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

Rosi3

''Eat in moderation, Exercise in moderation, everything in moderation."
"No matter what you may be going through in life, Always stay strong. Don't let other people bring you down. Believe in yourself.''
"' Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.''
"' Your legs are not giving out. Your head is giving out. Keep going.''
''You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.'' &
"Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.'' :happy:

kori333

"You've given birth to 3 babies. YOU CAN DO THIS!"

"I can do hard things." I have to tell my kids that all the time.

Other times when I want to quit halfway through the workout, I'll just repeat my next mini goal number over and over. Works well.

Mershon88

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

One tubby tubby.... two tubby tubby... (love that movie.. so this one stuck with me LOL)

If it doesn't kill me... it WILL make me stronger.

squats.....my *kitten* will thank me later.

MeganSWoods

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." ~George Bernard Shaw

"You will never know your limits unless you push yourself to them"

wells0707

"It doesn't ever get easier, you just get better"

Aphrodite3010

Mine is "Eat to live, not live to eat!"

wells0707

Whenever I lose a pound I also think of what a block of Velveeta cheese looks like. "I've lost 26 blocks of Velveeta! Sure glad I'm not toting them around anymore!" (I do realize that one is kinda weird lol)

I do that too, but now with velveeta. I picture bags of flour or canned goods...lol

MassiveDelta

Whenever I lose a pound I also think of what a block of Velveeta cheese looks like. "I've lost 26 blocks of Velveeta! Sure glad I'm not toting them around anymore!" (I do realize that one is kinda weird lol)

I do that too, but now with velveeta. I picture bags of flour or canned goods...lol

Holy Crap I never thought of it that way. I was thinking I want a picture with 80+ blocks of velveeta but Ill bet they wont even have that many stocked....

melruiz5

"If you would have worked out when your first thought about it. . . . you'd be done by now!" . . . . That gets me out of bed somedays :happy:

katinthebox

My workout mantra is "I AM AN ATHELETE!" My workout song when things get tough.."Shake It Out" by Florence and the Machine.

mmenuey27

Mine is "Don't live to eat, eat to live." It helps when I have late night cravings, and keep me focused on my goals. Reminding me that food is not there becuase I am bored, but to give me nutrients that I need.

It also helps me when I work out to keep a "you gotta give something to get something", I like that and it's true.

sweebum

You can do anything for a minute.

Oh! And "Don't trade what you want the most for what you want right now"

LisaD1025

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.

Ayn Rand -- I LOVE this quote and had completely forgotten about it. Thank you for posting it and reminding me!

LisaD1025

I always try to ask myself what I want more -- that piece of cake, pizza, chicken wing, whatever, or the body I'm working towards.
Sometimes the cake wins, but not usually.

This works with working out too -- do I want to sit around and be lazy more than I want to lose the weight? That works almost ALL the time!

AmyPearshape

A guy friend shared this one: when you're feeling hungry, say to yourself, "This is what losing weight feels like." I'm not saying you should go hungry, but I've found this helpful when I am wanting an unhealthy snack, when I know I will be having a healthy meal in a half hour. In other words, just to hold out a little longer or until a healthier option is available.

May63

my play list includes songs like kelly clarkson "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" exercise is katy perry's "part of me"

CindyCountingCalories

Unless you puke faint or die keep going

Ghette

My favorite is " YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE IT YOU JUST HAVE TO DO IT"

Lizabee84

" What doesnt kill me will make me stronger" I do play the Kayne West Song alot when running

Margentine

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tawnysmom

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NurseAshoRN

mine is WHATEVER IT TAKES. I use this for so many things in life...but it works!

my workout playlist includes a bunch of ball bustin' women and country music!!!

FindingSamMon

"I don't stop when I'm tired, I stop when I'm done"

"If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up" and

"You’re smart and you know what real food is, so stop eating crap”

thistimeismytime

1. If you're tired of starting over, STOP QUITTING.

2. Your excuse is invalid.

Sharonks

I think I do better with kind of mean stuff.

You're not a wuss.
You never quit.
and the mild, come on , you can do this for x more times.

I think the thing that keeps me going are two images. The first one is a lady I used to visit in the nursing home who was a double amputee. She was diabetic and a smoker. This is what I thought of to quit smoking and this is what keeps me eating right and taking care of myself. I don't want to be a burden to my family, I don't want things cut off, I don't want to live my last 10 or more years with diabetic rot. I was diagnosed at 34. I have a lot of years to rot.

My second thought which really isn't based in reality is that my hubs is 7 years younger than me and there are all sorts of younger women out there. Now I know he loves me and wouldn't leave me because of my weight but I really want to look better than those women who are 10 years younger than me.

arctiknitter

"I will NOT allow food to rule my life!" Whenever I start thinking about food, I think of that and it seems to help. I am much less focused on food these days and more focused on getting home to do my 30DS before it gets too late.

ladykate7

My favorite is " YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE IT YOU JUST HAVE TO DO IT"

Agree. its not about liking it. its about doing it.

megan1869

"You should probably do something to deserve that shower..." and "You arent a dog dont reward yourself with food"

Chipmaniac

I tell myself "You can endure just about anything for ten minutes." Then when ten minutes goes by I say it again and so on. Pretty soon, I'm done.

NickIandolo

Mine is simply is: "Do you want to be old, fat, crippled, and dead?"

That usually does it for me.