First time Quote by Roxane Gay

“That was the first time I realized that weight loss, thinness really, was social currency.”

— Roxane Gay

“I became proud of my strong thighs. I didn’t care that I would never be as thin as some girls. I knew I would…

— Alexandra Heminsley

“The skinnier and more toned I got, the fatter I felt. The more in shape I got, the more out of shape I felt…

— Dan Pearce

“It suddenly hit me—it was nearly impossible to take good care of something I hated. I’d spent so long hating my body that I…

— Jessica Ortner

“While I may hate that I was once fat, I am absolutely thankful that I grew up relying on something other than beauty.”

— Liza Palmer

“Obese people have really begun to eat up a lot of my free time. That’s the skinny on my life.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Because I hated myself so much for my fatness, I always looked for other fat people, and especially for fatter people, to judge as…

— Dan Pearce

“All those years of beauty, of a wonderful figure, and all I could think was that I was never pretty enough, never slim enough,…

— Jane Green

“To lose weight, spend time at the gym. To appear like you’ve lost weight, spend time with people who are bigger than you.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The older you get, the harder it is to lose weight because by then your body and your fat have become super good friends.”

— Sariah Wilson

“Friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.”

— David Nicholls

“I wish I was as thin as I was when I thought I was fat.”

— Fridge magnet