Jean Nidetch

“It's choice--not chance--that determines your destiny.”

“The first thing I lost on my diet was my sense of humor.”

“Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose.”

“I'm not a dietitian. I'm a fat housewife who's been there and knows what it's like.”

“Food is not your best friend.”

“Deprivation is a bad word. What you're doing is making a choice.”

“We didn't have a product to sell. We had a program that worked because people helped people.”

“What I did was I took the psychology of a fat person and I turned it around.”

“It’s not what you’re eating, it’s what’s eating you.”

“You can't go to a psychiatrist and have him hypnotize you and say you're not going to want any more chocolate. You have to want to do it yourself.”

“Losing weight is a mind game. Change your mind, change your body.”

“Success isn't something that happens to you; you happen to it.”