{"quotes":[{"text":"The reason we have such a difficult time losing weight permanently is not because we are making bad choices, but because we are not stopping our automatic subconscious programmed behaviors in their tracks.","author":"Elaine Moran","tags":["body-image","diet","fitness","health","inspiration","inspirational","mind-body-spirit","motivation","motivational","psychology","self-empowerment","self-help","self-image","self-improvement","weight-loss","weight-loss-self-help","weight-management","wellness"],"id":4076,"author_id":"Elaine+Moran"},{"text":"When you come to examine into the actuating motives for any line of human endeavor you will find that vanity figures about ninety per cent directly or indirectly, in the assay.","author":"Samuel G. Blythe","tags":["health","healthy-living","weight-loss"],"id":4988,"author_id":"Samuel+G.+Blythe"},{"text":"Every day I wake up and re-commit to my health. This is a very important step for me. I let the past be the past. I try not to dwell on the mistakes I've made, because those kinds of thoughts only bring me down. I wake up every day with the thought that this is a new day. That today I am going to eat well, I am going to exercise, and I'm going to focus on being healthy and happy.","author":"Stephen Cremen","tags":["health","motivation","self-esteem","weight-loss","weight-management"],"id":9582,"author_id":"Stephen+Cremen"},{"text":"While your ego is always trying to figure out its place in the world, your true self knows that your place is always right here, right now.","author":"Elaine Moran","tags":["body-image","diet","fitness","health","inspiration","inspirational","mind-body-spirit","motivation","motivational","psychology","self-empowerment","self-help","self-image","self-improvement","weight-loss","weight-loss-self-help","weight-management","wellness"],"id":14824,"author_id":"Elaine+Moran"},{"text":"I have heard one doctor call high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diets “make-yourself-sick” diets, and I think that’s an appropriate moniker. You can also lose weight by undergoing chemotherapy or starting a heroin addiction, but I wouldn’t recommend those, either.","author":"T. Colin Campbell","tags":["diet","food","health","weight-loss"],"id":20832,"author_id":"T.+Colin+Campbell"},{"text":"We can only bring about change in our lives when we clearly see two truths: that the pain of remaining the same is greater than the pain of fighting our toughest battles, and that by taking the biggest risks, we gain the most valuable rewards.","author":"Elaine Moran","tags":["body-image","diet","fitness","health","inspiration","inspirational","mind-body-spirit","motivation","motivational","psychology","self-empowerment","self-help","self-image","self-improvement","weight-loss","weight-loss-self-help","weight-management","wellness"],"id":24306,"author_id":"Elaine+Moran"},{"text":"Goucher *never* eats lunch. If he is hungry, he will have a granola bar or another light snack. The guys, especially Reese, kid him that he does not eat enough. He used to eat more. Standing 5'9' to 5'10', he weighs in at just under 140 pounds. At the Olympic Trials in Atlanta in 1996, he weighed 145. After the 5000-meter final, where he finished a disappointing fourteenth, Wetmore told him he was fat. Goucher was livid. When he calmed down he realized Wetmore was right, and he made a conscious effort to lose any excess weight since then. He feels the difference. 'My chest was bigger, my arms were bigger. Losing the five pounds has helped me thin out, and it's cut me more. It's made a big difference.","author":"Chris Lear","tags":["running","weight","weight-loss"],"id":24823,"author_id":"Chris+Lear"},{"text":"You are made of the same minerals as the rocks--the same water as the sea. You grow in the sun. You breathe air cleansed by trees. When are you going to get the message that you're a part of Nature?","author":"Nancy S. Mure","tags":["air","eat","health","local","lose-ridiculous-weight","mure","nature","organic","plant-based","sea","soul","trees","water","weight-loss"],"id":29145,"author_id":"Nancy+S.+Mure"},{"text":"Food, like your money, should be working for you!","author":"Rita Deattrea Beckford M.D.","tags":["diet","health","nutrition","weight-loss"],"id":36842,"author_id":"Rita+Deattrea+Beckford+M.D."},{"text":"What no one really talks about, though, is the main reason many of us fail with our weight loss efforts: our minds won't let us.","author":"Helen M. Ryan","tags":["inner-strength","mind-over-body","self-discovery","weight-loss"],"id":39682,"author_id":"Helen+M.+Ryan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":106,"pages":11,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}