I don’t think it’s good to constantly talk about your own weight and the fact that you look fat in jeans.
I’ve been fat since I was seven, and being fat sets you apart.
I come from a family that loves to eat, not exercise. Being fat made even walking hard.
Too fat, too thin, too loud, too quiet – I was never going to fit the standards others created for me. Instead of complying, I protested.
When any fat is heated to frying temperatures, toxic volatile chemicals that can cause genetic mutations are released into the air.
Louis Tomlinson, who is a member of One Direction, his mum was a chaperone on ‘Fat Friends.’ So Louis used to come to the set with his mum, and since I was the only sort of young person around, we would kick a football around, things like that.
If deep-frying catfish, try a dredge of seasoned flour and cornmeal and add some bacon fat to the oil.
There are all sorts of parents I hate – super-keen parents, PTA parents, and fat parents on a bus.
I used to weigh myself every day at a certain time of day. Then I would write down the number and measure my body fat. It wasn’t a healthy way to live.
I was too old, too young, too fat, too thin, too tall, too short, too blond, too dark – but at some point, they’re going to need the other. So I’d get really good at being the other.
If you call me ‘fat,’ it doesn’t bother me because I just don’t care.
I was a fat kid. I can laugh now. But I got teased about being an Oompa Loompa and stuff like that.
The weight loss came about because a buddy of mine who was diagnosed with diabetes because of his obesity told me that I was fat. And I started laughing, and he was like, ‘No seriously, you’re fat.’ And I said, ‘Oh wow, really.’
I’m never going to be fat – never again. I’m going to make it easy on my pallbearers.
Americans like fat books and thin women.
I like to abide by the seasons and let the natural flavor in food speak for itself. I use quick cooking techniques of high heat with very little fat, such as quick saute or wok stir-frying.
When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, ‘You’d better become a catcher, because you’re too big and fat to do anything else.’ Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I’ve never regretted it.
Leg day is my favorite day. You can’t have a thorough leg workout without feeling completely spent. It’s a challenge, but the benefits of maintain muscle mass on my legs is important because, as the biggest muscle group in the body, it also helps me keep the proper body composition in terms of fat to muscle ratio.
I enjoy almost all of the game we kill. I only like to eat game that I have cleaned. I guess duck and dressing are still one of my favorites. We prefer fat green-winged teal or wood ducks for our dressing.
‘French Women Don’t Get Fat’ has become something of a phenomenon.
Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, ‘You’ve got such a pretty face; why don’t you lose some weight?’ Over the years I’ve realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.
My uncle is so funny – Don Vito. He was always fat with the craziest voice. Dude, he barely speaks English; it’s just full-blown jibber-jabber. It’s so funny to watch on TV because you really need subtitles because you can’t understand him.
Usually, you’ll have a show like the ‘King of Queens,’ and there’ll be one really fat guy, but at least he has a beautiful wife – they balance it out.
Gonpo Tso was born a princess. As a young woman, she dressed in fur-trimmed robes with fat ropes of coral beads strung around her neck. She lived in an adobe castle on the edge of the Tibetan plateau with a reception room large enough to accommodate the thousand Buddhist monks who once paid tribute to her father.
I don’t consider myself a fat cat. Don’t make me out to be a fat cat.
It is a very different feeling to be in a fat body that is moving a lot to one that hardly moves at all. It feels like love. As simple and as joyful as that.
I still remember the way children used to tease me. Fat people are really lonely people. In school, girls would be my friends, but guys would generally keep away. A lot of insecurity stems from there. But if you have a strong base, nothing can shake you.
Clifton and I don’t even look alike. He smokes and drinks, and I do neither. He’s a big fat guy, and if it weren’t for me, no one would know who he is.
I’ve always been a big guy, whether it’s been a fat kid, a fat young adult, or a fat adult. I was always sort of… I guess the term would be ‘popular.’ I never dealt with a lot of name-calling or any of the bullying you’d think a fat kid might have to deal with.
