Be Serious Please!

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  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    If you don't constantly set goals for yourself and fight to reach them, you'll end up at a stand-still.

    Fitness goals will motivate you when no set of digital numbers can.

    Don't be scared to enjoy your personal victories. Part of what will keep you glued to your health and fitness is allowing those little goals to build up your confidence. You don't have to be scared of success. You don't have to regret putting time into your own self improvement.

    Plan. Revise the plan. Adhere to the plan. If it doesn't work, revise the plan again. You are worth all the little moments you invest.

    Do it until it's habit.
  • Krizzo87
    Krizzo87 Posts: 14,186 Member
    Don't deprive yourself and don't focus so much on the number on the scale as much as how you feel/how your clothes fit..
  • DangerSass
    DangerSass Posts: 124 Member
    Food is not the enemy, believe in yourself always, most of this is mental.
  • ZombieChaser
    ZombieChaser Posts: 1,555 Member
    Food is not the enemy, believe in yourself always, most of this is mental.

    Sass knows what's up ^^ Love this!
  • x_JT_x
    x_JT_x Posts: 364
    Aside from all the other great advice already given...

    You will live up, or down, to your own expectations. Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself. Respect yourself.

    And...

    Sleep is a weapon. Use it.
  • kayyydee_cancel
    kayyydee_cancel Posts: 23
    Don't go by what the scale says. Go by how you feel and how your clothes fit. Invest in a soft measuring tape to measure with!
  • TheFitHooker
    TheFitHooker Posts: 3,357 Member
    Best advice I have had is from one of my child hood friends who is now a body builder. He shared the advice on fb and I just recently told him that his advice is what kicked my butt into gear.

    He said that for change to happen we have to tell our brain to shut up and prove it wrong. No matter what we have to remember that this is a commitment, it isn't an interest. Like our jobs we go to work because we are committed to our family to provide for them because we love them. As for this life style we should love ourselves enough to commit to ourselves in a healthier lifestyle.
  • coppercat25
    coppercat25 Posts: 54 Member
    BUMP! First of all this thread is amazing and inspiring!

    Second...advice...not so much as what I have learnt:

    The hardest part is not when you are at the gym/exercising sweating your a** off for me it's motivating myself to a ctually do it. To motivate myself I look at threads like this on mfp, or the success stories topics. And you know what? I always feel better for a good work out, and it inspires me to do more.
  • TeachTheGirl
    TeachTheGirl Posts: 2,091 Member
    That this isn't a race. You're accountable to you and only you. If you feel like walking one day, walk. If you feel like running the next, run. The end goal can still be the same without going full sprint the whole time. Let yourself slow down sometimes.
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    1. Slow Down - Putting my fork/spoon down between bites allowed me to feel that I was full much sooner than just continuing to eat until I was STUFFED and saved me hundreds of calories daily.

    2. Buy a scale and stop trusting the labels regarding how much the bread slices / buns weigh :P weigh everything and be cognizant that 1 "cup" in USA is NOT THE SAME as 1 cup in Canada. This is important when picking which food to use to track from the database.

    3. Do what works for you ;)
  • EricaHoffman19
    EricaHoffman19 Posts: 28 Member
    The thing I remind myself of often is, "this time next year you'll wish you would have stuck to this."

    It helps me to remember that if I do nothing, then come next year I will wish I would have kept at it because I would have been at goal.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    When things become too easy, it's time to step it up a notch. Get out of your comfort zone, it is here where you'll see the biggest changes, both mentally and physically.
  • Prahasaurus
    Prahasaurus Posts: 1,381 Member
    Plan and log your daily meals in advance, ideally each morning. Don't wait until dinnertime to realize you only have 100 calories left for the day!

    This will also encourage you to move more (exercise) on days in which you see you'll miss your calorie goal. When I knew I was going to go over (for whatever reason), I made a point to walk to the track and run a bit, which gave me 300 additional calories to play with. Had I waited until the evening, I wouldn't have had time to run or do some other form of exercise.

    --P
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    The scale doesn't matter. It's about how you feel, how your clothes fit, and your muscle tone.

    ^^ This!!

    If I get back into size 16 and have toned muscles, then I'll be happy to just maintain that. The tape measure is my friend.
  • Restybaby2012
    Restybaby2012 Posts: 568 Member
    "If you Always do what you've Always done, You'll Always get what you Always got"

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