sentence/phrase that helps you stay focused/eating/exercisin

JMarigold

I tell myself during exercise,

"You NEED to do this, you CAN do this, you WILL do this"

or

"You've got this!"

And towards the end . . .

"You're in the endgame baby"

And then if it's the last 30 seconds of an all out sprint or something like that, "30 seconds? An infant could do this!" (Not rational but it seems to work)

Axels91

stop being a wimp and finish!
are you throwing up? well keep going
the wall is coming, burst through it and keep going.

kmfolkins

bump for later

Laurakc89

I've just seen this idea, think I might give it a go! two jars with beads, each bead represnting a pound. One jar of pounds to go and one for pounds lost. At 7 pounds I'm starting to realise I'm really managing this and think this will help me to realise my achievements without rewarding myslef with food etc,as I can still see what I have to go!

WallyGirl358

I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.

blandwriter

Remember that morning you had the EKG.

75Juniper

I'm constantly saying to myself, "I'm doing it!"

When I'm overwhelmed and feel like I'll never get healthy or lose weight, this reminds me that I'm already doing it, so how can it be impossible?

BryGuy2

When it's while i'm working out (and i was just thinking this last night), I say, "Okay, i'm here now, i'm not going to waste my time and dog it, i'm going to put my full effort into it and make that 1-2 hours worth it."

ksumme

Bill Bowerman - "If you have a body, you are an athlete". I am an athlete - and I train! I may not be as fit as an athlete as I was 25 years ago, but I know I will be!!

Yesterday, I was pushing hard, but was getting tired during a cardio day, and saw my trainer in the gym waiting for her next client. I thought about hoping she saw me and would see how hard I was working. I had a good long talk with myself reminding me that I do this for me and me only!! Not to make my trainer proud of me, or my husband or kids. I do it for me, selfish, so I can spend years with them!! I will see my kids to adulthood, and parenthood. I will enjoy my grandchildren (10+ years down the road )

kbuelo

When I don't feel like working out: "In an hour you'll either be done with your workout, or you'll be feeling guilty. Choose."

carolemack

I have a couple:

"If it is important to you you will find a way...if not you will find an excuse!" (I use this one to to make myself exercise)

"It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to take one giant leap forward only to stumble back." (this one helps me to keep on track when the scale moves oh so slowly,or not at all)

NewLIFEstyle4ME

Willpower

* “It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.” ~James Gordon

* “Willpower can produce short-term change, but it creates constant internal stress because you haven’t dealt with the root cause.” ~Rick Warren

* “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” ~Johann von Goethe

Lizabee84

When I am doing fly pec workout at the gym I say"no more grandma arms" It helps me fight the tiredness and get in a few more reps

Raemama

What a great thread - I'm laughing and sometimes even tearing up.

For food, I tell myself, "I've tasted ____ before - I don't have to taste it again right now."

For exercising - hmmm - basically I just tell myself to, "Get off your rear and GET GOING."

One more - I've made a committment to take the stairs instead of the elevator every morning to my office. Sometimes I am very tempted to take the elevator and I tell myself, "Life looks better from the top of the stairs!" It works for some odd reason

TopazCarey

I always say "I got this"

YumemiruJin

Don't give up what you want most for what you want right now.

MrsObundles

I have a couple written on a board by my desk but my 2 favorites are:

If you always do what you have always done, then you will always get what you have always got!

Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret!

I like those!

robiney

I basically chant in my head "you're a champion" haha

shelbysmom08

even if you are going slow at least you are moving faster then those on the couch!

NewLIFEstyle4ME

Thoughts

* “Our greatest battles are that with our own minds.” ~Jameson Frank
* “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” ~Norman Vincent Peale
* “What consumes your mind controls your life.” ~Creed
* “While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.” ~Ben Franklin
* “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” ~Sir Edmund Hillary
* “Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.” ~Brian Tracy

NewLIFEstyle4ME

One definition of insanity is: Doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result.

Do you choose to simply know the path, or do you choose to walk it?

Be specific in what you want, and use specific words. Empower yourself, and become the person you dream about

Listen closely: the only time it's too late to change yourself is when you're dead. Until then, you're simply making excuses or lying to yourself.

awandell

Today, the motivating phrase was, "This will not kill me!" and "If I don't do this, it will kill me! I WILL DIE!" (it meaning, the being unhealthy)

Both of which were repeated frequently in my last workout!

NewLIFEstyle4ME

Bumping for myself--

pa_jorg

If you fail to plan then you plan to fail... this one helps me fix meals in advance so I don't chose the wrong thing when hungry.

Sabine_Stroehm

Mine's on my profile here. It's from Michael Pollan: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. I wish his writings had been around 15 or so years ago when I was trying to learn how to eat! But, I'm glad it is now.

getthisweightgone

BEASTMODE:devil:

LikeNoOneElse84

My go to phrase is "giving up is never an option"

maggiepz

How humming the tune to the Beatles Song "I'm a Loser".
"I'm a loser
I'm a loser
And I'm not what I appear to be..."

I want to be a LOSER. I'm really a hot looking 55yo grandma on the inside just trying to find her way out through all this weight.

wave143j

When I was in the military, I lived by "Adapt and Overcome". I still use this phrase in all aspects of my life, not just fitness. It's plain survival at its best. Once you adapt and overcome, whatever the situation, life is easier and you're in control. I can't adapt if I don't push one more ______(step, minute, mile, etc.) And then when I have pushed, I have overcome that moment of weakness and it feels goooooooood.

TinaCleg_cancel

Mine is " You can have results or excuses, but you can not have both. "