A Quote by Roberta Flack

I've been overweight all my life. — © Roberta Flack
I've been overweight all my life.
When you're overweight like I've been my whole life, you've been made fun of. And, uh, it's not good growing up.
People say their weight is genetic. But it turns out that people who are overweight don't just have overweight kids. They also have overweight pets. That's not genetic.
Most of your life as an actor in Hollywood, either an actress or an actor, you have to look - you have to work out, you have to look - you rarely get to play someone who's just human, who's real, who is overweight, even not grossly overweight, but who has aspects of just everyday life.
Once you've been overweight you never want to be overweight again, so you keep going, keep going, like for any addiction. Health can be an addiction, it doesn't have to be drugs or alcohol.
You are more likely to be overweight if your friend's, friend's friend is overweight than if your parents are overweight.
No longer what your belief about yourself is - if you've always been poor, if you've always been overweight, if you've always had rotten relationships, if your luck hasn't been good, if you don't attract into your life the things you want, if you've always been shy or always been aggressive - whatever it is and however long you've held it, the belief that you can't change it is not aligned with Source. Source says you can be anything. You can do anything. You're infinite.
I don't have a problem with being overweight. That's fine. But there's a thin line between being unhealthy and overweight.
I was overweight when I went to school. In fact, I was overweight when I left, just taller. Fatty Cavill was the nickname. I mean, no one wants to be Fatty Cavill.
Psychologically, when you've been overweight, you want to achieve the polar opposite.
Psychologically, when you've been overweight you want to achieve the polar opposite.
I've been overweight since puberty, so acting was never a dream.
For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn't that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat, now you're average - hey, let's get a pizza!
More than a billion adults worldwide are now overweight - and at least 300 million of them are clinically obese. Childhood obesity is already epidemic in some areas and on the rise in others. Worldwide, an estimated 17.6 million children under five are said to be overweight.
I was a dancer, but I was always a little overweight. I'd say, 'Hello, I'm Valerie Harper, and I'm overweight.' I'd say it quickly before they could... I always got called chubby. My nose was too wide; my hair was too kinky.
Most of my family is severely overweight. It's been taxing to keep my weight under control.
I've always been an overweight girl, and I've never had an issue with that. I'm very comfortable with my body.
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