What do you say to keep going? What's your Mantra?

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  • teinepalagi
    teinepalagi Posts: 86 Member
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    when I first started running....I used to repeat to myself

    "Taking my life back, one step at a time"
  • YoYo1951
    YoYo1951 Posts: 370
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    Change is a process, not an event. It takes time to make changes.
  • gertudejekyl
    gertudejekyl Posts: 386 Member
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    "If not now, when?" (I am 56 now....) As far as going to gym to do the weights, I say to myself, "Don't even think about it--just go ! Right now!" It's the thinking that makes me do wrong...I always think it's a good day for resting :/
  • etrader24
    etrader24 Posts: 21
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    mine isnt very incredible, but it works for me (:
    "Nothing good comes without working your *kitten* off and never giving up."
  • shynquiet1
    shynquiet1 Posts: 7
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    I have that poster hanging in my bedroom! "Sweat is Fat Crying." And another that says "If You Wait For Perfect Conditions You'll Never Get Anything Done."
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
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    Personally, I hate the "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" quote. I disagree. Cookies definitely taste better than being skinny.

    I want to be FIT, not skinny.

    However, some things that I've seen that I like...

    "Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated." -- mandeiko (MFP user)
    "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -- Eleanor Roosevelt
    "I'd rather be covered in sweat at the gym than covered in clothes at the beach!" -- Some motivational poster thing
  • Jujubie
    Jujubie Posts: 130 Member
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    Learn to be satisfied. More is not necessarily better.
  • KiltFuPanda
    KiltFuPanda Posts: 574 Member
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    This is how I face each workout:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqxCoiKn_V4

    Once I get a cheap mp3 player, this is going to be song number one of my weight lifting playlist.
  • Maurice1966
    Maurice1966 Posts: 438 Member
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    Consistent persistence will win the day
  • sjflowers
    sjflowers Posts: 148
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    I do Insanity and Turbo Fire, So I either say "common, you guys! Let's GOOOOOO" or "YOU ARE NOT TIRED" and then I have a visual, my oldest boy (7) likes to scusch and smush my belly... it's very sad. ...:) so, that is what motivates me..
  • prism6
    prism6 Posts: 484 Member
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    why do I need it and what will I have gained
  • Charlayray
    Charlayray Posts: 66 Member
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    "Chace Crawford. Chace Crawford. Chace Crawford. Chace Crawford!"
  • abnerner
    abnerner Posts: 452 Member
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    bikini... bikini... bikini
  • bloomlately
    bloomlately Posts: 532 Member
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    Don't break the chain.
  • bulbadoof
    bulbadoof Posts: 1,058 Member
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    "I can do this."
  • emily_fox
    emily_fox Posts: 62 Member
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    I've tended to make excuses in the past so now, I just say, " Seriously dude, NO excuses. You're not gonna puss out this time, no being "too tired" or "hungry" or "insert any other excuse". " I've really just learned to tell myself, No, you WILL do it.


    so just get it done. and then the rest of your day is AMAZING
  • shani251
    shani251 Posts: 145 Member
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    Sweat is fat crying!!!

    I LOVE THIS. Bahahahaha!

    That's my favorite one! That's how i get myself to pedal up all those loooong hills when i'm training. YAY!
  • Ms_Freda
    Ms_Freda Posts: 24 Member
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    This too shall pass. I also remind myself (and my husband) we didn't put it all on at once so we can't take it all off at once.
  • emily_fox
    emily_fox Posts: 62 Member
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    mine isnt very incredible, but it works for me (:
    "Nothing good comes without working your *kitten* off and never giving up."

    YES! This.
  • Gerald_King
    Gerald_King Posts: 2,031 Member
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    just look how far you've come and only a little further

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