Joey Chestnut Quotes

Reminded of what a diet really is, I began eating more slowly, being more conscious of when I was full. I started to enjoy my buckwheat bread with goat cheese and pureed butternut-squash soup as a response to real hunger.

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

I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat.

Food is intensely pleasurable, and people are afraid that if they change the way they eat, they'll stop having pleasure.

Why is it when you're dieting, you crave everything?

I used to eat because food tastes so good. I love food, it's one of the best things on this planet. But I changed the way I was thinking. I started asking myself, 'Hey, am I eating because it tastes good? Or because I really need some more? Am I really still hungry?'

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

I'm active, but I just don't like being hungry or feeling like I've deprived myself. I want to enjoy life.

I like my food and I eat a lot.

If you wait too long between breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner, you're more likely to be ravenous and overeat and/or make poor food choices.

I, personally, think there is a really danger of taking food too seriously. Food should be part of the bigger picture.

I don't really believe in diets. I love food... If I deprive myself, I'm going to want it more. I snack on yogurt, raw cashews and cherry tomatoes.

I don't want to spend my life not having good food going into my pie hole. That hole was made for pies.

Starving to be skinny isn't my thing. When I don't eat, it affects my mood! On-set, I fuel up with small meals and I'm always grabbing high-protein snacks, like almonds. Chai lattes with espresso also keep me going.

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

I quite often don't have breakfast, and I never have lunch. I find it helps not to wake my stomach up because if I had a good big breakfast, I would be ready for a snack at 11 and then a three-course lunch, then I'd be ready for tea, then a cocktail and then an enormous dinner.

I like food. I like eating. And I don't want to deprive myself of good food.

I am vegetarian. I have a sweet tooth, so I try and avoid desserts. I binge maybe once a month. I eat every two hours, whether it is a Marie biscuit or just a slice of apple. As a result, my metabolism has improved, and this is a huge contributor to weight loss.

No clock is more regular than the belly.

I'm a girl who enjoys a great meal with great friends, so I'm not really that concerned about weight loss.

I love to eat. I'm not the biggest guy, but I love to eat.

I eat well, but I don't believe in diets.

There's a very passionate pro-chewing movement on the Internet called Chewdiasm. They say that we should be chewing 50 to 100 times per mouthful, which is insane. I tried that. It takes like a day and a half to eat a sandwich. But their basic idea is right. If you chew, you'll eat slower and you will get more nutrients.

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

You know I don't care about what I eat. I love food so much, I can't affect the way I eat.