I heard a quote the other day that really made me sit up and take notice and I wanted to share. I have been "cheating" a lot lately and can't seem to stop myself. A life coach on Starting Over (reality show I am addicted to) said to one of the people on the show who is also dealing with food issues:

"Children cheat, adults honor committments"

That one really smacked me across the face and jarred me out of my funk. So simple but makes so much sense! I am a grown woman and I need to start acting like it!

What quotes have you seen/heard that have become a mantra or made a lot of sense to you?

Sara

“The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends”

“The three words women most want to hear from a man are, "You lost weight"”

"Wisdom is choosing to do now what you'll be happy with in the future."

Thanks for sharing these!

While I don't have any inspiring quotes to share, the "adults honor commitments" is one of the reasons I often use contracts to get myself over a slump. I know I will honor that written commitment to myself.

I kinda stole mine from a radio commercial for the breast cancer three-day walk here:

"By the third day, the old me wanted to quit...but the new me wasn't listening, and kept [walking]" (I substitute "going")

Kinda flipped the "i can do this" switch in my head.

My favorite is from a Garfield poster I bought many many years ago.

Diet is die with a 't' at the end.

Elva/Lill

Lill, hehe I remember that. I wish I could be as happy with myself as Garfield was!

Marshro, I really like the third one you posted. I think I'll steal it!

LOL you don't have to steal it, I will share

Scrappy chick- I, too watch Starting Over and when I heard Iyanla say that, I also took notice! I thought WOW!! That totally makes sense!!! I totally agree with you about acting grown up!

I like that one taken from movie American Beauty:

While asking his neighbor's advice on how to get in better shape; Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) informed them of his final objective;

I want to look good naked

I think I stole mine from here. I may have heard it before elesewhere, but it didn't resonate with me until I read it in someones' post...

"If you do what you did, you get what you got."

Here's to never again returning to the habits that got me what I got!

-lala

Doesn't have to do specifically with dieting, but with people pleasing which I am trying to learn to put myself first instead of last. It is from a co-worker, but I think originated in the military...

"Your emergency is not my emergency."

Another variation: your poor planning is not my emergency

There are some great ones in the Burn The Fat, Feed the Muscle ebook:

"The strangest secret in the world is that you become what you think about." - Earl Nightingale

"If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. If what you are doing is not working, do something else." - Joseph O’ Connor & Jane Seymour

" Give so much time to the improvement of others that you have no time for the critisism of others"..this was written on the wipe away board at the Y... I like it because I think of people who make snide remarks about me, but also about the totally fit chicks that I will mentally critisize due to my own insecurities. Now I ask those chicks questions and find that they used to be and in many ways are still, just like me.

I like the one I got from Flylady, but I've modified it some.

Her's is "You can do anything for 15 minutes."

My modification is that "Anyone can lose 3 or 4 pounds."

I try and keep those 3 or 4 pounds in front of my eyes as my GOAL. Try not to look further ahead than those. Because I KNOW I can lose 3 or 4 pounds. I don't know if I can lose 40 to 60 (although I've done it in the past) or 100 or more. But I know I can lose 3 or 4. And if I keep losing 3 or 4 I will eventually find that I've lost those larger numbers too!