Quotes About Body positivity

We're fit, we're healthy, we eat right, we work out. 'Plus size model' does not mean that we're not healthy. Plus size is not glamourising obesity: it's about empowering. The message behind the fashion is feeling confident in whatever you're wearing.

I am comfortable with who I am as a person. I've never felt that pressure of feeling like I need to fit into something else or be something else because that's not me. I work out and I'm healthy, but that's not to lose weight; that's just to feel good.

I remember thinking that a girdle was barbaric, and that never in a million years would I treat myself like a sleeping bag being shoved into a stuff sack. Never! Instead, I would run marathons and work out and be in perfect shape and reject the tyranny of the girdle forever.

I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.

Work out really hard and be confident because bodies are beautiful, sensual and natural. I've also trained in Wushu, a form of martial arts - it's very beautiful and flowy, and it's predominantly used in fight scenes in movies, which is how it was introduced to me, and I just love it.

I'm not going to give up salt and sugar because I want to look like Adriana Lima. But I am going to work out to make myself feel good in my own body.

If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three flights of stairs, you're not fat.

I don't thrive on the concept of being naked at every possible moment, but it's not the biggest deal in the world to me.

I've said from day one that I've got no problem with nudity. I've done it throughout my career.

Clothes that are too tight make you look bigger. If you've been trying to shed pounds, and it doesn't go, buy the next size up. I never care what size my clothes are.

Women's bodies are meant to store fat so that we can do amazing things like have babies or rock a tight pair of jeans.

If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.

Being fat worked, and I think that was what was confusing for me for a long time in my career.

I can't wait for the time when curves and a little belly fat will be sexy again!

I used to be hung up on my figure, but it's a waste of time. I don't believe in diets. Have four pints one night, be healthy the next.

Designers have to keep the body in mind all the time. Think of the girl's undergarments: the bra is always key.

Obsessing about weight is a big old waste of time.

When I was younger I spent way too much time thinking about me being too fat. So stupid.

I'm definitely the kind of person to wear underwear all the time.

Anger, intelligence, and wit are ultimately more seductive than zero percent body fat.

Nkechi never tried to hide her bottom. She was proud of it. Fascinating to me. Irish girls' lives were a constant quest for bottom-disguising or bottom-reducing clothing tactics. We can learn much from other cultures.

Hey, you look at your tits; I'll look at mine! (Michael Tolliver, Tales of the City)

To lose confidence in one's body is to lose confidence in oneself.

Enjoy your life. God gave us our bodies as a gift. (Granted, to some of us it's kind of a gag gift, but that's okay too.) Wear what you want, love who you want, and have fun.