Yupp, definitely!! I used to dislike this quote because it always seemed a bit "pro ana" to me.

I am now lost about 25lb and am experiencing for myself that the quote holds true. When I want too much of a bad thing I remember what it was like to have as much as I wanted but be large and miserable about it.

Stella

Julibee, I LOVE these quotes. Especially the first one. Thanks so much for posting them! I am going to have to get Walden out of the library and read it again. :)

Okay call me cheesy, but I just read Jack LaLanne's new book (you know, the juicer guy), called "Live Young Forever." It's absolutely the most inspirational and motivational book I've read!
Here are some of my favorite Jack LaLanne quotes:

"You have got to take care of the most important person in the world, YOU!"

"Living is a pain in the backside, because you have to work at it. Dying, now that's easy."

"You eat everyday, you sleep everyday, and your body was made to exercise everyday."

"Would you get your dog up in the morning and give him a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a doughnut?"

"Exercise is king and diet is queen; put them together and you've got an empire."

:)

healthygal, I love those quotes. I don't think they're cheesy at all!

Especially love the last two. So true! Haha. Thanks for posting them! :)

It's always really hard for me to get back on track if I eat something I shouldn't. But, remembering this quote really helps me:

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. -Anonymous

Here's some quotes in my signature i really love! :) ENJOY!

here are a few of my favs:

"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."

Napolean Hill

"When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. "

Napolean Hill

"Every failure carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit."
Napoleon Hill

"We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are."
Adelle Davis

"Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness."
Hippocrates

"Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Coincidence? I think not!"
Author Unknown

I LOVE this quote. I will have to remember this one whenever I am feeling down. Thanks for posting.

Hannah, love the last quote in your signature. Oh so true.

Gracie, love the Napoleon Hill quotes, especially the first. I find that to be very true in my experience.

Wow, What a great thread.:hug: Some Quotes that have helped me are:

"Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional." ;)

"No one said you had to lose weight in a day...you will lose weight with ONE STRONG 'NO' AT A TIME." :dizzy:

"You cannot photoshop your real life, nor can the celebrities. They are the ones who are lying and in denial, not us." :D

I hope these hasn't been posted:

"Obstacles those bothersome little things that occur when you take your eyes off your goal"

"Fridge pickers wear big knickers"

This one is great! I'm putting it up on my fridge!

Insanity is repeating the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.

(~Albert Einstein)

A quote that motivates me to form new habits ...
 

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them, either. They keep you.

~ Frank Crane

this quote is more for competitive people like in sports or something so here goes ''if u dont work harder than anyone else how can u passibly expect to to be number 1,u have to want it more than anyone else,u have to give 110% all the time faliure cant be an option 4 u,then when u step on the track,mat,field,court,ice,snow,water,or scale u will not have to worry because u will know ur going to win''

My favourites:

"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”
-Richard Bach

"It doesn't matter how slow you go as long as you never stop!"

“If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.”

"There are no failures, just experiences and your reaction to them."

"Everything happens for a reason."

“Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all your dreams can hold. Think truly to the future and make those dreams come true.”

And my favourite...

"Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming..." XDDD

Wow, what inspirational quotes! Keep em coming!

"If it doesn't kill you, it'll only make you stronger."

This quote is simple and straight to the point. It gives me alot of motivation whenever I feel like I just can't do it anymore! I use it on every single difficult aspect of my life.

Like when I'm running and I feel like I'm dying and I'm ready to give up anytime, I tell myself it's painful but since I'm not dead yet it probably is making me stronger.

And the feeling of victory afterwords is just sweeeet! ^^

Quote: Nothing tastes as good as thin feels." :Quote

Amen to that!

My version of "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is "What doesn't kill you makes you weirder!" LOL ;)

I just saw this one today and think it's great:

"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."- Henry Ford

I loved all your quotes, copied quite a lot in my diary :]

Here is my contribution:

it sure is true for me!!!

Eve Ensler (The Vagina Monologues,) paraphrasing a Narobian woman's take on accepting one's body:

"Do you see that tree? And that one there? Is that tree ugly because it doesn't look like the other tree? ...You've Got To Love Your Tree!"

I really like that :yes:

Success is the sum of many small efforts. ~ from a Dove Promises Wrapper

While reviewing my weight loss action plan, found a quote that always puts things in perspective:

The process of changing from what you are to what youwould like to become can be either arduous and frustrating OR easy and rewarding. The effort required for both paths is the same.- Stan Goldberg

Not sure if this has made it in yet or not:

Mind over matter…if you don’t mind, it won't matter! :)

This is my motto:

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

i like you comment, i always think i can goof off, "like class" and then cram so to speak at the end, so i will remember this , during the week, thanks, :carrot:

When I'm coping with 'cheating' on my diet...
 

When I had a bad night of binging, or a weekend of having too much fun, or just have put off going to the gym...this quote really impacts me--

"Get back up and finish what you started."

Here are some of my favorites, I apologize if some have already been posted :)


Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better

You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there

Success is the sum of many small efforts

The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces

It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow

Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor

A diamond with flaws is better than a common stone that is perfect

The only job where you start at the top is digging a hole

There’s always free cheese in mouse traps but the mice there ain’t happy

A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for

These are 3 of my favorites.

I am beautiful as I am. I am the shape that was gifted. My breasts are no longer perky and upright like when I was a teenager. My hips are wider than that of a fashion model's. For this I am glad, for these are the signs of a life lived. ~Cindy Olsen

“I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.” -Douglas Adams


..."I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humainized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I love this!!

So true!

There's no such thing as an ugly woman, just a lazy one

This one always motivates me to work a little harder! (:

:carrot::carrot:i havent read all 8! pages yet, so maybe this is a repeat.
'i love the smell of fat burning in the morning!'
sig from another forum
love that one! and we're not talking about bacon lol!

Quote from an AVI book
 

I'm a noob here! But I've been reading stuff from this site for quite some time now, and it's great. I really love this thread, so I thought I'd put in my two cents.

"If it's going to be tomorrow, it might as well be today. And if it is today, it could have been yesterday. If it WAS yesterday, then you'd be over and done with it."

I just read all 8 pages worth of inspiring quotes and now i'm really motivated! :D thank you all!
and I guess I should share one too :P

"You can't lose weight by talking about it. You have to keep your mouth shut" :lol:

Just a few personal favorites. :D

Don't squat with your spurs on.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Making it in life is kind of like busting broncos. You're going to get thrown a lot. The simple secret is to keep getting back on.

Go after life as if it's something that's got to be roped in a hurry before it gets away.

Your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess the baggage, the shorter the trip! :)

I just feel pretty bad tonight. I have just let my eating and weight get completely away from me AGAIN. I find that when I read and share on this website I sometimes do better. Really want to want to get back to basics and get going on some weight loss. Glad you are al there.