Eating disorder Quotes

You are what you eat …

— Anonymous

I eat only what is needed for survival.

— Anonymous

Eat to live, but don't eat.

— Anonymous

Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.

— Karolina Kurkova

“I am my own cannibal.”

— Britt Greifeld

I live only to destroy myself.

— Anonymous

I have control over myself!

— Anonymous

I don't want to encourage eating disorders.

— Holly Willoughby

You can always go further then you think you can.

— Anonymous

Don't worry ... the world will still be broken in the morning.

— Anonymous

Eating disorders are one of the toughest things to talk about. It's very shame-based.

— Paula Abdul

No one will ever admit it, but I know everyone hates me.. It's no secret to me at all.

— Anonymous

Binge eating is another eating disorder that people really don't realize is a problem.

— Demi Lovato

“But calories won't conquer me. They are one thing I can control”

— Ellen Hopkins

I admire your use of the Food Network as a distraction from your eating disorder.

— Anonymous

There are lots of eating disorders out there. It's not just anorexia.

— Zara McDermott

“I'm just scared I won't run as fast as I did my freshman year,' I admitted, choking back tears. Coach Woj looked…

— Rachael Rose Steil

During the investigation evidence of the vulnerability of women in the modelling profession was startling and models are at high risk of…

— Baroness Kingsmill Denise Kingsmill

A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.

— Naomi Wolf

Depression is not an act. Eating disorders are not for fashion. Suicide isn't a cowards escape. Self-harm is not a cry for…

— Anonymous

A startling confession for a food writer: all through high school, I struggled with a severe eating disorder.

— Jack Monroe

You'll never fully understand depression, eating disorders, or the need to self inflict, until you go through it.

— Anonymous

I was like 'No!' I've never had body issues, I've never had an eating disorder. I've never had to go on a…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

Personally, I've always been ashamed of my body and I've hated being so skinny - I had an eating disorder for so…

— Olly Alexander

As young girls we grow up with the idea that life is going to be a bit of a fairytale. But at…

— Darren Fletcher

When a lot of people wake up in the morning and put on their underwear, the first thing they feel that day…

— Rain Dove

“The reasons for Emma's illness and for her decision to allow life in, rather than die, are intertwined and involve the beginnings…

— Carol Lee

I feel honoured to be making my third documentary with BBC Three and bringing visibility to this complex subject. The stats regarding…

— Zara McDermott

I think sometimes what happens is that all of this feeling out of control manifests itself in trying to control your body;…

— Susan Sarandon

It's sad to hear that 1 in 3 girls have an eating disorder, because they're trying to be something that they think…

— Bethany Hamilton

“Why am I here? I'm here because I know I have a binge eating disorder. I want to get help. I want…

— Megan E. Cassidy

To stay in recovery, you must be responsible for finding your own motivation. Remember, motivation may not be easy to come by…

— Jenni Schaefer

“Liberals stand up for victims of oppression and exclusion. They fight to break down arbitrary barriers (such as those based on race,…

— Jonathan Haidt

The fact is that Chinese parents can do things that would seem unimaginable-even legally actionable-to Westerners. Chinese mothers can say to their…

— Amy Chua

I don't think people realize, when they're just getting started on an eating disorder or even when they're in the grip of…

— Marya Hornbacher

• Eating disorders are addictions. You become addicted to a number of their effects. The two most basic and important: the pure…

— Marya Hornbacher

In that six months, so much happened that death seemed, primarily, inconvenient. The trial period was extended. I seem to keep extending…

— Anonymous

“I used to think, that when my old inner demons started creeping back into my life, that it was a sign of…

— Kate Wicker

Being a doctor, I worry that the patient may be uncomfortable about sharing something. It could be sexual dysfunction, an eating disorder,…

— Danielle Ofri

“We all know many people who come from hard-working families, where they had to grow up with a bare minimum and become…

— Anna Stevens