What mantras do you have.....when it gets tough......

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  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    I don't have a saying because I feel a visual is better for me (you know how they say a picture is worth a thousand words) well I made a wallet size of a b4 and after laminated it and carry it with me and put it on the ellitpical/treadmill/bike in plain site for me to see on those days I need motivation or I am on there and 5 minutes in I am just wanting to get off there.... So I can look right at this picture:

    Facesidebyside20112.jpg

    and know the pain I am going through right now is worth it!!!!
  • mikeyrp
    mikeyrp Posts: 1,616 Member
    I don't have a saying because I feel a visual is better for me (you know how they say a picture is worth a thousand words) well I made a wallet size of a b4 and after laminated it and carry it with me and put it on the ellitpical/treadmill/bike in plain site for me to see on those days I need motivation or I am on there and 5 minutes in I am just wanting to get off there.... So I can look right at this picture:

    Facesidebyside20112.jpg

    and know the pain I am going through right now is worth it!!!!

    OOOOOOO Wow - great weight loss
  • Nopedotjpeg
    Nopedotjpeg Posts: 1,805 Member
    "Shut the **** up and keep going." Also, "you're not going to die."
  • TonyL68
    TonyL68 Posts: 133 Member
    I have one, but its not suitable for sharing in mixed company. :)
  • mommyskis
    mommyskis Posts: 277 Member
    When I'm running, I think of someone who laughed at the idea of me running a half-marathon. That got me through training for it. No way was I gonna fail. And I did last fall, so ha!
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    my mantra is:

    "Weight is arbitrary, Body Fat Percent is Truth!"
  • WandaVonDunajew
    WandaVonDunajew Posts: 183 Member
    Well as embarrassing as it is, I... um.... have this Kindergarten song I sing in the rhythm of what I am doing...you sing it once the way it is and then start replacing all the vowels with an a, then e, i, o and u. And I do it over and over again...:embarassed:

    apples and bananas???

    Its a German song actually about Chinese people playing the cello that talk in the street, the police shows up to see what they are doing (Drei Chinesen mit dem Kontrabass, sassen auf der Strasse und erzahlten Sich was, da kam die Polizei, Was ist den dass?, Drei Chinesen mit dem Kontrabass) So yeah, Im five years old... :blushing:
  • onmyway31
    onmyway31 Posts: 66
    "just keep swimming...just keep swimming"



    I do the same!
  • therapyruns
    therapyruns Posts: 164 Member
    "Pain is temporary, results are forever"
  • primalchaos
    primalchaos Posts: 135 Member
    I just keep pushing myself and telling myself that I can handle it. This is what heart, determination, and focus mean. I distract myself with videos when I push on the treadmill to take my eyes off the clock and just remember that when I started, 3mph was difficult, very difficult.
  • fatty_to_fitty
    fatty_to_fitty Posts: 544 Member
    "This too shall pass"!

    This!!
  • roslynds9
    roslynds9 Posts: 139 Member
    I think about my Dad who had a heart attack and triple bypass 3 years ago because he didn't eat right and was overweight. I keep thinking to myself "This is not as bad as what he went through, and I'll be damned if I'm going to go through the same".

    My Dad has since turned his life around and eats well and goes to the gym about 4 times a week. If he can do it after all that, I can do it before =)
  • newtattie
    newtattie Posts: 47 Member
    When words are no longer there its a firm growl of c'mmmmooooonnnn

    And if I count a rhythm - say 12345678,12345678 etc its hard to stop and break the count
  • cajmanthei
    cajmanthei Posts: 51 Member
    Love this..........thanks:drinker:
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    I won't get any less tired sitting on the sofa.

    Are my legs giving up? No. Is my heart giving up? No. Are my lungs giving up? No. Keep going then!

    I also count, up to 60 and back down again. I heard Paula Radcliffe does it. Helps pass time and you can tell yourself, "Just one minute more" but it never finishes!
  • therealangd
    therealangd Posts: 1,861 Member
    Well as embarrassing as it is, I... um.... have this Kindergarten song I sing in the rhythm of what I am doing...you sing it once the way it is and then start replacing all the vowels with an a, then e, i, o and u. And I do it over and over again...:embarassed:

    I like ope ope ope opples and banonos. :)


    Mine is "keep going"
  • MotorCityFemmeFatale
    MotorCityFemmeFatale Posts: 222 Member
    I remember that if I'm training hard, then my competition is probably training even harder.

    I have to decide then in there if I want if badly enough.


    Henry Rollins "Iron and Soul" always rings through my head too :smile:
  • Lindsayrob
    Lindsayrob Posts: 247 Member
    It's only pain, it's only pain, it's only pain ...

    I also tackle hill runs by imagining that I'm pulling myself by my arms up on two steel cables - works a treat!
  • beccalucy
    beccalucy Posts: 250 Member
    I tend to have music on I can sing, or at least mime, to as it gives me something to think about. Also the thought of those who laugh when I say I run
  • AggieLu
    AggieLu Posts: 873 Member
    When I run, walk, elliptical at home.. I look at my brother's picture (he passed away 8 years ago) it helps tremendously.. i say "for you, Darek." If I am outside walking/running.. I focus on his image and the time we ran together. I run in the memory of my brother.

    RIP 5/15/84 - 8/11/04
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