Cholesterol – which you get from eating too much of the wrong kind of fat – doesn’t just help clog arteries in the brain, it may also help to seed the amyloid plaques that riddle the brain tissue of Alzheimer’s victims.
Mam was always saying we had a simple diet: tea and bread, bread and tea, a liquid and a solid, a balanced diet – what more do you need? Nobody got fat.
We love salt, fat and sugar. We’re hard-wired to go for those flavors. They trip our dopamine networks, which are our craving networks.
I was fat because my parents were a little fat themselves at that point in their lives, and I ate what they ate.
Many times, working is kind of like channeling, and I really don’t know what’s going to fall on the page. I just did this image of a fat girl and put her on a tiny mountain peak of grass that she’s walking over. It just amused me.
When he was a little kid, he was a fat, spoiled kid. I can tell the type.
I do want to lose weight for my children. I don’t want them to think being fat is okay.
I admit that I’m fat.
Muscle and water is critical in burning fat.
I don’t get fat, I get skinny.
It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious.
I’d rather wear black than bright florals like most fat ladies do.
Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the genie been a gorgeous woman, so that idea really appealed to me, and I created the series based on that premise.
It’s good that fat schoolchildren are no longer bullied, but it’s worrying if they feel it’s OK to be large because no one is pointing it out.
A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
Every day of my life, I feel fat. It’s not correct thinking in the natural, normal human being’s way of life.
Think about it – just getting rid of the fat doesn’t get rid of the toxins, which are reabsorbed into your body. This creates a vicious cycle. Losing weight without learning to eliminate chemicals is like a merry-go-round. And it’s why dieting doesn’t work.
Fat people are so rarely included in visual culture that fat is perceived as a blot on the landscape of sleek and slim.
I mean, part of me would love to be a fat tenured professor of theater someday.
That’s just me and my own body issues – I think I’m fat and bald and old and ugly.
Fat does not make you fat.
I never really had experienced hate in school with girls and boys. What I do experience is social media, and so every day, people comment, ‘You’re fat, you’re ugly, you’re rude, you’re all this stuff,’ and I just don’t like it at all. I don’t want anyone to have to go through that.
I have had unattractive heroes – broken noses, scars, crooked teeth. You want to give them something that is human. My heroines struggle with being too short or fat or old. Some are older than the heroes. You try to cover all spectrums.
I’m a product of my surroundings. I grew up on Hank Williams Jr., Johnny Cash, Jerry Reed, and also Run-D.M.C., the Beastie Boys, the Fat Boys, and Biz Markie.
I’m just a fat guy.
Any people whose lives are about the way they look, whether it’s fat or thin, are in a dangerous area.
The biggest threat to McDonald’s lies within – and that is us as a company becoming complacent. There are a lot of companies that get fat, dumb and happy and take their eye off the ball and forget about serving customers.
Wild geese have so much less fat than their domestic brethren that, as far as the kitchen is concerned, the two birds should be considered different species altogether – so much so that they require opposite roasting methods.
Tell me what you do with the food you eat, and I’ll tell you who you are. Some turn their food into fat and manure, some into work and good humour, and others, I’m told, into God. So there must be three sorts of men.
A lot of us are ruled by fear during our lives – afraid we’ll get burgled, afraid a dog will bite us, afraid we’ll get fat, afraid someone will leave us. Once you lose fear, life becomes sweeter, and that happens as you get older. I’m sure by the time I’m 80, I’ll be able to do absolutely anything!
Nuts have gotten a bad rap because of their high fat content. But their protein, heart-healthy fats, high fibre, and antioxidant content earn them a place in your daily diet. I often say ‘less is more,’ and portion control is key to healthfully enjoying nuts.
Of course cake is not bread. Is this why Americans are fat? You confuse cake with bread?
I was like a fat, sweaty kid growing up in Queens who just was plopped down in front of ‘Entertainment Tonight’ by my parents.
