What Are Some Of Your Self-Motivation Phrases/Self-Talk?

danamariers
danamariers Posts: 155 Member
in Motivation and Support
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?
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  • mydietstory_
    mydietstory_ Posts: 2
    "success is the best form of revenge"
  • cakeocity
    cakeocity Posts: 3
    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 now :)
  • mellymo29
    mellymo29 Posts: 70 Member
    Suck it up, buttercup.
    Pain is only weakness leaving your body.
    What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.
  • fShaw86
    fShaw86 Posts: 878 Member
    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."
  • JessicaPasieka
    JessicaPasieka Posts: 149 Member
    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."
  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
    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)
  • rpilon21
    rpilon21 Posts: 32 Member
    "I don't stop when I'm tired, I stop when I'm done"

    "Pain is temporary, quitting is forever"

    "Just give'er"
  • ameliaannakin
    ameliaannakin Posts: 344 Member
    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 it
  • ameliaannakin
    ameliaannakin Posts: 344 Member
    I forgot one... perseverance is key!
  • danamariers
    danamariers Posts: 155 Member
    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!
  • cajuin
    cajuin Posts: 10
    Well, my current one is loss weight or die.
    Not really that positive but affective so far.
  • moondawg14
    moondawg14 Posts: 249 Member
    Over at beginnertriahtlete.com we use "Suck it up, Buttercup!"

    It's also the last line on my Road ID.
  • canuckjz
    canuckjz Posts: 24 Member
    Every day you wake up you should be an improvement from the day before, mentally, physically, intellectually, and emotionally.
  • lorcart
    lorcart Posts: 406 Member
    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!
  • fitfreakymom
    fitfreakymom Posts: 1,400 Member
    I have a mental image of what I used to look like , that is all I need.
  • FedoraNinja
    FedoraNinja Posts: 45
    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!
  • stef_monster
    stef_monster Posts: 205 Member
    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!"
  • LeslieN65
    LeslieN65 Posts: 127 Member
    Skinny girls look good in clothes but fit girls look good naked:-)
  • sbrownallison
    sbrownallison Posts: 314 Member
    Three words that are easy to remember: Do it anyway!
  • Hummingheart
    Hummingheart Posts: 16
    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.
  • Hummingheart
    Hummingheart Posts: 16
    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!!
  • ajstaudt
    ajstaudt Posts: 28 Member
    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.
  • TheBaileyHunter
    TheBaileyHunter Posts: 641 Member
    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.
  • gmallan
    gmallan Posts: 2,099 Member
    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'.”
  • singmyheartout4you
    singmyheartout4you Posts: 245
    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 going
  • totalsham
    totalsham Posts: 217 Member
    joe rogan keeps me motivated...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAeQg_RomNo
  • ptammyw
    ptammyw Posts: 27 Member
    Dig deep
    Be Strong
    You got it!
  • CampKelly
    CampKelly Posts: 172 Member
    A one hour workout is 4% of my day....No excuses!
  • gowrirao81
    gowrirao81 Posts: 139 Member
    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.
  • gramacanada
    gramacanada Posts: 557 Member
    It's only one day. I can do anything for one day.
    *Repeat Daily*

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