“We hear all around us to love ourselves, and one of the ways we can do that is to eat food that serves our body, but also for us to love the food we're eating.” WayBodyCan DoEating Author:Gabrielle Reece
“Let us be satisfied simply with what sustains our present life, not with what pampers it. Let us pray to God for this, as we have been taught, so that we may keep our souls unenslaved and absolutely free from domination by any of the visible things loved for the sake of the body. Let us show that we eat for the sake of living, and not be guilty of living for the sake of eating. The first is a sign of intelligence, the second proof of its absence.” FirstsMayHas BeensSoulShowsBodyChristianTaughtPrayingEatingSakeProofAbsenceSatisfiedGuiltyVisibleOrthodoxDominationPraying To GodPresent Life Author:Maximus the Confessor
“People understand the meaning of eating lies in the nourishment of the body only when they cease to consider that the object of that activity is pleasure. ...People understand the meaning of art only when they cease to consider that the aim of that activity is beauty, i.e., pleasure.” PeopleArtBodyLyingPleasureObjectsActivityEatingAimCeaseNourishmentMeaning Of Art Author:Leo Tolstoy
“Mortifying the deeds of the body cannot be understood of the religious deeds of the body, for they are to be cherished, nor of the natural deeds of the body such as eating and drinking; but it refers to the sinful actions that are done by the body arising from the temptations and injections of Satan or the corrupt dictates of our own sinful heart.” HeartDoneBodyActionNaturalReligiousEatingUnderstoodDrinkingDeedsTemptationSatanInjectionEating And Drinking Author:Christopher Love
“Their [those with eating disorders'] task is to rescue themselves from a drive that is destroying them. Food embodies the false values that their own bodies refuse to assimilate, by which I mean that their bodies become edemic, bloated, allergic, or resort to vomiting the poison out. The unconscious body, and certainly the conscious body, will not tolerate the negative mother.” MeanBodyMotherValuesEatingConsciousNegativeTasksRefusePoisonUnconsciousDisorderDestroyingRescueTolerateResortsEating DisorderAllergicVomiting Author:Marion Woodman
“For the last year and a half, I went from being a crazy workout girl to sort of saying, "My body wants a little bit a of break." So I kind of stay with more simple stuff and taking walks and not being neurotic about working out and eating right. I started to enjoy life a little bit more. The only downside to that is there's that couple extra pounds and about 4,000 pregnancy rumors, but you know, other than that, it feels great.” KnowsWantFeelsYearsKindLittlesBodyLastsGirlStuffBitsEnjoySimpleWalksHalfBreakCrazyCoupleEatingLittle BitWork OutExtrasPoundsPregnancyLast YearWorkoutEnjoy LifeRumorNeuroticEating Right Author:Jennifer Aniston
“Could you imagine people eating a painting - if they could introduce a painting into their bodies? It's probably the artist's dream, and we have the opportunity to do so.” PeopleIfsDreamBodyArtistOpportunityImaginePaintingEatingIntroducing Author:Ferran Adria
“the best way to remember a beautiful city or a beautiful painting is to eat something while you are looking at it. The flavor really helps the image to penetrate the body. It fixes it as lacquer does a drawing.” WayDoeHelpingBodyBeautifulRememberCitiesPaintingEatingDrawingBest WayFlavorPenetrateBeautiful CityBeautiful Paintings Author:Anais Nin
“I don't believe in dieting, I don't believe in having certain moments in your life where you're healthy and then moments when you're like, "I'm going to eat whatever I want." It's just finding what works for your body and always eating healthy.” WantBelieveMomentsBodyCertainHealthyFindingsEatingDon't BelieveYour BodyDietingEating HealthyAlways Eating Author:Misty Copeland
“This is a business meal. The calories do not count. I am mentally labeling these as 'business calories' so my body will know they were eaten in the line of duty and will process them differently.” KnowsBodyProcessLinesDutyEatingWeightMealsCaloriesLabeling Author:Cathy Guisewite
“I would, if I could, always feed to music. The singularly graceless action of thus filling one's body with roots and dead animals and powdered grain is given some significance then. One can perform as a ritual what one is shamed to do as a utilitarian action.” IfsBodyActionGivenAnimalEatingRootsIf I CouldSignificanceRitualGrainFillingUtilitarian Book:Letters to a Friend Source: Letters to a Friend