"I've exercised with women so thin that..." - Quote by Erma Bombeck

“Why take pride in cooking, when they don't take pride in eating?”

“It was a bitter moment for us. We weren't two mature parents. We were just two kids playing grown-up. We still needed Mommy and Daddy's permission, blessings, and money to survive.”

“A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.”

“I still work out on a daily basis.”

“I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise.”

“You know you've got to exercise your brain just like your muscles.”

“If my jeans could talk, they'd plead for mercy.”

“For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 pounds. I say 'by choice' because I have never 'accidentally' eaten anything, so when I choose to eat too much, I have chosen to weigh too much.”

“Authorities say brain cells may shrink, but they don't necessarily die. Frankly, I am cheered by the fact that something is shrinking. I'd be even more thrilled if what was shrinking affected my dress size, but you can't have everything.”