Sometimes food begins to seem like the be-all, end-all reason for existence (particularly when I know I need to spend time planning for success) and I can always use a little perspective that it is JUST food, for cripes sake.
This is not origional with me, but I have adopted it and posted it on my refrigerator.......
Being fat is hard
Losing weight is hard
Maintainence is hard
Choose your hard.
Eating whatever I wanted never made me happy (thanks Glory!)
Eat like everyone else, look like everyone else.
And this is not a mantra per se, but I think about the "me" that has been so disciplined, who has made so many choices to eat healthy foods, the me that has turned down junk, the me that works so hard lifting weights, the me that got up and went running in the cold and the dark, and I think about how I can't just let all that work go. That I owe it to the "me" that did all that work to keep going now. I can't betray the work and enthusiasm that I have spent so far.
They both remind me to de-emotionalize this process and to make my efforts almost clinical. It really is a case of 'if you do this, you'll achieve that' for me.
Remember….you always have a choice. It’s yours & no one else’s to make.
No matter what...protect your confidence
Failure to plan...is planning to fail
Discipline is doing what you don't want to do so you can do what you really want to do
The rewards of self-indulgence are not nearly as great as the rewards of self-discipline
It is more stressful being tired & overweight than it is being healthy & fit.
Incidently, I went on zazzle.com & created a bunch of my own magnets with motivation mantras - it's really easy. I put them up in on my home fridge & in my cubicle at work. It especially helps when my willpower is waning (i.e. box of brownies at work saying "eat me!") & I go back to my desk & look at my magnets, take a deep breath & remember those brownies are not worth it. However, I'm careful not to post magnets at work that may offend someone.
Last edited by workingmom1008; 06-29-2009 at 12:35 PM.
Eating whatever I wanted never made me happy (thanks Glory!) Can I sticky this to the nutella that is hiding in my cabinet?? WHat alien took over my body and had me buy that???
ETA: It's great to see you Kitty!
As always, seeing you puts a smile on my face Clearly, I need to lift more weights so we can spend more time together
The rewards of self-indulgence are not nearly as great as the rewards of self-discipline
This is similar to one of my dd's: The pain of discipline is less than the pain of regret.
I also use this one: Obesity is a choice. (This one is very individual and is not meant to judge anyone else's path or life. I don't mean that it is a choice for each person, but for me, with my body & resources, it would be a choice to return. It is not inevitable. If it happens, it will be due to a series of controllable choices in my life).
And, yes, Kitty, weightlifting would be a fabulous new opportunity for you. Come on over (all though I have not been that chatty in that forum lately either! Busy, busy!)
This isn't really a weight loss mantra, but one that was repeated to me over and over in my youth. My high school band director used to say it all the time: your character is what you are when you think no one is looking.
ETA - the character quote has been in my mind a lot today, as I caught myself 'sneaking' a bite of cake earlier...
Last edited by Shannon in ATL; 06-29-2009 at 10:18 PM.
maintenance/weight loss mantras
