Tim Ferriss Quotes

I have a wonderfully hedonistic appetite, and if I wasn't really strict with myself, I'd weigh 300 pounds. I'm not good with moderation.

Dieting is becoming easier and easier for me because I'm finding out things that I love.

If you're going to lose weight, you have to do it by changing your way of thinking about food. It cannot be the highlight of your life.

The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it.

When you're trying to lose weight, one of the most important things you can do is eat three decent meals a day so that you're not so hungry that you can't get food off your mind. Habit and hunger have long been the basic, insidious enemies of the overweight. We can't fight hunger, but we can fight habit.

'Freedom dieters' often do well with programs that incorporate pretty basic rules, like intermittent fasting - simply don't eat for X period of time, then eat healthy foods. Very simple.

I just eat half portions, do cardio every day.

I watch what I eat a little during the week.

If you want to lose weight, you must make sure your appetite for life is far bigger than your appetite for mere food.

Diets don't really work for me.

I hate dieting. Let's just say that.

To be honest with you, I still eat whatever I want. It's all about portion control. I still love pizza, but instead of eating half, I eat a slice.

If you believe that weight loss requires self-deprivation, I'm going to teach you otherwise.

I made a lot of friends over the years and I would always look at what they were eating. All of them were skinny. I would think that I would like to eat like that.

If I have to get into a bikini, then I eat carrot sticks for three days.

Sometimes I've had to put myself on a diet.

I've been dieting my whole life because I have a tremendous appetite.

You see people who have been very heavy in their life who have taken that body, trimmed it down, firmed it up through discipline, exercise and being able to say no. Eating properly, that all comes into it.

It sounds awful and sort of goody two-shoes, but I never eat between meals.

Here's the secret to weight loss: It's all about crowding out, not cutting out.

I'm greedy, but I've always watched what I eat because I want to look good. I gave up butter, cream and sugar years ago.

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 have a simple mantra: eat right and work out; you'll never have a weight issue. I never starve or binge.

Eating smart is all about having an awareness of your body. The most obvious way to do that is by seeing it. So when you're trying to lose weight, spend more time wearing less. I don't think I could eat a plate of nachos naked - could you?

Most weight loss diets center around portion control, which is just trying to eat smaller amounts of the same addictive foods. This approach inevitably fails.