What's your mantra to keep you on track?

chelsea801
chelsea801 Posts: 14
in Motivation and Support
So what phrase or mantra do you tell yourself to stay on track? What resonates with you when you want to give in?

For exercise, I have 2:
"Just show up"( when I'm trying to wake up) and
"Just keep going" (once I'm at the gym and want to quit or leave)

For food, "I can have that, I don't want it".

I'd love to hear what other people's mental motivating mantra's are.

So. What's yours?!
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  • SirDoctorofTARDIS
    SirDoctorofTARDIS Posts: 113 Member
    To keep my from eating something instead of saying "I can't eat ______" I say "I don't eat____" It really helps me a ton.

    Usually for working out it's a string of mental expletives (Not going to say them, don't want to get banned HAHA)
  • EricMurano
    EricMurano Posts: 825 Member
    "A year from now I might wish I started today"
  • RachtheOzkiwi
    RachtheOzkiwi Posts: 28 Member
    When I run or walk I say with my breathing *in with health, out with sickness* or * better than those on the couch*
    And with food, I ask myself *am I hungry or why do you want this* but I generally don't have a problem with food any more.
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    Keep on swimming . . . keep on swimming . . . keep on swimming . . .

    From Dorie in Finding Nemo. (Note my ticker.) Losing weight isn't hard. It's tedious.
  • hedgiie
    hedgiie Posts: 1,226 Member
    everything i miss today, can be done tomorrow.
  • tjsoccermom
    tjsoccermom Posts: 500 Member
    When I'm working out, I tell myself that I'm only going to disappoint myself if I don't work hard. I also try to find someone working out near me (when doing the elliptical, treadmill or stair machine) that's working hard and try to beat them or at least keep up with them. That helps me. With food, I like the saying that nothing tastes as good as skinny feels, although I'm aiming for fit, not skinny.
  • Pixt
    Pixt Posts: 95 Member
    "A year from now I might wish I started today"

    ^ This
  • bbg_daryl
    bbg_daryl Posts: 150 Member
    "Summer bodies are made in the winter."
    "The only workout you'll regret is the one you skip." (well, unless you have a heart attack, I guess)

    Those are the two I actually keep in mind and say aloud to myself, but I have a number of them that cycle through my wallpapers on my PC.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    "I'm too short for this weight class."
  • longtimeterp
    longtimeterp Posts: 614 Member
    "Just EAT It!"
  • PixieGoddess
    PixieGoddess Posts: 1,833 Member
    Losing weight isn't hard. It's tedious.

    I LOVE THAT!! It's so true!!

    This year, all 6 days of it, I've been telling myself that I'm pushing myself so that I look AMAZING in my wedding gown! :wink:
  • nicholjenny
    nicholjenny Posts: 74 Member
    Following... I need a good one! I just show up every day and do my best.
  • jussithemom83
    jussithemom83 Posts: 1
    What you eat in private shows in public
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    I just remind myself that I spent a lot of money on those 26" Paige jeans.
  • katznkt
    katznkt Posts: 320 Member
    Just keep swimming just keep swimming, swimming swimming.

    Really though, I just say "this is what the new healthy me would do."
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,009 Member
    The mind quits before the body...
  • geenah91
    geenah91 Posts: 2
    This brownie (or whatever unhealthy food it happens to be at the time) doesn't taste as good as being thin (or fit, healthy, etc.) feels.

    For working out, I'm still in the process of trying to find an effective mantra, but sometimes telling myself that working out at all is better than not working out at all helps. Or, if I'm really not feeling up to, I'll tell myself to go on at least a 15 minute walk/jog, and if I still don't feel like it I can stop. Usually by that point, my mentality is "why quit now?".
  • bamf82
    bamf82 Posts: 14
    "A year from now I might wish I started today"


    That's the one I like too!
  • losingwt4good
    losingwt4good Posts: 2
    The moment when you want to quit, is the moment when you need to keep pushing. - Unknown.
  • alphabetsoup2013
    alphabetsoup2013 Posts: 208 Member
    "Because I can."

    Now that I've lost a significant amount of weight, it is so much easier to be physically active. So I push myself to be active, even though it's easier to stay on the couch, because I'm thrilled that I CAN BE physically active.

    BECAUSE I CAN.
  • tmw1018
    tmw1018 Posts: 9 Member
    If you bite it, write it.
  • abluesguy
    abluesguy Posts: 13
    Suck it up now or suck it in later.
  • abluesguy
    abluesguy Posts: 13
    Mistake post, sorry.
  • aquarabbit
    aquarabbit Posts: 1,622 Member
    "You're closer today than you were yesterday." Simple, to the point, and can be applied to my diet, health, or fitness. So it's definitely my weight loss mantra since all those things are so important to my particular goals.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    you're "done" when you die...and we're going to kick that can down the road a bit.
  • rmellinger17
    rmellinger17 Posts: 31 Member
    "A year from now I might wish I started today"

    ^ This

    This is so very true!
  • dstevens19
    dstevens19 Posts: 233 Member
    Free food isn't free. Meaning just because it's at the office or just because it's leftovers doesn't mean I'm obligated to eat it. Every bite has a cost.
    Also, SEC -- stop eating crap!
  • abluesguy
    abluesguy Posts: 13
    The moment when you want to quit, is the moment when you need to keep pushing. - Unknown.

    Perfect!
  • chelsea801
    chelsea801 Posts: 14
    These are all awesome! I found myself nodding in agreement and saying "oooh, that's good" a lot.

    Keep 'em coming!!
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,009 Member
    Every setback is a setup for a comeback...

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