Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you've got to squeeze your buns. That's my formula. Richard Simmons More Quotes by Richard Simmons More Quotes From Richard Simmons The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity. My whole career, I have never done anything where competition was involved with weight loss. Richard Simmons pride real loss People spend thousands in therapy digging and digging in the past. When you dig and dig, you find relics. Try to forgive yourself and get back on that ride. Richard Simmons forgiving people past When I was younger, I ate nothing but fried food. Everything was fried, from oysters to chicken to potatoes to vegetables. When you die in New Orleans, they deep fry you before they put you in the coffin. When we baptize children in New Orleans, we baptize them with a bordelaise sauce; we don't use water. Richard Simmons oysters new-orleans children Take a moment every day to find peace. Pull over to the side of the road, turn off the radio, and find peace. Richard Simmons radio moments sides But if you pick up every other magazine, it is the peanut butter diet, or the cabbage soup diet, and then you go to the radio and you hear that you can drink some solution and you will lose weight overnight. It just does not work that way! Richard Simmons magazines peanut-butter doe I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day. Richard Simmons has-beens calling people For 40 years, my formula has been to love yourself, move your body and to watch portion size. But the No. 1 thing is to love and value yourself, no matter what you've been through. Richard Simmons love-you years moving I never sold any of those "lose 10 pounds every week" scams. I've not changed my tune in all these years. I've seen everything pass by me, and I've been offered millions of dollars to put my name on products that were just lies. And I never did it. Richard Simmons names lying years I'm 64, but I act like I'm still 12. I go to schools. At colleges, they come out in droves, they almost scare me. I think it's just to see if I'm still alive. After I work them out - and it's not easy - I sit them down and we have a serious talk. Are they eating? Working on their body? I can say things parents won't say. No matter where I go, I talk to each one individually after I teach. They tell me things like, 'I'm starving, guys like girls thinner.' I give them concrete advice about self-image and self-worth. Richard Simmons self-worth girl school I've been offered big money to promote machines. And high-protein diets, when that was really popular. There was always some new powder or diet plan that somebody wanted to put my name on. Richard Simmons powder machines names If you want to get the body you've always dreamed of, you have to earn it. Richard Simmons body ifs want There is no magic milkshake or workout machine. I think the real machine is your body. I do love treadmills, ellipticals, stationary bikes, free weights. Richard Simmons workout real thinking I just want people to get off the back burner of their life and start to take better care of themselves and their children. Richard Simmons care children people I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh. At the same time, you have people in the hospital who have had gastric bypass or lap-band surgery and they still have to work out. If you don't work out and eat healthy, you'll look like a melted candle. Richard Simmons work-out laughing people If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather! Richard Simmons mask oxygen ifs One day I may be meeting you and hearing how you've changed your life by saying, "Farewell to Fat". Richard Simmons one-day farewell funny I don't talk about my personal life, and I don't talk about death. Richard Simmons personal-life When you're feeling down, sad, lonely, negative, you don't want to take care of yourself - and the weight problem and the diabetic problem and the heart attack and stroke problems and high cholesterol set in. Richard Simmons weight-problems lonely heart I consider myself a court jester - motivator. Richard Simmons court-jester jester court When I was growing up, I did not exercise at all. I was raised in the French Quarter in New Orleans. If I saw someone running, I would call the police because I thought they stole something on Royal Street. Richard Simmons growing-up exercise running
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