sentence/phrase that helps you stay focused/eating/exercisin

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  • ldennett
    ldennett Posts: 75 Member
    bump
  • mummy_gerdes
    mummy_gerdes Posts: 336 Member
    i choose to be slim!!
  • Merc71
    Merc71 Posts: 412 Member
    "If you don't start today, one year from now you'll wish you had!"
  • Laurieann137
    Laurieann137 Posts: 95 Member
    I dont' know if anyone has said this but a quote I use to NOT grab that snack I want is "What you eat in private, you wear in public!".
  • saturnine15
    saturnine15 Posts: 140
    I think to myself when there are bad food choices around: Fat processed food is poison. Dramatic, yes. But if I eat it I have the worst explosion of acne ever, Sorry if TMI, but the threat of excessive pimples seems to appeal to my sense of vanity more than chubby does. I actually have uncharacteristic breakouts to thank for my decision to start MFP. So far so good.

    To work out, I need a little bit more self motivation.

    I think:
    You stop when you are done, not when you are tired.
    Sore or sorry?

    I also look at my elliptical and if I start thinking about skipping, I picture fat me throwing hundreds of dollars into a garbage can...that image has been helpful.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    I set goals for myself, physical challenges, so the focus isn't about the food, it's about what I'm fueling for.
  • fakeplastictree
    fakeplastictree Posts: 836 Member
    stop being such a fatass. Thats what I say to myself.
  • monicaroozo
    monicaroozo Posts: 200
    Some Ex Military may recognise this, and although I was military, I was not one of those elite from which this springs. The quote is:


    The only easy day is yesterday.

    Thank you for sharing. This is very inspring to me!
  • saturnine15
    saturnine15 Posts: 140
    I set goals for myself, physical challenges, so the focus isn't about the food, it's about what I'm fueling for.

    I like this. I have been covering up the clock on my elliptical so that I focus on the rpm and distance. I have also tried recently to branch out and try new things like pilates- which I thought I hated until yesterday.
  • NewFitKeri
    NewFitKeri Posts: 190 Member
    "Don't regret tomorrow what you didn't do today"

    "If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up"

    and my favorite......
    "No one is standing in your way but YOU!"

    :flowerforyou:
  • Airbear3
    Airbear3 Posts: 335 Member
    stay out of my own way!
  • bcsrule
    bcsrule Posts: 51 Member
    Bump - Good reading!
  • 64GT
    64GT Posts: 22 Member
    There are two days of the week in which absolutely nothing can be accomplished: Yesterday and tomorrow.

    This is not a dress rehearsal - this is real life.

    Do the next right thing.
  • PearsPeppersandPeanutButter
    PearsPeppersandPeanutButter Posts: 190
    I set goals for myself, physical challenges, so the focus isn't about the food, it's about what I'm fueling for.

    I like this one. Because it is so true. I try to think about what is going to make feel good all day and not give me a headache or a stomach ache, and what will get me through those super tough workouts.
  • bangersnmash90
    bangersnmash90 Posts: 78 Member
    Mine is my profile title - 'Even your worst run/workout is better than someone who hasn't tried' - it helps me get out to workout and it also motivates me to keep going even if I've had a 'bad' run or didn't last through the workout as well as I wanted or for as long as I wanted.
  • bangersnmash90
    bangersnmash90 Posts: 78 Member
    "Don't regret tomorrow what you didn't do today"

    "If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up"

    and my favorite......
    "No one is standing in your way but YOU!"

    :flowerforyou:

    Wow I like the second one!
  • shellsrenee01
    shellsrenee01 Posts: 357 Member
    "If you don't start today, one year from now you'll wish you had!"

    I love this! :)
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    Oh apparently you dont want want to be sexy, cause if you did, we wouldnt be having this conversation in our heads, now, would we?
  • BetrayedBeauty
    BetrayedBeauty Posts: 20
    All very motivational, thank you guys and gals :D

    Mine would have to be : Did you ever hear someone say "I really regret that workout."? No one. Ever.
  • 64GT
    64GT Posts: 22 Member
    Every drive-thru is serving pink slime on a processed bleached slab of carbs and drizzled in corn syrup artificially flavored with stuff you can't pronounce.

    Mmmmm good.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,956 Member
    "I like myself unconditionally!"

    Say it every morning outloud and funny how I don't sweat the small stuff or stress out like many.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal & Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • Ali_TSO
    Ali_TSO Posts: 1,172 Member
    I'm not "losing" weight. I'm getting RID of it. I have no intention of finding it EVER AGAIN.
  • saturnine15
    saturnine15 Posts: 140
    Every drive-thru is serving pink slime on a processed bleached slab of carbs and drizzled in corn syrup artificially flavored with stuff you can't pronounce.

    Mmmmm good.

    LMAO!

    Delicious pink slime!
  • mudar146
    mudar146 Posts: 146 Member
    A year from now you'll wish you had started today!

    I can suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret!
  • shellsrenee01
    shellsrenee01 Posts: 357 Member
    Here are mine:

    "You have a choice. You can throw in the towel or use it to wipe the sweat off your face." (Gatorade)

    "The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." John Bingham

    "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great!" (A League of Their Own)

    My favorite is:

    "Practice makes permanent" (my own thought...reminds me that whatever I do day to day is what shapes the permanent me.)
  • hello0okitty
    hello0okitty Posts: 31 Member
    whenever i am on the verge on a binge or am craving something hardcore i always just tell myself "calm down. food will be there for you tomorrow. food will always be there" its kind of funny cuz it doesnt mean i'll let myself eat that junk the next day, it just reminds me that it will always be there and i dont need to urgently stuff my face like theres no tomorrow.
  • shybelle
    shybelle Posts: 254 Member
    When I am working out/ running I like to tell myself "I don't stop when I'm tired..I stop when I'm finished"

    Also, have a motivation word which is "Stronger"

    I keep telling myself that I am STRONGER than obesity
    STRONGER than depression
    STRONGER than self hate
    STRONGER than food addiction

    I plan on getting that word tattooed on me at some point haha
  • hawk1jen
    hawk1jen Posts: 13 Member
    Beach baby, beach!!!

    The beach is my drive - I love to be at the beach! Being able to take off my layers of clothes to expose the bathing suit has always been a struggle for me and now that I am getting in shape, I am not scared anymore!
  • JennaM222
    JennaM222 Posts: 1,996 Member
    "Size 6 Jeans"
    "Your mind quits before your body ever will you are fine this is just the warm up"
    "Mairanda Kerr"
  • Lukazetta
    Lukazetta Posts: 427 Member
    How bad do you want it?

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