Mine isn't as much a phrase as it's a reminder... I've been having these binge-like dreams and when I wake up -I feel awful -until I realize that I'm still on my program and I feel so happy. So whenever I even think of slipping - I remind myself how I feel after waking from a binge(real or imagined -the feeling is just awful)... that does it for me!!
I like to pump myself up to bypass foods that are bad for me so I think to myself "Do this thing! You're for real!" Silly but it helps me feel like a bad ***.
The one in my signature--"Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." This helps when my perfectionist tendencies kick in and threaten to sabotage another effort to get healthy.
Today is not the last time I'm ever going to be able to eat [this food]
It's inspired from a similar saying that someone had here a year or two ago and it really helped me a lot. Every time I'm tempted to eat that cake- I mean, what's the point? It's just a slice of cake. I'm going to be able to have another slice of cake at some point in my life. There are more important things- like losing weight
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Someone was commenting that they didn't think they could eat a steady diet of chicken and the same vegetables. The response was, "Why not? It's just food." "It's just food" has resonated.
Also the thought that after you finish that "off-plan-fill-in-the-blank-food," besides the calories, all you have are the memories. You've probably eaten that food before and already have the memories, so why eat it?
Motivational phrases that you use to keep going
