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On weight loss journey , best thing learned-1 sentence!

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  • mamadon
    mamadon Posts: 1,422 Member
    I can eat anything I want in moderation.
  • avondaleklr
    avondaleklr Posts: 24 Member
    Patience is key.
  • chunkybun
    chunkybun Posts: 179 Member
    "Can't is the real C-word" - quote from The Candidate
  • Pixt
    Pixt Posts: 95 Member
    Log everything.
  • trizzletrix
    trizzletrix Posts: 92 Member
    Losing weight alone will not magically make you love yourself.
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    a bird in the hand is worth the market value of whatever kind of bird it is.
  • brandiegirl16
    brandiegirl16 Posts: 372 Member
    It is a food/exercise relationship of accountability in ones LIFESTYLE.
  • SexKittenlovesitrough
    SexKittenlovesitrough Posts: 486
    As the sex gets better, even phenomenal, the food doesn't matter.
  • tnm7760
    tnm7760 Posts: 109 Member
    Socrates — 'The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.'
  • barbalari
    barbalari Posts: 43 Member
    What other people think of me is none of my business
  • tnicmorris
    tnicmorris Posts: 144 Member
    Don't freak out and give up when you mess up; just do better tomorrow.
  • chunkybun
    chunkybun Posts: 179 Member
    What other people think of me is none of my business

    <3 Must remember this one!
  • Cordy_in_CT
    Cordy_in_CT Posts: 134 Member
    Never stop starting.
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
    One thing at a time.
  • jlynnwalter82
    jlynnwalter82 Posts: 6 Member
    Be accountable!
  • Siobhan108
    Siobhan108 Posts: 80 Member
    When you fall get back up, tomorrow is day 1 !
  • DoNotSpamMe73
    DoNotSpamMe73 Posts: 286 Member
    Dedication and consistence seems to be working for me. Remembering that quick weight gain only lasts a few days too.
  • DoNotSpamMe73
    DoNotSpamMe73 Posts: 286 Member
    Movement is Medicine!

    Yes. And the endorphins give you a quick reward and fitness/appearance gives you a later one.
  • k1o2r3i4
    k1o2r3i4 Posts: 33 Member
    When you say YES to others, make sure you aren't saying NO to yourself.

    Make yourself a priority!
  • blorft
    blorft Posts: 5 Member
    Exercise: I can do anything for xx minutes.

    If you keep going you won't regret it; if you give up, you will.
  • LiveLoveLift67
    LiveLoveLift67 Posts: 895 Member
    I can do more than i thought possable.
  • meeulk
    meeulk Posts: 246 Member
    Movement is Medicine!

    Motion is lotion! (That's what my trainer says when I'm sore!)
  • SnoopysBitch
    SnoopysBitch Posts: 41
    What you eat in private, shows in public

    This really struck a chord with me. A therapist recently told me that I have a food problem. Not a body image disorder, a food-shaming disorder. I grew up eating in private when my family went to sleep because my parents openly judged me about my choices (even when my mom made the food). Now that I live on my own, I still wait until I'm alone and then pig out.

    I think I'm going to write this down and keep it on my fridge.
  • Nice2BFitAgain
    Nice2BFitAgain Posts: 319 Member
    You don't want other people to lie to you, so why would you lie to yourself.
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,429 Member
    “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” ~Dennis P. Kimbro
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    What you do today does not dictate what you do tomorrow, make the choice to be better tomorrow then you are today.

    I always used to think.. well it does not matter what I do today because yesterday I didn't exercise or eat right, so i'm done, and i can't recover.. wrong. That was just an excuse. one day is just that, one day. Now, I would even say, ok so I ate an entire box of cookies for breakfast, lemme get back on track for lunch and dinner and get this train rolling forward instead of backward now instead of later.
  • BrilliantResilient1
    BrilliantResilient1 Posts: 34 Member
    That "eat to live, not live to eat" one gets under my skin for some reason, and not in the good way.

    Mine is: Do what works for you, not what everyone else thinks should work for you.

    Amen sistah!!!
  • The_1_Who_Knocks
    The_1_Who_Knocks Posts: 343 Member
    The best thing I learned was to view the changes I made in diet and exercise as a permanent lifestyle change, and not something I was doing to reach some predetermined weight.
  • happyfeet1993
    happyfeet1993 Posts: 138 Member
    "Time will pass regardless of whether you use it or not"
  • lsapphire
    lsapphire Posts: 297 Member
    Weight loss is like life: there are good days and bad days.
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