Ellen Goodman Quotes

I don't want to have a song like 'My Humps' and it be sagging down, so I pay attention to that area. A lot.

It's important to be fit, but you shouldn't get too skinny. You need to have curves.

I felt very comfortable about myself when I was much heavier. I feel much better about myself from being fit.

You can control what you put in your body - 100 percent. You really can control your level of fitness and how your body looks.

I have an amazing metabolism. I'm sure that'll be gone one day. But I like to exercise, too, so I don't think I'll ever get really fat.

I'm careful about keeping myself fit and thin, or as thin as I can manage.

I am not a slim person, so I regularly exercise to be healthy mentally and physically.

When I used to teach yoga in Bangalore and Mumbai, I noticed many clients struggling to cope with their weight. During some days, they would come in with plans to work out harder than usual because of events they'd have to attend later that week. The insecurity of appearance is something everyone goes through... even I.

In previous roles, I have thought of my body as 'Betty's body,' and I try not to eat too many dinner rolls - please don't fire me! I'll make crazy choices from the neck up, but from the neck down, it's just me trying to suck it in. And in 'GLOW,' my whole body was required to do a function and not just to look as good as possible in a costume.

Keeping your body in shape is a spiritual discipline. Its not just about losing a few pounds, wanting to live longer, or trying to look nicer.

I'm 5 feet 10 inches, and whatever my whatever my weight is, that's fine. As long as I am able to move and I feel good, it doesn't matter.

Skinny girls look good in clothes, but fit chicks look good naked

Also, I sort of let my appearance go, to the point where I was maybe ten to seventy pounds overweight.

I've been fit and I've been fat, and fit is better.

My gift is that I'm not beautiful. My career was never about looks. It's about health and being in good shape.

I'm quite insufferable about fitness, I suppose. I think it's really important, though I'm not a body nut.

I have realised the importance of being fit and healthy.

Luckily I'm blessed with decent genes. But, that can change anytime. I know that it's just not healthy to eat unhealthy. I do workout, and have gotten into quite a fixed routine of Pilates and strength training. And it's not so much about the weight, but also about being healthy.

It's important to be right physically.

People think that just because you're an actress, you have to watch your weight and stay slim. While this is true to some extent, fitness is more about health than looking good.

I can easily fill out at 135 pounds and feel good.

I don't weigh myself. I don't have a scale in the house.

Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all. My biggest single concern used to be getting enough to eat. Now I have to worry about eating too much. I never used to bother with exercises. Now I spend at least 10 minutes each morning working out with small weights. I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise.

Abs are for people with no friends.

When you look at women today, many take very good care of themselves - they exercise, they eat well, they achieve so much in their jobs. I think they feel good, they feel beautiful, and I believe they want to show their bodies.