Jean Nidetch Quotes

Be careful about what you eat because otherwise you get fat! Do you like to be fat? Eat very, very, very little things. Almost starve, but I don't starve, because I eat very much.

One of the key things I did to stay on my diet is I never allowed myself to get hungry. As soon as I got hungry, I'd eat healthy foods.

Well, it's very easy for me to gain weight, but even though I tried not eating for a week when I was really young, I couldn't do it any longer because I liked my food too much.

You can do something as simple as drinking two cups of water before a meal to fill your belly a bit so that you don't overeat, or change up your cheese from dairy to nondairy.

The first thing I would do for anyone who's trying to lose body fat, for instance, would be to remove foods from the house that he or she would consume during lapses of self-control.

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

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?

I've never believed in dieting, but there are people out there who have problems. My advice would be don't ever stop yourself to a point where you start craving something, because you end up bingeing. I think the key word is moderation.

Whenever I come to Delhi, I forget about eating right and watching my weight.

My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away.

Not having time or energy for weight loss makes no sense. Does it take more time or energy to eat fish than prime rib? No.

I have to plan all my meals and snacks every day, or the wheels come off, and I gain weight.

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

Yes I am a big time foodie, but I make sure to eat a little less than my actual hunger.

I love spaghetti. And I like to cook spaghetti. And I used to eat it every day. I weighed thirty pounds more than I do now. You can't - you can't do that.

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

I just got tired of being overweight and unfit, so I changed my diet from hamburgers to yogurt and muesli, and it seems to work.

Do not skip meals. Eat three meals a day and eat until you feel satisfied and comfortably full.

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

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.

Choose wisely, then eat in moderation. When I know I'm going to Mom's for dinner, I throw an extra 20 minutes on the cardio machine so I can be ready to eat.

Honestly, I'm blessed with good genes and a good sense of discipline - I eat whatever I want, but I eat very controlled portions and stop when I'm full.

It's one thing to lose weight, but it's another thing to eat healthy.

Once you lose the weight, you're really anxious to eat healthy.

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