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

''Eat in moderation, Exercise in moderation, everything in moderation."
"No matter what you may be going through in life, Always stay strong. Don't let other people bring you down. Believe in yourself.''
"' Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.''
"' Your legs are not giving out. Your head is giving out. Keep going.''
''You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.'' &
"Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.'' :happy:

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

One tubby tubby.... two tubby tubby... (love that movie.. so this one stuck with me LOL)

If it doesn't kill me... it WILL make me stronger.

squats.....my *kitten* will thank me later.

"It doesn't ever get easier, you just get better"

Whenever I lose a pound I also think of what a block of Velveeta cheese looks like. "I've lost 26 blocks of Velveeta! Sure glad I'm not toting them around anymore!" (I do realize that one is kinda weird lol)

I do that too, but now with velveeta. I picture bags of flour or canned goods...lol

"If you would have worked out when your first thought about it. . . . you'd be done by now!" . . . . That gets me out of bed somedays :happy:

Mine is "Don't live to eat, eat to live." It helps when I have late night cravings, and keep me focused on my goals. Reminding me that food is not there becuase I am bored, but to give me nutrients that I need.

It also helps me when I work out to keep a "you gotta give something to get something", I like that and it's true.

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.

Ayn Rand -- I LOVE this quote and had completely forgotten about it. Thank you for posting it and reminding me!

A guy friend shared this one: when you're feeling hungry, say to yourself, "This is what losing weight feels like." I'm not saying you should go hungry, but I've found this helpful when I am wanting an unhealthy snack, when I know I will be having a healthy meal in a half hour. In other words, just to hold out a little longer or until a healthier option is available.

Unless you puke faint or die keep going

" What doesnt kill me will make me stronger" I do play the Kayne West Song alot when running

bump

"I don't stop when I'm tired, I stop when I'm done"

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

"You’re smart and you know what real food is, so stop eating crap”

I think I do better with kind of mean stuff.

You're not a wuss.
You never quit.
and the mild, come on , you can do this for x more times.

I think the thing that keeps me going are two images. The first one is a lady I used to visit in the nursing home who was a double amputee. She was diabetic and a smoker. This is what I thought of to quit smoking and this is what keeps me eating right and taking care of myself. I don't want to be a burden to my family, I don't want things cut off, I don't want to live my last 10 or more years with diabetic rot. I was diagnosed at 34. I have a lot of years to rot.

My second thought which really isn't based in reality is that my hubs is 7 years younger than me and there are all sorts of younger women out there. Now I know he loves me and wouldn't leave me because of my weight but I really want to look better than those women who are 10 years younger than me.

My favorite is " YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE IT YOU JUST HAVE TO DO IT"

Agree. its not about liking it. its about doing it.

I tell myself "You can endure just about anything for ten minutes." Then when ten minutes goes by I say it again and so on. Pretty soon, I'm done.