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Motivating quotes that apply to weight loss

JeremyInvincible
JeremyInvincible Posts: 264 Member
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
“Never, never, never, never give up.”
— Winston Churchill


Add to the list! Let's get some old school motivation going on in hur!
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  • JeremyInvincible
    JeremyInvincible Posts: 264 Member
    “Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.”
    — Mark Twain
  • JeremyInvincible
    JeremyInvincible Posts: 264 Member
    "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."
    -- Sir Winston Churchill
  • SillySkittles
    SillySkittles Posts: 202 Member
    I'm not sure who actually said it, but I pulled it off my friend's Facebook status:

    "You cannot conquer that which you do not face." and I put it up on my blog to motivate me to keep facing my weight-loss goals head on!
  • ruggie
    ruggie Posts: 26
    "I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be".
    ~Groucho Marx
  • cathcakey
    cathcakey Posts: 288 Member
    Ellen Degeneres

    "You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is."
  • LJCannon
    LJCannon Posts: 3,636 Member
    :drinker:
  • elmct57
    elmct57 Posts: 594 Member
    bump
  • JeremyInvincible
    JeremyInvincible Posts: 264 Member
    Great quotes all! Keep em coming!
  • BeeZoe
    BeeZoe Posts: 37
    Number one in my book lol

    "There is no try, only do" Yoda
  • sheyna1983
    sheyna1983 Posts: 137
    "Take care of your body or else your soul will have nowhere to live" (I'm probably messing up this quote but it's something like that)

    - Can't remember
  • sheyna1983
    sheyna1983 Posts: 137
    Ellen Degeneres

    "You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is."

    LMAO
  • JeremyInvincible
    JeremyInvincible Posts: 264 Member
    Number one in my book lol

    "There is no try, only do" Yoda

    As a huge Star Wars fan, this quote is full of WIN!
  • seasha86
    seasha86 Posts: 38
    Ellen Degeneres

    "You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is."



    Ha I love it! Ellen is so funny!
  • julie737
    julie737 Posts: 406 Member
    "Whether you believe you can or believe you can't, you're probably right."
    -Henry Ford
  • julie737
    julie737 Posts: 406 Member
    "No one ever drowned in sweat."
    -Author Unknown
  • sheyna1983
    sheyna1983 Posts: 137
    "No one ever drowned in sweat."
    -Author Unknown

    LOVE it!
  • julie737
    julie737 Posts: 406 Member
    "Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
    -Edward Stanley
  • julie737
    julie737 Posts: 406 Member
    My mantra:

    Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.
  • JeremyInvincible
    JeremyInvincible Posts: 264 Member
    My mantra:

    Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.

    Similar to mine.

    "What I taste today won't matter tomorrow."
  • cathcakey
    cathcakey Posts: 288 Member
    Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
  • KarenECunningham
    KarenECunningham Posts: 419 Member
    These are great! Very motivating:happy:
  • KrissyD70
    KrissyD70 Posts: 92
    Attitude is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it....
    Anonymous
  • taylorsgirl
    taylorsgirl Posts: 6
    These are great quotes!
  • taylorsgirl
    taylorsgirl Posts: 6
    "Whether you believe you can or believe you can't, you're probably right."
    -Henry Ford

    That says nothing but the truth!
  • weelissa
    weelissa Posts: 89 Member
    'Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels'
    Kate Moss
  • JeremyInvincible
    JeremyInvincible Posts: 264 Member
    "You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there."
  • MissingMinnesota
    MissingMinnesota Posts: 7,486 Member
    I post a daily quote in my update so here is the one I posted today.

    "Pearls lie not on the seashore. If thou desirest one thou must dive for it." - Chinese Proverb
  • κόσμος
    κόσμος Posts: 19
    These are great! I needed these today!


    Just to add one:
    We never repent of having eaten too little.
    Thomas Jefferson

    I think "nothing tastes as good as thin feels" is probably my favorite. something to remind myself of when I'm craving something. It'll be worth it to pass on the chocolate!
  • SillySkittles
    SillySkittles Posts: 202 Member
    "No one ever drowned in sweat."
    -Author Unknown

    *LOVE*
  • JeremyInvincible
    JeremyInvincible Posts: 264 Member
    Great job folks!
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