What are your weight loss mantras?

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  • Fitforevermore
    Fitforevermore Posts: 399 Member
    Be kind. (to yourself)
  • jennybearlv
    jennybearlv Posts: 1,519 Member
    DebLaBounty wrote: »
    Put on the damn exercise clothes already! (Once I do that, I have no trouble getting out the door to run or go to the gym)

    This is one of mine, as I sit on my bed in exercise clothes goofing off on MFP. Hey, I still have three more hours to get my workout in.

    You can have a cookie, just not all of the cookies.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    Heather4448 wrote: »
    No mantra, but I do look at my weight loss chart when I'm feeling particularly sh-tty. It works for me!

    I do that too! A lot
  • NewYearNewMe140
    NewYearNewMe140 Posts: 40 Member
    Change is not always comfortable
  • tahilson
    tahilson Posts: 16 Member
    It's not about being better than someone else it's about being better than you were yesterday :)
  • katwills994
    katwills994 Posts: 12 Member
    I unfortunately don't have many positive mantras because I tend to be in denial about my poor eating/exercising/being overweight. I'm trying to break these horrible habits.

    The one mantra I have is when I go for a run/walk. "You got this so don't stop!"
  • Rubysue17
    Rubysue17 Posts: 24 Member
    Nothing tastes as good as being thin will feel!
  • lpina2mi
    lpina2mi Posts: 425 Member
    daneejela wrote: »
    Since we have a thread about what phrases winds us up, I though we might have one for a phrases that keep us going.

    Do you have any phrase that you keep repeating to yourself that has this powerful effect on your motivation and commitment and helps you overcome self doubt, fear, plateaus, bad days..? :)

    When it's past 8p and I have eatened all my meal and met my macros close enough, sometimes a class of water or tea won't erase a lingering hunger in my gut, I say this to myself. "That feeling of hunger...Congratulations! That's the feeling losing belly fat."

  • lpina2mi
    lpina2mi Posts: 425 Member
    waffle944 wrote: »
    You can't manage what you can't measure... so track things!

    so true
  • barbamorrison40
    barbamorrison40 Posts: 13 Member
    Hi everyone
  • InkAndApples
    InkAndApples Posts: 201 Member
    I'm a fan of "you can't be mad at the results you didn't get with the work you didn't do"

    My trainer regularly tells me "your body can handle it, it's your brain that wants to quit" and "when you feel like you can't manage another step go for ten more seconds" both help me push through when i'm convinced I'm done in, I never am.
  • CynthiasChoice
    CynthiasChoice Posts: 1,047 Member
    "This moment matters." One of the biggest challenges in my life has been consistency, not just with nutrition goals but other goals as well. It's so easy for me to begin thinking, "This one time doesn't really matter." The reality is, it's precisely that one time that DOES matter. If I do the right thing in my weakest moment, that's how I build strength.
  • dutchandkiwi
    dutchandkiwi Posts: 1,389 Member
    edited June 2017
    When I 'feel' I need to eat something special for instance: "I really could do with an ice-cream" I taught myself to imagine how I'd feel after eating that thing I "needed". 9 out of 10 times I walk past it as I can then feel the "I should not have done that" feeling before getting there.
    But sometimes I do the calculus in my mind (I pre-log) and then think "Yeah that fits" then think "do I really want it?" If the answer is still yes then I go an buy that ice-cream and love every second of it.

    Sometimes it feels as if my logic and heart are talking to each other if that makes sense.
    Feels a bit Gollum/Sméagol thing o:) / >:)
  • DresdenSinn
    DresdenSinn Posts: 665 Member
    "Eat to live, not live to eat"
  • barbamorrison40
    barbamorrison40 Posts: 13 Member
    Ok tell me how much head to lose weight
  • missh1967
    missh1967 Posts: 661 Member
    I'm worthy of taking care of myself.
    No one can do this for me.
    It's not all or nothing.
    I don't care what everyone else does.
  • buffalogal42
    buffalogal42 Posts: 374 Member
    "Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway." (Earl Nightingale)

    And ...

    Suck it up, buttercup!!
  • 4homer
    4homer Posts: 457 Member
    I will be a skinny *kitten*. I can do this. God is good, god is great.
  • Sara3434
    Sara3434 Posts: 48 Member
    7 P's

    Prior Preparation & Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance
  • clicketykeys
    clicketykeys Posts: 6,580 Member
    1. Forgive my Past Self for her faults and mistakes.
    2. Thank my Past Self for her accomplishments and perseverance - they've led me here!
    3. Do something kind for my Future Self.
  • gymprincess1234
    gymprincess1234 Posts: 493 Member
    You will thank yourself later
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    barbamorrison40 wrote: »
    Ok tell me how much head to lose weight

    ???

  • Human_Kal
    Human_Kal Posts: 2 Member
    Strength of body. Strength of mind.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,261 Member
    Will this decision make my current self happy at unreasonable cost to my future self?

    When exercising: Go harder. If my body can't, it won't. I don't need to let my emotions complicate things.

    (The latter came after I had a good base of basic fitness, and knowledge of my own personal physical risk boundaries & symptoms. Not recommended as a guide for those new to exercise. ;) ).
  • ksharrell48
    ksharrell48 Posts: 171 Member
    edited June 2017
    I am, I can, I will, I do. I repeat this a lot while exercising.
    Another one I recently heard that's stuck with me: check myself before I wreck myself...for me, this is a reference to stopping a binge before it gets away from me!
  • Stationagentjules
    Stationagentjules Posts: 57 Member
    "My body doesn't care what I DON'T eat, only what I do eat."

    For example, if I eat one donut instead of three, the only donut that matters is the one I ate. My body doesn't give me extra credit for the food I turned down. Simple CICO math.



    "Of course you can't become if you only say what you would have done."
    a line from that old LEN song, Steal My Sunshine.
  • bethanyka
    bethanyka Posts: 159 Member
    It's a "Must Do", not a "Should Do"
  • YaGigi
    YaGigi Posts: 817 Member
    I start my day with positive thoughts about my life, family, career, self esteem, etc. one of the things I say to myself is "Every day I'm getting healthier and more beautiful".
  • barbamorrison40
    barbamorrison40 Posts: 13 Member
    I down to 205
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