{"quotes":[{"text":"He thought that fat boys were probably only allowed to love pretty girls inside. If he told anyone how he felt (not that he had anyone to tell), that person would probably laugh until he had a heart-attack.","author":"Stephen King","tags":["boys","fat","girls","loneliness","love","overweight","pretty","unrequited-love"],"id":38865,"author_id":"Stephen+King"},{"text":"More often than not, expecting to lose weight without first losing the diet that made the weight loss necessary is like expecting a pig to be spotless after hosing it down while it was still rolling in mud.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adage","adages","africa","african","anorexia","anorexic","aphorism","aphorisms","appetite","axiom","axioms","bmi","body-fat","body-mass-index","cheat-day","cheat-days","clean","deep","dictum","dictums","diet","dietician","dieticians","dietitian","dietitians","epigram","epigrams","exercise","exercises","fat","fatty","food","funny","gnome","gnomes","gym","gymnasium","health","healthy","hose","humor","humorous","humour","ingredient","ingredients","insightful","lean","lose-weight","made-me-think","make-you-think","maxim","maxims","mud","muscles","muscular","necessary","necessity","obese","obesity","overeat","overeater","overeating","overweight","philosopher","pig","pigs","profound","proverb","proverbs","provoke-thought","quotation","quotations","quote","of-the-day","quotes","recipe","recipes","roll","rolling","salad","salads","satire","satirical","saying","sayings","shred","shredded","skinny","south-africa","south-african","spotless","sugar","sugary","thought-provoking","thoughtful","underweight","watch-what-you-eat","weight","weight-loss","weight-to-height","weightlifter","weightlifting","workout"],"id":45938,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Famine sometimes increases the number of people who are overweight.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adage","adages","aphorism","aphorisms","axiom","axioms","basic-necessities","deep","dictum","dictums","diet","epigram","epigrams","famine","fat","food","food-shortage","gnome","gnomes","humor","humour","hunger","hungry","insightful","ironic","irony","made-me-think","make-you-think","malnutrition","maxim","maxims","nutrients","obese","obesity","overweight","paradox","paradoxical","profound","proverb","proverbs","provoke-thought","puzzle","puzzling","quotation","quotations","quote","quotes","satire","satirical","saying","sayings","starvation","starve","thought-provoking","thoughtful","underweight"],"id":52275,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Eating a salad (in public) is an overweight person’s attempt to appear in control.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["control","food","image","impression","obesity","overweight","salad"],"id":87167,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"The industrial and technological revolutions have made our lives simpler, in terms of what is physically required of us on a daily basis, but they have also made it possible for us to do a whole lot less than we ought to be doing, and we suffer for it.We have become flabby and overweight; our joints and muscles have become stiff from lack of use. We suffer from all sorts of problems related to our lack of physical exercise; it affects us on all levels, causing high blood pressure, increased cholesterol, anxiety, depression, insomnia and the list goes on and on.We know, too, how much better we feel for a bit of exercise. Those “feel-good” hormones lift our spirits, boost self-esteem and improve our overall sense of well-being. It’s a sort of built-in reward system. There’s a reason for that. It’s because we are meant to be active.","author":"Liberty Forrest","tags":["anxiety","depression","exercise","high-blood-pressure","insomnia","overweight","self-healing","weight-loss"],"id":93796,"author_id":"Liberty+Forrest"},{"text":"One of the leading causes of obesity is the misbelief that, when it comes to juice, ‘100%’ means ‘sugar-free.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["100","aphorism","aphorisms","aphorist","aphorists","beefy","beer-bellied","belief","beliefs","big-boned","blubbery","chubby","chunky","corpulent","fat","fatty","flabby","fleshy","funny","grease","greasy","gross","health","healthy","healthy-food","healthy-foods","heavy","heavyset","humor","humour","hundred-percent-juice","joke","jokes","juice","large","lean","mass","meaty","misbelief","misbeliefs","misconception","misconceptions","obese","obesity","of-ample-proportions","oily","overweight","paunchy","plump","plus-sized","porky","portly","potbellied","roly-poly","satire","skinny","stout","sugar","sweet","sweet-tooth","thin","tubby","weight","well-upholstered"],"id":152052,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"The secret of making lasting change is to acknowledge and accept that real change takes time and patience. We didn't get chronically ill overnight. We didn't gain weight in one week or even one month. Good chance, it may take us longer than twenty-one days to overcome whatever we're facing. Whether it's something physical, emotional, spiritual, or a combination, we may need to be realistic in our goals for meaningful change to happen. The first step is getting started!","author":"Dana Arcuri","tags":["change","change-your-life","chronic-illness","empowering-women","faith","first-step","health","healthy-habits","healthy-living","hope","inspiration","lasting-change","motivation","overcome","overcome-doubt","overcome-obstacles","overweight","patience","patience-and-timing","patience-brings-strength","patience-moves-mountains","realistic","sick","sickness-and-diseases","sickness-and-health","transformation","transformation","weight-gain"],"id":223841,"author_id":"Dana+Arcuri"},{"text":"If you want to heal a broken heart,Be smart! That's all an ancient art.Start by loving the very small partsThat were left there shattered apart.","author":"Ana Claudia Antunes","tags":["advices","apart","break-up","broken","broken-heart","broken-up","end","heartache","heartbreak","hurt","life-coach","life-coaching-advice","love","love-advice","love-advice","love-story","lovers","overcoming","overweight","parts","pieces","relationship","relationsips","separation","shattered","surpass","troubles","turbulence"],"id":359546,"author_id":"Ana+Claudia+Antunes"},{"text":"Poverty, like obesity, has the tendency to add at least ten years to the appearance of its victims, especially those who are over the age of twenty.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["appearance","big-boned","chubby","fat","looks","obese","obesity","overweight","poor","poverty","poverty-stricken","rich","tendency","victim","victims","wealth","wealthy"],"id":385762,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"You're FAT - and don't try to sugarcoat it, because you'll just eat that, too.","author":"Phillip C. McGraw","tags":["depressing","doctor","fat","funny","hypocrite","motivational","obesity","overweight","psychology","sugarcoat"],"id":386193,"author_id":"Phillip+C.+McGraw"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":16,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}