerous and very bad for the health.

Yeah! I got type-two diabetes! I'm sure there's going to be some media scandal now, saying I got it because I gained and lost weight for movie parts or something - but I doubt that.

I really discovered I had thyroid disease by accident. My son was having some health concerns, and as I filled out his patient history I noticed I had a lot of similar symptoms. I mentioned it to the doctor, and he ran blood work and finally an ultrasound of my thyroid.

This league is getting big. We have way more 300-pound guys than ever before. That's not to say all the people in athletics who have died are 300-pound guys. There are so many different reasons.

In the fall of 2012 I did drop some weight, and then it all came back on and then some, just like the average person who deals with this goes through.

I still represent for overweight adults and kids, but I am also now painfully and personally aware of the health issues.

I've gone through a lot as far as health.

I've always tried very hard to gain weight since I was very young.

I think the U.S. has ultrasensitivity about weight loss.

I definitely gain weight, and I'm not naturally thin.

I don't know why we have this shame about obesity, but it's kind of a good thing that we have this shame about obesity - we shouldn't accept the fact that everyone is obese.

I've been trying to put weight on my whole life, and I've been able to do it.

When I was overweight, my back hurt, and my ankles would swell up. It wasn't the weight itself but the problems it brought along that bothered me.

Being 300-some pounds is not always healthy. You can say what you want about it, I don't want to do it.

I gained weight, and that started a 32-year struggle with weight and exercise and body image problems.

When you have a family as big as mine, there are many things that affect my family members, in many different ways. It could be high blood pressure, it could be cholesterol, it could be obesity, it could be sleep deprivation or sleep apnea. An illness is an illness, especially if it affects younger kids. Illnesses affect your family and they impact you because you want to do the best you can to help your family member become more healthy, just as my family members want me to be healthy.

When I talk to kids who are overweight, I see my face on their bodies.

It's so important that people get tested and find out what they're allergic to, because they might be struggling with their weight or health issues and not realize that they're actually just allergic to the food they're eating.

My weight blew up to 400 lbs and I couldn't bend down to tie my own shoelaces.

I've been underweight my entire life but not so much that I didn't get my period.

Some of us have tough lives and find chocolate is a comfort and a friend. And some of us prefer a night on the sofa with Ant & Dec to hitting the gym. But whatever your excuse - and there is always an excuse - we are a nation of fatties.