"Look I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to. I don't starve myself in an extremist way. You're not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I'd be devastated"
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The real target is the extremist diet-industrial complex, the idea that virtue is measured by subtraction. “I don’t starve myself” isn’t just about calories; it’s a rejection of the performance of suffering that wellness trends sometimes demand, especially from women whose bodies are treated as public property. By naming coffee, dairy, wine - everyday, socially woven comforts - she makes the argument legible outside of Hollywood macros. These aren’t decadent vices; they’re small rituals, connectors, the stuff of mornings and dinners with friends.
“Because I’d be devastated” lands with disarming candor. It punctures the aspirational sheen and admits that the point of health is not to become a joyless project. In the broader context of Aniston’s long-running tabloid body surveillance and “age-defying” expectations, the quote reads like boundary-setting: you can have my work ethic, not my deprivation. It’s less a diet tip than a cultural refusal to let optimization swallow a life.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Aniston, Jennifer. (2026, January 16). Look I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to. I don't starve myself in an extremist way. You're not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I'd be devastated. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/look-i-eat-really-well-and-i-work-out-but-i-also-83145/
Chicago Style
Aniston, Jennifer. "Look I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to. I don't starve myself in an extremist way. You're not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I'd be devastated." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/look-i-eat-really-well-and-i-work-out-but-i-also-83145/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Look I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to. I don't starve myself in an extremist way. You're not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I'd be devastated." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/look-i-eat-really-well-and-i-work-out-but-i-also-83145/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.







