YOU'RE FAV QUOTE FOR MOTIVATION!!

erikalanem
erikalanem Posts: 48
in Motivation and Support
"You don't drown by falling in the water, you drown by staying there!"

I fall in the water almost every day once, but if I stayed there all day, I would def be drowning....My goal is get where I fall in the water once a week only :)
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  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    "I'm tired of being fat and out of shape."

    Said by me each day I didn't do anything about it. I never want to utter that phrase again.
  • defyyourlimitations
    defyyourlimitations Posts: 12
    "Stop competing with others and start competing with yourself."

    "The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday."

    I love these. I love sports and healthy competition is great, but ultimately, focusing on yourself is most important. It is distracting to worry about everyone esle and how you compare to them. Trying to be a better you is the key.
  • jillymas33
    jillymas33 Posts: 4 Member
    "Commitment means staying loyal to what you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you." :smile:
  • tapdancr2192
    tapdancr2192 Posts: 54
    My favorite quote actually came from a mfp member on another forum:

    "Other people have to learn to quit smoking, or use an artificial limb, or what-have-you. This is my limitation and it's not so horrible."

    Feeling blessed with the good things in my life has made me accept having to watch what I eat and work out every day. Knowing that it could be so much worse is what keeps me going every day! :)
  • erikalanem
    erikalanem Posts: 48
    I loved a quote by an MFPer "Get rich quick, get poor quick"...This is a long journey, a permanent one really....Losing weight fast will leave us only where we can't maintain it....
  • shadowharuka
    shadowharuka Posts: 92 Member
    "Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated"
  • chelstakencharge
    chelstakencharge Posts: 1,021 Member
    not going to bet the butt you want by sitting on the one you've got!
  • ksuetorres
    ksuetorres Posts: 139 Member
    "I'm so sorry I forced myself to do that workout," said NO ONE -- EVER!
  • Fitnin6280
    Fitnin6280 Posts: 618 Member
    A fellow MFP member said this once and has really stuck with me. "A year from now you will wish you started today."
  • MamaCatO
    MamaCatO Posts: 100
    "If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up"
  • kellijauch
    kellijauch Posts: 379 Member
    I'm getting skinnier and skinnier every day!

    No food tastes as good as skinny feels.

    Only You can prevent forest fires (which is silly I know, but it reminds me that I am the only one who can do this for myself)
  • Sewilban
    Sewilban Posts: 43 Member
    "I may not be the strongest. I may not be the fastest. But I'll be damned if I'm not trying my hardest."
  • Amy_Andrews
    Amy_Andrews Posts: 106
    “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!” Audrey Hepburn
  • VpinkLotus
    VpinkLotus Posts: 849 Member
    "This is about the time when you are going to hear that voice in your head that says 'I just can't do this.' That voice is a lying wh@re. Keep going."
  • SmallMimi
    SmallMimi Posts: 541 Member
    Ten small words that say a lot!


    IF IT IS TO BE IT IS UP TO ME!
  • 2013sk
    2013sk Posts: 1,318 Member
    Little pickers, wear big knickers!!
  • jfrog123
    jfrog123 Posts: 432 Member
    You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off your face. It's your choice.

    The hardest step for a runner is the first one out the front door.

    Fitness is like a marriage; you can't cheat on it and expect it to work.

    No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch.

    I don't quit when I'm tired; I quit when I'm done.

    If it is important to you, you'll find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse.

    Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

    When it's hard to run, run hard.

    You don't have to go fast, you just have to go.

    It doesn't matter how times you fall down as long as you pick yourself back up and keep moving forward.

    Don't give up on a goal because of the time it requires; the time will pass anyway.
  • cbwilliams2004
    cbwilliams2004 Posts: 24 Member
    Too long to type, but look up "The Man in the Arena" by Theodore Roosevelt. It's a nice little verbal smackdown for anyone saying you can't achieve something.
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  • Katkamm77
    Katkamm77 Posts: 108 Member
    From an MFP member..."Committed means you do it whether you want to or not".
  • soldier4242
    soldier4242 Posts: 1,368 Member
    "You're worthless and nobody will ever love you."

    ~The head of Leela's orphanage from Futurama
  • LaurenEileen74
    LaurenEileen74 Posts: 142 Member
    "Fast feet to the finish line"
  • jennagoogles13
    jennagoogles13 Posts: 266
    "It's never too late to become what you might have been."
  • MacroMiranda
    MacroMiranda Posts: 78 Member
    "Your stomach is not a garbage disposal."
    It's been a struggle for me not to clear my plate, eat a whole restaurant portion, or finish things out of the refrigerator so that they're not "wasted". I've been doing this for years at a higher cost than lost food, so this quote helps me to keep it all in check. I think I found it on Pinterest?
  • MamaCatO
    MamaCatO Posts: 100
    Also "Food is the most widely abused anti-anxiety drug in America, and exercise is the most potent and underutilized antidepressant."
  • MaddieCakes06
    MaddieCakes06 Posts: 53 Member
    More SWEAT now, less JIGGLE later

    Sweat like a pig
    Work like a horse
    to look like a fox

    you can be sore tomorrow or you can be sorry tomorrow. you choose.

    a one hour workout is only 4% of your day.
  • klp1017
    klp1017 Posts: 95 Member
    Suck it up now and you won't have to suck it in later.
  • msmotherof3
    msmotherof3 Posts: 6 Member
    Two that I read in a article about a MFP member:

    "Willpower is just a muscle; and every time I flex it, the stronger it will get!"

    "Motivation gets you started, habit keeps you going!"
  • Chubby_never_again
    Chubby_never_again Posts: 22
    - "Somehow We've come to believe that greatness is only for the chosen few, for the superstars. The truth is, greatness is for us all.This is not about lowering expectations; it's about raising them for every last one of us. Greatness is not in one special place, and it's not in one special person. Greatness is wherever somebody is trying to find it."

    - "I don't want to lose weight because of the pressure that others have place upon me... I want to lose weight because of the demands that I have place upon myself."

    I'm always thinking about these two quotes. For some reason it makes me happier and willing to get up and do something. :happy:
  • jfrog123
    jfrog123 Posts: 432 Member
    "Your stomach is not a garbage disposal."
    It's been a struggle for me not to clear my plate, eat a whole restaurant portion, or finish things out of the refrigerator so that they're not "wasted". I've been doing this for years at a higher cost than lost food, so this quote helps me to keep it all in check. I think I found it on Pinterest?

    I struggle with that too, and you reminded me of another one:

    When there is excess food on your plate, you have two options. You can either let it go to waste, or you can let it go to your waist.

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