What Are Some Of Your Self-Motivation Phrases/Self-Talk?
danamariers
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What do you tell yourself when you want to skip a workout, order something deep fried, be a couch potato, etc?
What's your "stay on the healthy track" mantra?
What's your "stay on the healthy track" mantra?
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"success is the best form of revenge"0
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Well mine is about looking like a sweaty hot mess - I don't care about how I look now, I care about how I look a year, 5 years, and 20 years from now0
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Suck it up, buttercup.
Pain is only weakness leaving your body.
What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.0 -
My brain actually speaks to me now! :O
"C'mon, this is the LAST rep! You did it last time, I'm sure you can do it now!!!"
"Go, Go, Go!"
"You do remember you have to run back home, right? No, you can't take the bus/a cab/whatever, you have no money in those tracks."0 -
When I'm having a really rough day at the gym and I want to leave early, or get off of the elliptical before I know I should, I say "You made this promise to yourself. Commit to your health."0
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Keep going - you are almost there!
You got this!
Don't quit now - you can do this!
Remember the feeling of success - and keep moving!!
And when all else fails - You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you! (this should probably be first, lol)0 -
"I don't stop when I'm tired, I stop when I'm done"
"Pain is temporary, quitting is forever"
"Just give'er"0 -
Quitters never win, winners never quit
When you're about to quite remember why you started
It's not going to be days but it will be worth it0 -
I forgot one... perseverance is key!0
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Nice!!!
I'm sure I read it on one of the MFP forums but someone said sweat is fat crying as it melts off of you
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Well, my current one is loss weight or die.
Not really that positive but affective so far.0 -
Over at beginnertriahtlete.com we use "Suck it up, Buttercup!"
It's also the last line on my Road ID.0 -
Every day you wake up you should be an improvement from the day before, mentally, physically, intellectually, and emotionally.0
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The next 30 days (or whatever timeframe) is going to go by regardless. In 30 days do I want to be better, worse or the same? My choice...either way, 30 days WILL go by!0
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I have a mental image of what I used to look like , that is all I need.0
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I will persist until I succeed.
You're worth at least one more Van Halen song, aren't you? Just hold out till this song ends...
Feelings don't control your actions. You may feel tired, but there's nothing stopping you here. Keep going!0 -
Gonna do my best to only post my 'family friendly' mantras/encouragements here, haha...
During any sort of difficult cardio interval: "(X) minutes/seconds?! That's NOTHING! You can do ANYTHING for (X) minutes/seconds!!!" I like to think about some of the harder exercises I've done while I'm screaming that mantra internally.
"Perseverance is Victory."
"You've come this far, it'd be stupid to quit now!"
"Pain is temporary."
The ever-popular, "Pain is weakness leaving the body."
"You are a BEAST! Make this (insert exercise or workout) your B*TCH!"0 -
Skinny girls look good in clothes but fit girls look good naked:-)0
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Three words that are easy to remember: Do it anyway!0
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Nice!!!
I'm sure I read it on one of the MFP forums but someone said sweat is fat crying as it melts off of you
LOVE IT!
This is my fave - I have "Sweat is fat crying" written on the inside of my medicine cabinet and I look at it while I'm brushing my teeth.0 -
Skinny girls look good in clothes but fit girls look good naked:-)
Ohh this might be going on the inside of my medicine cabinet too!!0 -
TODAY I am achieving my goals. TODAY my efforts WILL produce the results I desire, but only if I give it my ALL. TODAY I will give it absolutely everything I've got, and tonight I will sleep well knowing that I am ONE STEP CLOSER.0
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I tell myself simply that if I can expend that much energy making that many excuses for not working out, I can use that energy to come up with just as many to get it done.0
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You can do anything for 15 minutes. What I tell myself when I don't want to go to the gym. Then I make myself go with the proviso that if after 15 minutes I'm still not feeling it I can leave. I find most of the struggle is just getting there. I nearly always end up staying for longer. At very least I've got in a 15 minutes workout which is much better than none.
and this Muhhamad Ali quote
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.”0 -
I work as a gymnastics coach, and one of the things I tell myself all the time is something I heard one coach tell a girl while they were doing their warmup laps. The girl was on her last lap when she started slowing down and the coach said
"You made it this far and youre gonna quit when youre almost done? What does that say about you?"
The girl finished strong and those words always stuck with me. So when I set a goal when working out and i think about quitting, that plays in my head and i keep going0 -
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Dig deep
Be Strong
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A one hour workout is 4% of my day....No excuses!0
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I subscribe to the ethos that one's body is merely a shell that houses your mind (brain/heart/soul ... whatever word you fancy). It is the only vehicle you have to experience life in it's fullest. It asks for so little in return for the world of wonder it opens for you .. so when I feel lazy or don't feel like doing something for my body I remind myself of this and decide that I will treat this body (the only one I have) kindly. My mantra is just "Be kind, take care of this body because you are the only one who can". Somehow visualising my body as a seperate entity helps me treat it better ... we are often kinder outside than within.0
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It's only one day. I can do anything for one day.
*Repeat Daily*0
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