Suzanne Somers Quotes (32 Quotes)

It was that merry-go-round. I would have to hide from the public when I gained weight because I just didn't want to be photographed like that.

I think that's a shift in thinking too. You just have to do something. You don't have to be a fanatic you don't have to do three hours in the gym.

I understand from a physiological standpoint, but you really need a doctor to explain it and even then you will never understand it.

Well, stress definitely blocks estrogen receptors, especially at my age, which means your estrogen levels drop even lower at this age.

What I really need is for people to know that I don't just do this, I do this and this and this and this. We all have creativity in us and we all are multi-dimensional and we are all interested in a lot of things and that women are fabulous. We can handle a lot of things.

So I invested in him as a manager, and it was a good investment.

I eat a lot. I eat three times a day and I snack.

The chemistry that people see on that show is the chemistry we had, ... I loved John Ritter. He was like playing ping-pong with a great player, he'd just bang the ball and you better be fast to get it. And he also had a great joy.

You know, as long as you do everything in moderation, you don't go overboard, you don't, you know, turn your lips into guppy lips - I mean, a little zip or a little zap, that is not a big deal.

I started dieting. I dieted, dieted, dieted and tried all the diets and I would lose and then I would go back to normal eating and would put it on and then some.

Sometimes, when you are in the public eye, you just really need to just be part of the crowd, and look at other people rather than other people look at you.

I happen to have the benefit of having a son-in-law who was the former Mr. France and a trainer. I like being his benefactor and I like the way he works.

Then there are the people who know me from the lectures. What I am really trying to do, what I need to accomplish at this time, is to fill in the gaps.

Somers' husband, former game-show host Alan Hamel, has glimpsed that cowering child in their 37 years together. That stuff never fully leaves you, ... in her eyes that's very vulnerable. I'll know that she's not feeling really good about herself in that moment.

Around age 40 I put on twenty pounds. I had always had a perfect metabolism. But, my metabolism betrayed me as it does most people, except a very rare few who will always be thin.

I did trial and error on myself and it took two months. I eliminated all the sugars, obvious sugars, and I ate carbohydrates separate from protein.

I actually have never been to a gym. I haven't had time. I have been working for the last 25 years. I just don't have time to put on a little outfit and go to the gym and work out and clean up and come home.

Contrary to what everyone thinks, I am not a fanatic. I do work out when I'm not on the road, three times a week for 40 minutes.

They are no longer going to serve you well. You have to commit. I think the biggest word is commit. I hear women say to me all the time, and men - I want to, I want to.

For years I have been going to the South of France to cool out.

Now I understand what was happening. I don't particularly gain water; I don't have water retention.

Now I know that that is just the phenomena of eating this way. Most all of my letters say I hit a plateau and then one morning I woke up and the melt had happened.

That's what the gas is about, that's what the bloating is about and that's what the fat storage is about.

I find that one of the most curious things is that I have fractionalized audiences. I have people who only know me from the books.

I had never gained any weight in my life before that, and I was really trying to find a way to not have to spend a lifetime dieting.

I told you about the little cookbook and cooking for my family and thinking I would teach cooking when I thought my career wasn't going to take off.

I made a lot of friends over the years and I would always look at what they were eating. All of them were skinny. I would think that I would like to eat like that.

I started reading and talking and interviewing nutritionists and a thread was starting to form for me which is - a protein digests in a different rate of speed than a carbohydrate.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

There is a general knowledge that I am multi-dimensional, that when you are creative you do a lot of things.

I always knew how to cook and at one point in my career where I had done nine television pilots before Three's Company and they all failed, I just got discouraged.

I have my hormones balanced. Most doctors are giving women synthetic hormones, which just eliminate the symptoms, but it's doing nothing to actually replace the hormones you have lost. Without our hormones we die.