Weight Loss Quotes

On this page I've listed some of my favorite weight loss quotes. I hope you find them inspirational and interesting.

Why the quotes? Because perserverance is an essential part of any self-improvement program. These words of wisdom can remind you to persevere and stay motivated when you get discouraged!

Some of these quotes are serious, but others are just interesting observations about the struggle to lose weight.

We never repent of having eaten too little.
- Thomas Jefferson, 1825

The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life.
- Cyril Connolly

Rich, fatty foods are like destiny: they too, shape our ends.
- Author Unknown

"Stressed" spelled backwards is "desserts". Coincidence? I think not!
- Author Unknown

The commonest form of malnutrition in the western world is obesity.
- Mervyn Deitel

In eating, a third of the stomach should be filled with food, a third with drink, and the rest left empty.
- The Talmud

Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.
- Anonymous

The belly is ungrateful--it always forgets we already gave it something.
- Russian Proverb

To lengthen your life, shorten your meals.
- Proverb

Bigger snacks mean bigger slacks.
- Author Unknown

I guess I don’t so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
- Benjamin Franklin

Clogged with yesterday’s excess, the body drags the mind down with it.
- Horace

I’m fat, but I’m thin inside. There’s a thin man inside every fat man. - George Orwell

If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner.
- Henry Sambrooke Leigh

Your body is the luggage you must carry through life. The more excess the luggage, the shorter the trip.
- Arnold H. Glasgow

Feed sparingly and defy the physician.
- James Howell

More die in the United States of too much food than too little.
- John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society

Take twice as long to eat half as much.
- Anonymous

Your stomach should not be a waist basket.
- Anonymous

One should eat to live, not live to eat.
- Cicero, Rhetoricorum LV

If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution.
- Author Unknown

Life itself is the proper binge.
- Julia Child

You can't lose weight by talking about it. You have to keep your mouth shut.
- Author Unknown

They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing.
- William Shakespeare

If you hang your swimsuit
On the refrigerator door,
The goodies inside
Will be easier to ignore.
- The Quote Garden

Do you have a favorite weight loss quote? Feel free to post it as a comment.

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Tuna with Lemon Pepper (Low Carb)

Tuna is one of my favorite sources of protein. It is low in fat and carbs, and I usually eat it once or twice a week. The following lemon-pepper tuna recipe is both easy and delicious.

In addition to the tuna, you might want to add a complex carb such as a small sweet potato and small side salad to round off your plate.

Recipe #12: Tuna with Lemon Pepper

Ingredients:

4 Tuna Steaks, 3/4 to 1-inch thick (20-25mm, about 6 ounces each)
1 1/2 teaspoons (7ml) grated Lemon Zest
Juice of one (1) Lemon**
2 teaspoons (10ml) dried Thyme leaves
1/2 to 1 teaspoons (2.5-5ml) coarsely ground Black Pepper
1/4 teaspoon (1.25ml) Salt
1 to 2 teaspoons (5-10ml) Extra-Virgin Olive Oil

**Or, use 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lime zest and 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice in place of the lemon.

Instructions:

In a small bowl, mix together lemon zest, thyme, pepper, and salt to your liking. Lightly rub both sides of the tuna steaks with olive oil and rub the seasoning mix on the tuna steaks.

Heat a bit more oil in skillet and then add tuna steaks. Cook each side of tuna steak for about 1 minute over medium heat.

Pour lemon juice over the steaks when ready to serve.

If you have feedback or suggestions on how to improve this recipe, feel free to post a comment.

Have a Weekly Cook Day

If you are a very busy person, you might not have time to prepare healthy meals from scratch each day. One solution to this problem is to establish a "cook day" once a week.

I was reminded of this by SB, who commented on this post that he now cooks one big meal on Sundays that he divides and eats from all week.

A weekly cooking day is common practice among bodybuilders who are trying to get lean. For example, they will boil a pot-full at a time of chicken breasts which lasts them several days.

Well, we may not all be bodybuilders, but we can take a page from their book when it comes to saving time and losing fat.

Besides chicken breasts, you can prepare whatever healthy meals are appropriate for the diet you are following. The only requirement is to have enough space in your freezer to store a week's worth of meals.

If your freezer space is limited, consider cooking a week's worth of dinners only. That way, when you come home from work during the week, you will already have your dinners prepared and can quickly microwave and eat them.

Here are some tips on how to manage your cook day from Deborah Taylor-Hough, author of the cook book Frozen Assets:

• Plan your menu


• Write a good shopping list and stick to it


• On cooking day:
  
  - Take frequent breaks
  - Wear good shoes
  - Chop sitting down
  - Chop veggies the day before, or do them first thing
  - Do complex meals first, save the easy meals for last
  - Make cooking day dinner an easy one: go out, eat something light or give yourself a (healthy) treat.

Cooking once a week greatly increases your efficiency. On a normal day, you get the cooking utensils out, fire up the stove, chop the vegetables, cut the meat, etc. Then, after cooking, you clean the cooking utensils, pots, stovetop, and so on. Then, you repeat this the next day, and the next.

When you cook once a week, you do the prep and clean-up only once. You chop, boil, broil, bake, only one time. You clean it up only once.

It is a bit more intensive to cook all those meals on the same day. But it's a great way to guarantee you have the healthy meals available each day that you need to lose weight.

It may take an hour or two to prepare an entire week's worth of meals. But remember, that will save you lots of time that you would normally spend cooking during the week.

Not only that, but you will find it easier to avoid binging on unhealhty foods on those nights you don't feel like cooking. The cooking will have already been done!

Veggie Chili (Low Fat)

As the fall weather approaches here in the northern hemisphere, thoughts turn to warm comfort food for those cool (and soon to be cold) days. Chili is one such comfort food, but if you are not careful it can be a fattening food as well.

One way to include chili in your healthy diet is to leave out the meat. Vegetable chili can be almost as tasty while keeping you on track for your weight-loss goals.

Recipe #11: Veggie Chili

Ingredients:

1 cup (150g) onions chopped
1/2 cup (75g) bell pepper choppped
1 tablespoon (15ml) chili powder
1/2 teaspoon (3ml) salt
1/2 teaspoon (3ml) cumin
1/4 teaspoon (3ml) garlic powder
2 cups (475ml) tomato juice
16 ounces (450g) red kidney beans, cooked, drained, rinsed
15 ounces (425g) pinto beans, cooked, drained, rinsed
15 ounces (425g) great northern beans, cooked, drained, rinsed

Instructions:

Prepare dry beans the day before or buy canned beans and drain them. Cook onions and peppers in sauce pot until tender.

Stir in seasonings. Add tomato juice. Bring everything to a boil then add beans. Reduce heat and allow to simmer on very low heat 20 minutes or until ready to serve.

This recipe also lends well to crock pot cooking, 3 to 4 hours on high, or 6 to 8 on low. To make in the crock pot simply stir together all the ingredients and set crock pot to desired setting. Come home to a warm inviting chili on a cold fall evening.

If you have feedback or suggestions on how to improve this recipe, feel free to post a comment.