Michael Chiesa Quotes

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've never eaten just a few bites of things I liked in my life.

My weakness is dark chocolate. I carry little tins of it in my purse.

Depriving yourself will, ironically enough, lead to rebelling and weight gain.

My problem is desserts. I am obsessed with desserts.

I like food too much to go on some crazy diet. French fries are my favorite downfall.

When I'm on a strict eating regimen, at some point I have to have French fries, a cheeseburger and some pizza. And Oreos and vanilla ice cream!

I'm not into fad diets; I'm not into depriving. I like fast food, and I like chocolate.

Comfort food is really anything you want at that time. That said, I really love Naple-style pizza.

Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.

Everybody has a weakness. Mine is food.

I like to eat chocolate and pizza - that's my vice! - just like everyone else, but if I do it I have to keep it under control.

I can't walk by chocolate without eating it.

Personally, I like to yearn a little and long for the next episode. On the other hand, I'm also a glutton. My kids love to dive in and eat whole series at once.

I am somebody who is constantly hungry to nibble on something.

A cheat day for me, the first thing that I crave, I'll eat. That's my rule. So if I wake up and I want pancakes, I'm gonna eat pancakes. If I want a cheeseburger for lunch or for dinner, I'm gonna eat it. If I want fries, I'm gonna eat the fries.

Cutting to featherweight took months of intense weight cutting and training. Going to lightweight, I can fight more often.

I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.

After a weigh-in, you drink and put on the pounds. But it's just fluid, not muscle, so you get in the ring and feel flat.

I've had such a tough time making weight at 155 all the time. I'd make the weight, but I don't feel like the same kind of Sage. My power in my punches, my explosion, my speed - it just doesn't feel the same.

All weight cuts are hard.

I miss being able to pig out sometimes.

It was tough to make weight against Cerrone, and I passed out three times making weight for the Eddie Alvarez fight. One day you get to the limit.

There was a rumor I was walking around at 183 pounds. When I left my room to fight Conor McGregor, I was 179 pounds. That means by the time I walked in the cage, I was probably 175, 174 pounds.

Ice cream, I can't pass a gelateria without going in. Italy is a nightmare place for me to stay in shape.