“I took desperate measures to lose weight and did terrible things to myself. I went from diet pills to thirty laxatives a day to throwing up.” LosesTerribleWeightDietsThirtyDesperateThrowingPillsTerrible ThingsLose WeightThrowing UpDesperate Measures Author:Richard Simmons
“Everyone in Senate is a hurdle, but everyone in there has children. Everyone in there has grandchildren. No one wants to see our kids continue to gain weight, have high blood pressure high cholesterol, diabetes, and depression.” WantChildrenKidsBloodGainsWeightPressureSenateGrandchildrenDiabetesHurdleBlood PressureCholesterolHigh Blood PressureHigh Cholesterol Author:Richard Simmons
“After I talk to so many people who are so unhappy about their weight and so depressed that they don't see any rainbows in their life, after I talk to about 30 of those, then I try to walk away and pet my dog, just do something that makes me happy.” PeopleTryingWalksDogWeightUnhappyPetRainbowMy DogMake Me Happy Author:Richard Simmons
“When you gain weight, for every pound that you gain, it adds four pounds of stress on your knees. So if you gain five pounds, you've got 20 pounds of stress on your knees. So that's why I'm extremely careful with my portions and my workout, because I can't be overweight.” IfsI CanFiveFourGainsWeightStressAddCarefulKneesPoundsPortionsWorkoutBecause I CanOverweight Author:Richard Simmons
“Some people like to look at pictures of themselves before they lost weight. I don't particularly care for that. Whenever I was overweight, it was a very sad time in my life.” PeopleLooksCareLostWeightOverweightVery SadSad Times Author:Richard Simmons
“I really created my career out of my own compulsion. Because I knew if I owned an exercise studio and I had to teach my classes there, I wasn't going to gain my weight back.” IfsMy OwnClassCareersTeachExerciseGainsWeightStudiosCompulsion Author:Richard Simmons
“There is no magic milkshake or workout machine. I think the real machine is your body. I do love treadmills, ellipticals, stationary bikes, free weights.” ThinkingRealBodyMagicMachinesWeightYour BodyBikeWorkoutTreadmillsStationaryMilkshakes 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
“Ninety percent of people who lose weight gain it back. It's very sad.” PeopleLosesPercentGainsWeightNinetyLose WeightVery Sad Author:Richard Simmons
“When I lost my weight, I went and bought about 15 different types of underwear to see what would look good on my new body. It's exciting!” LooksDifferentBodyLostTypeWeightExcitingUnderwear Author:Richard Simmons
“When you're feeling down, sad, lonely, negative, you don't want to take care of yourself - and the weight problem and the diabetic problem and the heart attack and stroke problems and high cholesterol set in.” WantHeartFeelingsProblemCareNegativeLonelyWeightTake CareStrokesTake Care Of YourselfHeart AttackCholesterolFeeling DownWeight ProblemsHigh Cholesterol Author:Richard Simmons
“People are still grasping for the miracle, and unfortunately, there are no miracles, if you do not exercise for a year, and let your body remain dormant, then you will gain weight.” PeopleIfsYearsStillsBodyExerciseGainsWeightMiracleYour BodyGraspingDormant Author:Richard Simmons
“But if you pick up every other magazine, it is the peanut butter diet, or the cabbage soup diet, and then you go to the radio and you hear that you can drink some solution and you will lose weight overnight. It just does not work that way!” IfsWayDoeLosesDrinkSolutionsPicksWeightRadioMagazinesDietsSoupPeanutsLose WeightPeanut ButterCabbage Author:Richard Simmons
“The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity. My whole career, I have never done anything where competition was involved with weight loss.” RealDoneWholeLossCareersPrideInvolvedWeightCompetitionLongevityWeight Loss Author:Richard Simmons
