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Having a warrior spirit, high self worth (most people are assaulted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-olson/having-low-self-esteem-and-a-shield-of-lard-are-not-guarantees-of/) Jane Olson > [“Comfort foods they may have been, but helpful foods they most definitely were not. By merging my identity with certain foods and thinking of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-olson/comfort-foods-they-may-have-been-but-helpful-foods-they-most/) Jane Olson > [“It's not enough to say you want to lose fifty, seventy, or a hundred and twenty pounds. Because once you hit those magic numbers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-olson/it-s-not-enough-to-say-you-want-to-lose-fifty-seventy-or-a-hundred/) Jane Olson > [“There are a lot of valid reasons for wanting to feel safer. But hiding from pain or perceived threats behind a wall of weight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-olson/there-are-a-lot-of-valid-reasons-for-wanting-to-feel-safer-but-hiding/) Jane Olson ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friends-food/jane-olson/#itemlist", "name": "1 Friends Food Quotes By Jane Olson", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Comfort foods they may have been, but helpful foods they most definitely were not. By merging my identity with certain foods and thinking of them as old friends, I found myself in the food equivalent of a co-dependent, destructive relationship. I was allowing food to have the power of defining me as a person. And those foods had defined me, all right; they'd defined me as fat, miserable, out of breath, lacking in energy and self-worth, and looking terrible in sweat pants. 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