“I began reading cook books when I was six, cause my father had hundreds of cook books in the kitchen. I was obsessed with cooking and tasting different recipes. I got lost in being a compulsive eater. It brought me much happiness. Sadness too, sure. But I have to say, and compulsive eaters will agree with me, for that few seconds that you're eating, food tastes just great.” BookDifferentReadingFatherLostCausesSadnessTasteSixEatingAgreeCookingCooksObsessedKitchenSecondsRecipesTastingEating FoodHappiness Sadness Author:Richard Simmons
“I get energy from meditation practice and from eating healthy fresh food, only one cup of espresso in the morning, and not drinking too much.” EnergyPracticeMorningToo MuchMeditationHealthyEatingDrinkingCupsMeditation PracticeEspressoFresh FoodEating HealthyDrinking Too Much Author:Richard Simmons
“It's my life dream to be able to go and continue going to schools and teaching them about stretching and aerobics, cardio and strength training, because I want them to have a better life than I did. I don't want them to grow up to be me. I want them to be healthy. I want them not to go through eating disorders [like me].” WantDreamAbleSchoolGrowsGrowing UpTeachingHealthyEatingTrainingLike MeDisorderBetter LifeStretchingEating DisorderCardioLife DreamStrength TrainingAerobics Author:Richard Simmons
“All of a sudden, I'm thinking that if I keep eating the way I'm eating, I'm not going to live long and I'm going to die. Having those thoughts as a young person can be very haunting.” IfsThinkingWayPersonsLongYoungDiesEatingHaunting Author:Richard Simmons
“After all the throwing up, I would starve myself. Which meant eating lettuce and water for two and a half months. I almost lost my life.” TwoLostWaterHalfMonthsEatingThrowingLettuceThrowing Up Author:Richard Simmons
“Truthfully, everyone knows how to eat right. They know the difference between oatmeal and a jelly cream doughnut. They know how to walk. Everyone has this in their brain. When I started, we didn't have all this knowledge. Forty years ago, I lost my weight, but only by watching what I was eating.” KnowsYearsLostDifferencesWalksBrainKnow HowEatingYears AgoWeightFortyCreamJellyDoughnutOatmeal Author:Richard Simmons
“Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorders; I'd binge and purge all the time: fried oysters, po' boys, muffulettas, beignets, coffee and doughnuts. I tried to medicate myself with food when people made fun of me or hit me with a bat in school. I'd always turn to food. Knowing what I now know, I'd turn to me.” PeopleKnowsFeelsTryingMadeSchoolUsedTurnsFunBoysKnowingEatingCoffeeDisorderFeel BetterBatsEating DisorderOystersStop TryingDoughnutBingeBeignets Author:Richard Simmons
“I'm 64, but I act like I'm still 12. I go to schools. At colleges, they come out in droves, they almost scare me. I think it's just to see if I'm still alive. After I work them out - and it's not easy - I sit them down and we have a serious talk. Are they eating? Working on their body? I can say things parents won't say. No matter where I go, I talk to each one individually after I teach. They tell me things like, 'I'm starving, guys like girls thinner.' I give them concrete advice about self-image and self-worth.” IfsThinkingGivingStillsI CanSelfMatterBodySchoolGuyGirlEasyParentTeachAliveAdviceCollegeSeriousEatingDown AndSelf WorthScareConcreteStarving Author:Richard Simmons
“I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.” ExerciseEatingSacredStayingStay Positive Author:Richard Simmons
“I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.” TryingChildhoodExerciseEatingTwistsCapsJarsMayonnaise Author:Richard Simmons
“I suffered from eating disorders when I was just a kid. I did not like me or the way I looked. But back then, you could not tell anyone.” WayKidsEatingLike MeDisorderEating Disorder Author:Richard Simmons
“Therell always be some weird thing about eating four grapes before you go to bed, or drinking a special tea, or buying this little bean from El Salvador.” LittlesFourSpecialBedEatingDrinkingTeaBuyingGrapesBeansWeird ThingsEl Salvador Author:Richard Simmons
“Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorders; I'd binge and purge all the time: fried oysters, po' boys, muffulettas, beignets, coffee and doughnuts. I tried to medicate myself with food when people made fun of me or hit me with a bat in school. I'd always turn to food.” PeopleFeelsTryingMadeSchoolUsedTurnsFunBoysEatingCoffeeDisorderFeel BetterBatsEating DisorderOystersStop TryingDoughnutBingeBeignets Author:Richard Simmons
