[Jen415]

Can you feel all the excitement and optimism on here?? Post after post, I'm seeing how positive and upbeat y'all are! And this is helping to keep ME positive!

Positive affirmations and thought can ONLY do us good! They remind us that we are worthy and capable of being, having and doing anything we want!!

In the words of our President-Elect: YES WE CAN!!!!

[irishsarah]

There must be something in the air because I finally dug out the old pilates DVD. YIKES! LOL!

I did the introduction...twice. That was more then enough for today. GEEZ am I outta shape! LOL!

[anastasia]

youre right. it's the thing keeping me coming here day after day. seeing everyone else doing so well and being so positive they can carry on rubs off on you

[autumns19]

Everyone here is so positive, and this is really motivating me! I just finished doing 20 minutes on my treadmill with the incline at 10. I will do another 20 after lunch, and 20 after dinner. I had some special k for breakfast at 6:30, and now I am having a banana and water. I feel great!!

[GirlyGirlSebas]

Yep, I feel it. I'm more committed this time than I ever have been before. 2009 is the year!

[H8cake]

I love coming here for all the encouragement. It has made a huge difference for me this time. I love to peek in the maintainers forum too, it's so great to see people that have gotten the weight off and kept it off. For years I really thought it wasn't possible, I'm so glad to find out I was wrong!

[ANewLife4Me]

I think it's great. It gives me something to stay connected to, without all the negativity. It is a big encouragement for me.

[chinacat]

I can feel the positive vibes everywhere on this site. You can use positive affirmations to direct what your focus will be and create a list of goals to follow. This will keep you on track and heading in the right direction. I love coming here.

[michellenew]

i can!

[KimL1214]

I find that the days I can't get on here and read positive posts and boost my confidence... I have a hard time... I LOVE 3FC!!!

[cfmama]

100 lb club IS TEH ROXXORZ!!!!!!

Gooooo friends!

[TJFitnessDiva]

This place really keeps me motivated I know I don't post a ton but I'm here reading!

[Lovely]

I love the positive reinforcement all around 3FC It's uplifting and it makes getting healthier feel goooood.

[recidivist]

Lots of positive ideas (and tips and knowledge) to help us through the journey. So much wisdom here...and yes it's the positive "yes I can" attitudes that help uplift us and keep us strong.

Negative self-talk is probably what caused my weight gain...now positive self-talk will help me get it off and keep it off for life. But positive self-talk is one of my most difficult challenges, and I love having a place where I can get a shot in the arm when I need it.

We are running a life marathon...and we are all going to finish this race! When I was last hiking daily, and would have days where I was feeling too weak or tired to want to go the distance, I would tell myself "just keep putting one foot in front of the other and you will eventually get there". I normally focus on the goal (the turning point), but on those days, I focus on "just the next step" and no matter how weary I was, I always got to my goal.

Now I'm learning how to do the same thing here. Some days I'm strong enough to look at the end goal with excitement and hope. Other days I can only handle "one foot in front of the other"...but that is so much easier to achieve, and I can do it. And tomorrow will be just another foot forward...and pretty soon my energy will be back and I'll be exicted looking at the end goal again.

Thanks to all of you for helping me.

And a special thanks to the women who started this wonderful forum!

[heather88]

This site is the positive reinforcement that I was missing in my life. I've never been more motivated to eat healthy and i have NEVER worked out before now. For the past two and half weeks I have been working out everyday for a little under an hour and I just boosted up my cardio routine yesterday and I did it today too! I think that I feel better than I ever have and I am on this site everyday just reading all of the inspirational stories, looking at before&after photos, reading blogs, and all of the other great things to read about here. I feel like I learn something new everyday!