Success: what quote got you there?

"Goals are individual, not universal. Just because someone can run farther, lift heavier, go longer, doesn't mean your effort isn't valid. So work hard for you and your own goals. Progress will come."

"If not now, when?"

Mine was telling myself "Just keep swimming" from Finding Nemo. If you have a bad day or two (and EVERYONE normal does occassionally!!!!) just jump back at it and keep swimming. Just keep swimming and swimming and swimming and you will get there. Promise

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right" - Henry Ford

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." John D. Rockefeller

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out." Robert Collier

The background on my phone since I started my journey almost 5 weeks ago has been "Remember what you're fighting for." I see it every single day and it reminds me to keep going. It has been very helpful when my alarm goes off in the morning and it's time for a walk and I just don't feel like getting out of bed...I am fighting, and I need to remember why and what the end result will be!

Mine is a poem by Charles Bukowski...

Nobody but you

Nobody can save you but
yourself.
You will be put again and again
into nearly impossible
situations.
They will attempt again and again
through subterfuge, guise and
force
to make you submit, quit and /or die quietly
inside.

Nobody can save you but
yourself
and it will be easy enough to fail
so very easily
but don’t, don’t, don’t.
Just watch them.
Listen to them.
Do you want to be like that?
A faceless, mindless, heartless
being?
Do you want to experience
death before death?

Nobody can save you but
yourself
and you’re worth saving.
It’s a war not easily won
but if anything is worth winning then
this is it.


I sure he wasn't talking about losing weight ...but I think it applies...

"You have a high risk for diabetes" - my doctor

Don't stop until you're proud.

The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. - Sylvester Stallone as Rocky. Sorry if it's a bit long lol